Alexandre Astruc

Summary

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
Alexandre Astruc, c. 1965
Born(1923-07-13)13 July 1923
Died19 May 2016(2016-05-19) (aged 92)
NationalityFrench
Genrefilm director
journalist,
novelist
Notable awardsRené 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

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

  1. ^ Ronald Bergan (23 May 2016). "Alexandre Astruc obituary". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Martin, Marcel (1971) France. London: A. Zwemmer; p. 11
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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

External links edit

  • Alexandre Astruc on NewWaveFilm.com
  • Alexandre Astruc at IMDb
  • Foco - Revista de Cinema, special edition devoted to Alexandre Astruc