Alexandre Astruc (; 13July 192319May 2016) was a French film critic and film director.
Biography
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.
Selected filmography
(s) indicates films also co-scripted by Astruc
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, ÃÂditions de la Table ronde, Paris
- 1989: Le roman de Descartes, ÃÂditions Balland
- 1992: Du stylo àla caméra et de la caméra au stylo: ÃÂcrits (1942âÂÂ1984), ÃÂditions de l'Archipel
- 1993: L'autre versant de la colline, ÃÂcriture
- 1994: ÃÂvariste Galois, Groupe Flammarion
- 1997: Le Siècle àvenir, ÃÂditions Trédaniel
- 2015: Le plaisir en toutes choses (with Noël Simsolo), ÃÂditions Neige/ÃÂcriture
References
Bibliography
- Raymond Bellour, Alexandre Astruc, Paris, Seghers, Collection Cinéma d'aujourd'hui, 1963.
- Philippe François, ë Alexandre Astruc û, in Patrick Cabanel and André Encrevé (dir.), Dictionnaire biographique des protestants français de 1787 ànos jours, tome 1 : A-C, Les ÃÂditions de Paris Max Chaleil, Paris, 2015, (p. 105)
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