Alexandre Astruc (French: [astʁyk]; 13 July 1923 – 19 May 2016) was a French film critic and film director.[1]
Alexandre Astruc | |
|---|---|
 Alexandre Astruc, c. 1965 | |
| Born | 13 July 1923 |
| Died | 19 May 2016 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | French |
| Genre | film director journalist, novelist |
| Notable awards | René Clair Award |
Biography edit
Before becoming a film director, he was a journalist, novelist and film critic.[2] His contribution to the auteur theory centers on his notion of the caméra-stylo or "camera-pen" and the idea that directors should wield their cameras like writers use their pens.[3][4]
In 1994, he was awarded the René Clair Award for his whole body of film work.
Selected filmography edit
(s) indicates films also co-scripted by Astruc
- 1949: Ulysse ou Les mauvaises rencontres also known as Aller et retour, a short film; Astruc also wrote the scenario
- 1952: The Crimson Curtain (s) (Le rideau cramoisi)
- 1952: La Putain respectueuse
- 1955: Les Mauvaises rencontres (s)
- 1957: Amour de poche
- 1958: Une vie (s)
- 1960: La proie pour l'ombre (s)
- 1962: L'Éducation sentimentale
- 1964: The Pit and the Pendulum (Le Puits et le Pendule)
- 1966: La Longue Marche (s)
- 1968: Flammes sur l'Adriatique (s)
- 1976: Sartre par lui même
Publications edit
- 1945: Les Vacances, Gallimard
- 1975: Ciel de cendres, Le Sagittaire
- 1975: La tête la première, Olivier Orban
- 1977: Le Serpent jaune, Gallimard
- 1979: Quand la chouette s'envole, Gallimard
- 1982: Le Permissionnaire, Éditions de la Table ronde, Paris
- 1989: Le roman de Descartes, Éditions Balland
- 1992: Du stylo à la caméra et de la caméra au stylo: Écrits (1942–1984), Éditions de l'Archipel
- 1993: L'autre versant de la colline, Écriture
- 1994: Évariste Galois, Groupe Flammarion
- 1997: Le Siècle à venir, Éditions Trédaniel
- 2015: Le plaisir en toutes choses (with Noël Simsolo), Éditions Neige/Écriture
References edit
- ^ Ronald Bergan (23 May 2016). "Alexandre Astruc obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ Martin, Marcel (1971) France. London: A. Zwemmer; p. 11
- ^ Alexandre Astruc, "The Birth of a New Avant-Garde: La Caméra-Stylo," in The New Wave, ed. Peter Graham, pp. 17-23. Trans. from "Naissance d'une nouvelle avant-garde: la caméra-stylo," L'Écran Français 144, 30 March 1948.
- ^ Astruc, Alexandre (1948). "The Birth of a New Avant-Garde: La Caméra-Stylo". New Wave Film. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
Bibliography edit
- Raymond Bellour, Alexandre Astruc, Paris, Seghers, Collection Cinéma d'aujourd'hui, 1963.
- Philippe François, « Alexandre Astruc », in Patrick Cabanel and André Encrevé (dir.), Dictionnaire biographique des protestants français de 1787 à nos jours, tome 1 : A-C, Les Éditions de Paris Max Chaleil, Paris, 2015, (p. 105) ISBN 978-2846211901
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