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.

Directed

1. End of Desire (1958) — Director
2. Sentimental Education (1962) — Director
3. The Crimson Curtain (1953) — Director
4. Bad Liaisons (1955) — Director
5. Shadows of Adultery (1961) — Director
6. The Pit and the Pendulum (1964) — Director
7. Évariste Galois (1965) — Director
8. Adriatic Sea of Fire (1968) — Director
9. Sartre by Himself (1976) — Director
10. Les Grands Détectives (1975) — Director
11. Les Crimes de l'amour (1953) — Director
12. The Fall of the House of Usher (1981) — Director
13. Albert Savarus (1993) — Director
14. Arsène Lupin joue et perd (1980) — Director
15. Long March (1966) — Director
16. The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1980) — Director
17. Introduction à la Méthode de F. W. Murnau (1970) — Director
18. The Purloined Letter (1974) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Rendezvous in July (1949) — (uncredited)
2. François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993) — Self
3. A Girl in a Pocket (1957) — First employee of lost and found items
4. Charlotte (1974) — L'éditeur Guy
5. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
6. Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
7. Paris Waltz (1950) — Ludovic Halévy (uncredited)
8. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self