Suzanne Schiffman

Schrijver, Acteur, Regisseur

27 september 1929 — 6 juni 2001 (71 years)
Suzanne Schiffman (née Klochendler, 27 September 1929 – 6 June 2001) was a screenwriter and director for numerous motion pictures. She often worked with François Truffaut. The 'script girl' Joelle, played by Nathalie Baye in Truffaut's Day for Night was based on Schiffman. It accurately portrayed the close collaboration she had with Truffaut and other directors.

Her Jewish mother was detained by the Gestapo during the war, but Klochendler and her sibling were hidden by an order of nuns.[1] Schiffman studied art history at the Sorbonne after the war.

During her career she worked closely with Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette in addition to Truffaut, latterly on the scripts of his films. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Day for Night and won a César Award for writing The Last Metro with Truffaut.

Suzanne Schiffman died of cancer in 2001.

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Known For

  • Vivre Sa Vie
    Vivre Sa Vie1962
  • Le Dernier Métro
    Le Dernier Métro1980
  • Jules et Jim
    Jules et Jim1962
  • La Nuit américaine
    La Nuit américaine1973
  • Fahrenheit 451
    Fahrenheit 4511966
  • L'Homme qui aimait les femmes
    L'Homme qui aimait les femmes1977
  • De clan van Parijs
    De clan van Parijs1964
  • A Woman Is a Woman
    A Woman Is a Woman1961
  • Baisers volés
    Baisers volés1968
  • The Story of Adele H
    The Story of Adele H1975
  • La Femme d'à côté
    La Femme d'à côté1981
  • The Wild Child
    The Wild Child1970
  • The Chinese
    The Chinese1967
  • Strikt vertrouwelijk
    Strikt vertrouwelijk1983
  • Domicile conjugal
    Domicile conjugal1970
  • Small Change
    Small Change1976
  • Anne en Muriel
    Anne en Muriel1971
  • De Kleine Soldaat
    De Kleine Soldaat1963
  • L'amour en fuite
    L'amour en fuite1979
  • Lola
    Lola1961

Cinematografie

2001
1989
1987
1985
Wuthering Heights · as Screenplay
1984
1984
1983
The Man Who Loved Women · as Original Film Writer
1983
Confidentially Yours · as Screenplay
1981
The Woman Next Door · as Screenplay
1980
1980
The Last Metro · as Screenplay
1979
Love on the Run · as Screenplay
1977
The Man Who Loved Women · as Screenplay
1976
Small Change · as Screenplay
1975
The Story of Adele H · as Screenplay
1973
1972
1971
1971