Alexandre Astruc

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	(1923-07-13)13 July 1923
Died	19 May 2016(2016-05-19) (aged 92)
Nationality	French
Genre	film director journalist, novelist
Notable awards	René Clair Award

Biography

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

(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: The Respectful Prostitute
• 1955: Les Mauvaises rencontres (s)
• 1957: Amour de poche
• 1958: Une vie (s)
• 1960: La proie pour l'ombre (s)
• 1962: L'Éducation sentimentale [fr]
• 1964: The Pit and the Pendulum (Le Puits et le Pendule)
• 1966: La Longue Marche [fr] (s)
• 1968: Flammes sur l'Adriatique [fr] (s)
• 1976: Sartre par lui même

Publications

• 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