Jean Herman
Actor, Writer, Director
May 17, 1933 — June 16, 2015 (82 years)
Jean Vautrin (17 May 1933 – 16 June 2015), real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic.
After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the University of Bombay; he became assistant director to Roberto Rossellini. Back in France, he produced five feature films.
He became famous among the general public in 1989, winning the Prix Goncourt for his novel Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu. He also won the 1986 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Baby-boom. In 1987, with writer Dan Franck, he created a press photographer character with a big heart called Boro (the "model" most likely was Robert Capa).
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After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the University of Bombay; he became assistant director to Roberto Rossellini. Back in France, he produced five feature films.
He became famous among the general public in 1989, winning the Prix Goncourt for his novel Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu. He also won the 1986 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Baby-boom. In 1987, with writer Dan Franck, he created a press photographer character with a big heart called Boro (the "model" most likely was Robert Capa).
Source: Article "Jean Vautrin" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 1985 | Billy Ze Kick · as Le Prêtre |
| 1984 | Black Sequence · as Le Commissaire Tardieu |
| 1983 | The Outsider · as Cast |
| 1960 | Breathless · as Soldier On The Champs-Elysées |
| 2000 | Under Suspicion · as Original Film Writer |
| 1984 | Dog Day · as NovelOn Plex |
| 1984 | Barbarous Street · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | The Outsider · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | Le Guignolo · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1968 | Farewell, Friend · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1971 | |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | Farewell, FriendOn Plex |
| 1967 | |
| 1966 |
| 2020 | Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf · as Self - Director |
| 2012 | Cinephiles of Our Time · as Self |
| 1998 | Roll on Sunday · as Self |
| 1998 | Tout le monde en parle · as Self |
| 1990 | Faut pas rêver · as Self |
| 1987 | NPA · as Self |
| 1975 | Apostrophes · as Self |
| 2023 | The Last Men · as Original Scenario |
| 1986 | Bleu comme l'enfer · as Adaptation And Dialogue |
| 1985 | Urgence · as Scenario & Adaptation |
| 1979 | Cop or Hood · as Adaptation |
| 1962 | The Longest Day · as Assistant Director |