André Génovès
André Génovès (* 1941 in Paris ; † February 1, 2012 in Thoiry , Yvelines department ) was a French film producer and director .
life and career
Génovès, born in Paris in 1941, started working as a film producer in 1967 and has worked in over 30 films. He produced all subjects and genres: crime novels, dramas and comedies. Most often he produced films by Claude Chabrol , the two made 11 films together. Including classics like The Beast Must Die , The Unfaithful Woman , The Butcher or The Innocents With Dirty Hands .
There were also collaborations with other directors such as André Téchiné on his film Barocco with Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu , Claude Sautets Mado or Pierre Granier-Deferre's "Jet Set" with Alain Delon in the lead role. Génovès also supported participation in foreign film productions such as Terence Young's "Le guerriere dal seno nudo", provided the topic interested him.
In the 80s he worked himself as a screenwriter , director and actor and brought out the film Ein Slip auf Trip ( Les Folies d'Élodie ) in 1981 and Mesrine with Nicolas Silberg in 1984 .
André Génovès died on February 1, 2012 at the age of 70.
Literature and reception
André Génovès was most fascinated by the emergence of violence, power, dependence and the terminology of psychology that arises between people or emanates from them:
Quote: "C'est la période la plus intéressante, c'est là où Mesrine est au maximum de sa folie", dit André Genoves. "Ce qui m'a intéressé, c'est comment vivait cet homme traqué par toutes les polices, en assumant sa relation avec sa compagne Sylvia ..."
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: Two friends ( Les Biches )
- 1969: The Beast Must Die ( Que la bête meure )
- 1969: The unfaithful woman ( La femme infidèle )
- 1970: The Butcher ( Le Boucher )
- 1970: The Rift ( La Rupture )
- 1971: Before nightfall ( Juste avant la nuit )
- 1973: Bloody wedding ( Les noces rouges )
- 1974: Nada
- 1975: The innocents with the dirty hands ( Les Innocents aux mains sales )
- 1976: Barocco
- 1976: Mado
- 1976: A Girl ( Une vraie jeune fille )
- 1976: Nea - A girl discovers love (Néa)
Web links
- André GENOVES in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data of André Génovès at IMDB
- ↑ Portrait of producer and director André Génovès ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Décès d'André Génovès, réalisateur et producteur de cinéma - Obituary for André Génovès" in ouest france, February 2, 2012
- ^ André Génovès in "Revue canadienne de criminologie - Canadian Association for the Prevention of Crime": Volumes 27-28, Canadian Criminal Justice Association, 1985
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Génovès, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 2012 |
| Place of death | Thoiry |