Pierre Assouline

Biography

Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio. As a biographer, he has covered a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including: Henri Cartier-Bresson, the legendary photographer; Marcel Dassault, the aeronautics pioneer; Gaston Gallimard, the publisher; Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin; Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the art dealer; Georges Simenon, the detective novelist and creator of Inspector Maigret. Several of these books have been translated into English and the Henri Cartier-Bresson biography has been translated into Chinese. As a journalist, Assouline has worked for the leading French publications Lire and Le Nouvel Observateur. He also publishes a blog, "La république des livres". Assouline was the editor of La Révolution Wikipédia, a collection of essays by postgraduate journalism students under his supervision. Assouline contributed the preface. On 7 January 2007, Assouline published a blog post criticizing the Wikipedia entry on the Dreyfus Affair. …

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Clouzot Scandal (2017) — Self
2. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
3. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
4. Le Petit Vingtième : le siècle de Tintin (1995) — Self
5. Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015) — Self
6. Le procès Céline (2011)
7. Simenon est Maigret (2023) — Self
8. Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme (2012) — Pierre Assouline
9. Renoir and the Girl with a Blue Ribbon (2019)
10. Rembob'Ina (2018) — Self

Directed

1. De Gaulle vs Churchill : Mémoires de guerre, guerre des mémoires (2024) — Director
2. Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015) — Director
3. Le Siècle de Cartier-Bresson (2012) — Director
4. The Marguerite Duras Century — Director
5. The Lévi-Strauss Century (2016) — Director
6. De Gaulle versus Churchill : mémoires de guerre, guerre des mémoires (2024) — Director