MUMBAI: French director Eric Rohmer expired last Monday at the age of 89 in Paris.

A veteran and pioneer of the New Wave, Rohmer made 24 films over a period of 50 years. His last, Les Amours D‘Astree Et De Celadon was screened at the Venice Film Festival in 2007. 

Rohmer was nominated for a best original screenplay oscar for 1969‘s My Night At Maud‘s. Among his myriad other well-known titles were Love In The Afternoon, Pauline At The Beach, A Good Marriage, The Green Ray, A Winter‘s Tale and The Aviator‘s Wife.

His dialogue-dominated character dramas usually focused on the relationships between men and women were often filmed as part of themed series Moral Tales, Comedies And Proverbs, Tales Of The Four Seasons but he also enjoyed historical or literary pieces like Perceval Le Gallois, The Lady And The Duke and The Marquise Of O for which he won the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes in 1976.