Alexandre Astruc Explained
Alexandre Astruc |
Birth Date: | 13 July 1923 |
Nationality: | French |
Genre: | film director journalist, novelist |
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Awards: | René Clair Award |
Alexandre Astruc (in French astʁyk/; 13July 192319May 2016) was a French film critic and film director.[1]
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
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
References
Bibliography
- 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)
External links
Notes and References
- News: Alexandre Astruc obituary. Ronald Bergan. The Guardian. 23 May 2016 .
- Martin, Marcel (1971) France. London: A. Zwemmer; p. 11
- 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.
- Web site: The Birth of a New Avant-Garde: La Caméra-Stylo . Astruc . Alexandre . 1948 . New Wave Film . 2018-03-02.