caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place image_size name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
jean rollin 15 december 2010 paris , france 1958 -- 2010 neuilly-sur-seine , hauts-de-seine , france 240px jean rollin 3 november 1938 simone death -rrb- rollin -lrb- ? -- 2010 -rrb- -lrb- his jean rollin at his home.jpg jean rollin
 jean michel rollin roth le gentil director , actor , writer
jean rollin

jean michel rollin roth le gentil -lrb- 3 november 193815 december 2010 -rrb- was a french film director , actor , and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique genre such as the vampire film `` le viol du vampire '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- and `` fascination '' .
his films are noted for their exquisite , if mostly static , cinematography , off-kilter plot progression and poetic dialogue , their playful surrealism and recurrent use of well-constructed female lead characters .
outlandish denouments and abstruse visual symbols were trademarks throughout his ` dark fantasy ' career .
he was the first french director to recognise the acting capabilities of former porn actress brigitte lahaie , who took important roles in a number of his movies after appearing in `` les raisins de la mort '' .
remarkably , in spite of their seeming high production values and precise craftsmanship , his films were made with very little money , and often under crushing deadlines .
