french pronunciation august january french film director screenwriter producer best remembered work thriller film genre having directed les critically recognized greatest films 1950s directed documentary films including mystery declared national treasure government france early fan cinema career writer moved paris later hired producer work berlin writing french language versions german films fired german studios friendship jewish producers returned france spent years contracting tuberculosis recovering found work nazi occupied france screenwriter german owned company continental wrote directed films popular france second film drew controversy harsh look provincial france fired continental release result association continental barred french government filmmaking ban lifted reputation popularity france late 1940s successful films including release comedy film married star feature films early mid-1950s drew acclaim international critics audiences les films serve source material remakes decades later release wife died heart attack career suffered depression illness new critical views films french new wave career active later years limited television documentaries feature films 1960s wrote unused scripts 1970s died paris biography early years born france mother father book store owner children middle class family showed talent writing plays playing piano father went bankrupt family moved brest france father brest went naval school unable age left paris study political science living paris friends magazine editors writing talents led theater cinema playwright lyricist screenwriter quality work led producer hire send germany work berlin translating scripts foreign language films shot career career 1930s worked writing translating scripts dialogue occasionally lyrics films living germany saw films deeply influenced style short film script film minute comedy actors film historian critic reported short surprisingly expressive use shadows lighting contrasts exploit length features years later later wife said added reputation berlin saw adolf hitler shocked oblivious felt france happening germany fired friendship jewish film producers diagnosed tuberculosis sent switzerland nearly years time influential career read constantly learned mechanics storytelling help improve scripts studied fragile nature people little money period provided financial moral support family friends time left returned paris world war broken french cinema changed producers known fled france escape health problems kept military service met actor established film star france wrote script directorial feature plays les performed december performed despite writing scripts films plays poor resorted trying sell lyrics french singer declined purchase france invaded germany subsequently german occupation france world war german operated film production company established france october director continental knew berlin offered work adapt stories writer felt uncomfortable working germans desperate need money refuse offer film continental adaptation mystery novel dead men retitled film des having influenced actress writing script allowing choose character play early directorial work success hired head continental division began work second adaptation direct titled murderer lives number starred playing roles performed released film popular audiences critics film based true story woman sent poison pen letters france making film stating topic dangerous film work possible means try anger actor filming wife broke friendship great success france nearly people having seen months initial release released generated controversy right wing regime left wing resistance press catholic_church catholic_church considered film painful hard constantly complexity press dubbed demanded banned immoral values anti nazi resistance press considered nazi propaganda negative portrayal french populace days release continental films fired liberation france directors tried court collaborating germans sentence forbidden going set film film camera rest life received letters support filmmakers artists ruling sentence later shortened life years official document making note apology appeal year filming worked supporters people defend return filmmaking acclaim ban lifted reputation popularity france late 1940s films asked author copy novel adapt film started writing script novel arrived read released fourth popular film france drawing million spectators year directed wrote films released wanted cast unknown actors schools find actress lead role chose year old viewing girls released watched million france winning venice film festival directed wrote short film jean anthology film return life jean influenced short period lived germany early 1930s stars survivor concentration camp finds wounded nazi war criminal film comedy financial failure film production met married january took film crew homeland brazil honeymoon attempt directing documentary film brazilian government took issue filming poverty people picturesque parts brazil film finished costs high fascinated region wrote book des trip returning france offered script written living south_america written experiences found easy imagine setting script anxious film story started writing film brother collaborate subsequent films production wages fear lasted order gain independence possible created production company called named wife sole female role wages fear played wrote role specifically wife character exist original novel south american town group desperate men offered money drive trucks carrying rough terrain oil fire second popular film france seen nearly million spectators won awards cannes film festival big hit screenplay took away director involves story cruel wife mistress women murder dump body swimming pool pool drained corpse found won louis prize circle award best foreign film early mid-1950s period films wages fear came fully embraced international critics audiences films screened reviewed america france rated best decade directed documentary mystery spanish painter film follows drawing painting different works intentionally destroyed following film production old acquaintances having met mystery won jury prize cannes film festival financial failure france seen initial run film declared national treasure government france feature film released featured actors world including acting role wife suffering severe heart problems filming set taken international spies spies claims invented nuclear explosive device attracts attention russian american released united_states financial failure france later admitted liked thirds producer suggested film feature lead actress response wrote script plays trial murder boyfriend trial progresses relationship gilbert finely shaped later described favorite films worked released second popular film france million spectators highest grossing film film nominated later career failing health reputation grown internationally lost french cinema rise french new wave directors refused thriller films seriously expressed displeasure publicly articles reviews film criticism publication took criticism heart saying magazine didn find films important interesting anymore film worked completed film examines sexual jealousy man wife psychological state desire lead actor fell ill week shooting began replaced ill production led doctors insurance agents order production stopped filmed french television documentaries conducting requiem new world symphony production finished documentaries able finance final picture return work doctors returned film studio final film film began production september halted fell ill hospitalized april began filming august incorporated stylistic elements aborted film woman introduced photographer takes pictures young women woman volunteers model pictures surprised pleasure activity finishing health grew worse 1970s wrote scripts filming including feature planned direct pornographic film film abandoned health grew worse required open heart surgery november january died apartment listening buried personal life went featuring waited stage door meeting romantic couple years star films murderer lives number des eventually left working des met wife actor minor parts jean des met working continuity assistant named production company star films company contributed script died heart attack shortly filming fell depression death funeral moved returned france december met second wife time casting film based laughter dark met returned south_america december married 1960s converted style exception comedy film directorial feature involves deception betrayal violent deaths basing written work changed stories dramatically key points original story author worked twice said build having demolished resemblance original purely ambition effect writing features created characters usually corrupt capacity good evil demanding actors quarrel mood desired recalled said tough complain recalled worked spectacle taste violence tried working scene required character sleep offered powerful sleeping pills saying led stomach pumped harsh actors treat fiercely set recalled set innocence seen biographer suggested life provides clues understanding style filmmaker viewed collaborators short tempered angry actress described negative forever odds world outlook life reflected films reveal darker humanity legacy despite criticism following arrival french new wave career work positive years death film critic wrote french film journal les like reveals sterile increasingly exaggerated urge experiment powers fiction film historian wrote doubt worked hollywood applied studios today lauded critics choose ignore today generally known thriller films wages fear ability genre led comparisons respected work stating admire compares film films remade original releases director adapted film 13th letter year death directed remake french director adapted script titled american remake les released title starring filmography murderer lives number des wages fear les mystery
Henri-Georges Clouzot