Alexandre Astruc
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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1923-07-13 · Paris, France
- Died
- 2016-05-19
Known for
- End of Desire (1958) — Director
- The Respectful Prostitute (1952) — Screenplay
- Sentimental Education (1962) — Director
- Rendezvous in July (1949) — (uncredited)
- The Crimson Curtain (1953) — Director
- Bad Liaisons (1955) — Director
- Savage Souls (2001) — Screenplay
- Bassae (1964) — Writer
- Shadows of Adultery (1961) — Director
- The Pit and the Pendulum (1964) — Writer
- François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993) — Self
- Évariste Galois (1965) — Director
- The Count of Bragelonne (1954) — Writer
- A Girl in a Pocket (1957) — First employee of lost and found items
- Charlotte (1974) — L'éditeur Guy
- Adriatic Sea of Fire (1968) — Director