Jean Gruault
Jean Valery Gruault (born August 3, 1924 in Fontenay-sous-Bois , † June 8, 2015 in Paris ) was a French screenwriter and actor.
Life
Gruault grew up in Fontenay-sous-Bois and completed a degree in theology . In the 1950s he met Jacques Rivette and François Truffaut , two leading figures in the Nouvelle Vague . Gruault did not turn to the film at first, but focused on his appearances as a theater actor. In the early 1960s, he finally worked as a screenwriter and was involved in the 1961 films Paris Belongs to Us (Director: Jacques Rivette) and The Fearless Rebel (Director: Roberto Rossellini ). Jules and Jim from 1962 marked the first collaboration with François Truffaut. Several joint productions followed, whereby a specific way of working between Truffaut and Gruault developed, in which the two never worked together directly, but spatially separated. Gruault developed a first draft of the script, Truffaut added his own comments and ideas, emphasized other things, Gruault then developed a second draft, which in turn went to Truffaut, and so on. Often it was a novel adaptation . Another director with whom Gruault worked several times was Alain Resnais .
At the Oscar ceremony in 1981 he was for his screenplay for My American Uncle for the Oscar in the category Original Screenplay Best nominated. He also received a nomination for the César in 1981 .
Previously Gruault had in 1975 together with Truffaut and Suzanne Schiffman for The Story of Adele H. a New York Film Critics Circle Award in the category Best Screenplay won.
Gruault was married, his wife died in 2005. Both were survived by two children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: The Fearless Rebel (Vanina Vanini)
- 1961: Paris is ours (Paris nous appartient)
- 1961: Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim)
- 1963: The Carabinieri (Les carabiniers)
- 1966: The nun
- 1966: The seizure of power by Louis XIV. (La prize de pouvoir par Louis XIV)
- 1970: The Wolf Boy (L'enfant sauvage)
- 1971: Two girls from Wales and the love of the continent (Les deux Anglaises et le continent)
- 1975: The story of Adèle H. (L'histoire d'Adèle H.)
- 1978: The green room (La chambre verte)
- 1979: The Brontë sisters (Les sœurs Brontë)
- 1980: My uncle from America (Mon oncle d'Amérique)
- 1983: Life is a novel (La vie est un roman)
- 1984: Love to the Dead (L'amour à mort)
- 1989: Longing for Australia (Australia)
- 1991: I think of you (Je pense à vous)
- 1993: The wedding boat (Le bateau de mariage)
- 1995: Belle Époque (three-part TV series)
Web links
- Jean Gruault in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hanns-Georg Rodek: The man who put the Nouvelle vague on paper . welt.de, June 13, 2015.
- ^ Theguardian.com, accessed January 13, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gruault, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gruault, Jean Valery (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French screenwriter and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fontenay-sous-Bois , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 2015 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |