Alexandre Astruc

Biography

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

Acting

1950

Paris Waltz

as

Ludovic Halévy (uncredited)

1949

Rendezvous in July

as

(uncredited)

1957

A Girl in a Pocket

as

First employee of lost and found items

1974

Charlotte

as

L'éditeur Guy

1993

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

as

Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as

Self

Cinépanorama

as

Self

Apostrophes

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing

1966

Long March

as

1955

Bad Liaisons

as

1961

Shadows of Adultery

as

1958

End of Desire

as

1953

The Crimson Curtain

as

1962

Sentimental Education

as

1964

The Pit and the Pendulum

as

1953

Les Crimes de l'amour

as

1976

Sartre by Himself

as

1968

Adriatic Sea of Fire

as

1965

Evariste Galois

as

1981

The Fall of the House of Usher

as

1993

Albert Savarus

as

1970

Introduction à la Méthode de F. W. Murnau

as

1974

The Purloined Letter

as

1980

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

as

Les Grands Détectives

as

Arsène Lupin Joue et Perd "813"

as