André Bazin

André Bazin was born on April 18, 1918 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. He became a famous critic of the French New Wave (circa 1958-62) who worked closely with Jean-Luc Godard & François Truffaut.

Two collections of his criticism are translated into English, which are mainstays of college film courses: What is Cinema, volumes 1 & 2. Known as a proponent of "appreciative criticism," wherein only Critics who liked [a] film could write a review of it... thus encouraging constructive criticism.

André Bazin died at Nogent-sur-Marne, Île-de-France on November 11, 1958.