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Alain Robbe-Grillet

Alain Robbe-Grillet

Writer · Born 1922-08-18 · Brest, Finistère, France

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Biography

Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon, one of the figures most associated with the Nouveau Roman (new novel) trend. Alain Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on March 25, 2004, succeeding Maurice Rheims at seat No. 32. He was married to Catherine Robbe-Grillet (née Rstakian). Robbe-Grillet's career as a creator of fiction was not restricted to the writing of novels. For him, creating fiction in the form of films was of equal importance. His film career began when Alain Resnais chose to collaborate with him on his 1961 film Last Year at Marienbad. The film was nominated for the 1963 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and won the Golden Lion when it came out in 1961. In the credits it was presented as a film equally co-authored by Alain Robbe-Grillet and Alain Resnais. Robbe-Grillet then went on to launch a career as a writer-director of a series of cerebral and often sexually provocative feature films which explored similar themes to those in his literary work (e.g. Voyeurism, The Body as Text, The 'Double'). He commenced with L'Immortelle (The Immortal One) (19…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Trans-Europ-Express (1966) — Jean
  2. Time Regained (1999) — Goncourt
  3. Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) — Un Passant dans la Rue (uncredited)
  4. The Ceremony (2015) — Self (archive footage)
  5. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
  6. Un film (autoportrait) (1984) — Self
  7. Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
  8. Alain Robbe-Grillet (1969) — Self
  9. The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' (2003) — Self (archive footage)
  10. Dear Antonioni (1995) — Self
  11. Alain Robbe-Grillet (1999) — Self
  12. French Love (1998)
  13. Autour de Pinget (2000) — self
  14. Ciné regards (1978) — Self
  15. Pour le plaisir (1964) — Self

Directed

  1. Trans-Europ-Express (1966) — Director
  2. Eden and After (1970) — Director
  3. Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) — Director
  4. The Beautiful Prisoner (1983) — Director
  5. The Immortal One (1963) — Director
  6. The Man Who Lies (1968) — Director
  7. Playing with Fire (1975) — Director
  8. It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You (2007) — Director
  9. N. Took the Dice (1972) — Director
  10. The Blue Villa (1995) — Director