abstract:Jean Clair () is the nom de plume (pen name) of Gérard Régnier (born 20 October 1940 in Paris, France). He is an essayist, a polemicist, an art historian, an art conservator, and a member of the Académie française since May, 2008.
This was, he said, despite his admiration, especially as a young film-maker, forFrench role models such as TruffautandGodard and, looking back further, René Clair and JeanRenoir.