Alexandre Astruc
Writer, Director, Actor
July 13, 1923 — May 19, 2016 (92 years)
Alexandre Auguste Astruc (13 July 1923 – 19 May 2016) was a French film critic and film director.
Before becoming a film director he was a journalist, novelist and film critic.
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.
In 1994 he was awarded the René Clair Award for his whole body of film work.
Before becoming a film director he was a journalist, novelist and film critic.
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.
In 1994 he was awarded the René Clair Award for his whole body of film work.
Known For
Filmography
| 2001 | Savage Souls · as Screenplay |
| 1980 | Arsène Lupin joue et perd · as Screenplay |
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| 1958 | One Life · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | Bad Liaisons · as Screenplay |
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| 1952 | The Respectful Whore · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | The Big Delirium · as Cast |
| 1974 | The Murdered Young Girl · as L'éditeur Guy |
| 1957 | Girl in His Pocket · as First Employee Of Lost And Found Items |
| 1950 | Paris Waltz · as Ludovic Halévy (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Rendezvous in July · as (uncredited) |
| 2012 | Cinephiles of Our Time · as Self |
| 1993 | François Truffaut: Portraits volés · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings · as Self |
| 1975 | Apostrophes · as Self |
| 1964 | Filmmakers of our time · as Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama · as Self |
| 1961 | Shadows of Adultery · as Dialogue |