Alexandre Astruc

French film critic and film director

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

Alexandre Astruc (French: [astʁyk]; 13 July 1923 - 19 May 2016) was a French film critic and film director.[1]

## Biography

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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

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(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

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* 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

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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

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* 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

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandre Astruc.

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

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