Alexandre Astruc
Alexandre Astruc (born July 13, 1923 in Paris , † May 19, 2016 ibid) was a French film director , screenwriter , writer and film critic .
Life
After graduating from high school, Astruc first wanted to start studying engineering, but then studied law and art and successfully completed both courses. He was then first a literary critic, then a film critic, writing for Combat , La Gazette du Cinéma , L'Écran français and Les Cahiers du cinéma , among others . He made a few films in the 1950s and 1960s, but it became increasingly difficult for him to find a producer for his elegant and personal films. Since then he has worked as a screenwriter and director for television and as a freelance writer.
Filmography (selection)
B = script, D = actor, R = director
- 1952: The scarlet curtain (Le rideau cramoisi) - (B, R)
- 1954: The Count and the Three Musketeers (Le vicomte de Bragelonne) - Director: Fernando Cerchio - (B)
- 1958: A woman's life (Une vie) - (R, B)
- 1961: The prey of the shadow (La proie pour l'ombre) - (B, R)
- 1961: Apprenticeship years of love (L'éducation sentimentale) - (R) - Based on a novel by Gustave Flaubert
- 1964: The Pit and the Pendulum (Le puits et le pendule) - (R) - After Edgar Allan Poe
- 1974: The great detectives (Les grands détectives) (R)
- 1974: A wild life (La jeune fille assassinée) - Director: Roger Vadim - (D)
- 1981: The Fall of the House of Usher (La chute de la maison Usher) - (R) After Edgar Allan Poe (episode of the television series Histoires extraordinaires )
- 1981: Brother Martin - (B)
- 1992: Albert Savarus - with Niels Arestrup
- 2001: The strong souls (Les âmes fortes) - (B)
Publications (selection)
- The birth of a new avant-garde. The camera as a pen holder . In: Christa Blümlinger / Constantin Wulff (eds.): Writing, pictures, speaking . Vienna 1992.
Web links
Commons : Alexandre Astruc - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Alexandre Astruc in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alexandre Astruc in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Décès du cinéaste et écrivain Alexandre Astruc. In: Le Figaro. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Astruc, Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director, screenwriter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th May 2016 |
| Place of death | Paris |