Jean Vautrin

Jean Vautrin
Born	Jean Herman 17 May 1933 Pagny-sur-Moselle, France
Died	16 June 2015 (aged 82) Gradignan, France[1]
Occupation	Writer, film director/critic
Years active	1958–2015

Jean Vautrin (17 May 1933 – 16 June 2015), real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic.^[2]

Life and career

After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the University of Bombay; he became assistant director to Roberto Rossellini. Back in France, he produced five feature films.^[3]

He became famous among the general public in 1989, winning the Prix Goncourt for his novel A major step towards God.^[4] He also won the 1986 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Baby-boom. In 1987, with writer Dan Franck, he created a press photographer character with a big heart called Boro (the "model" most likely was Robert Capa).

Filmography

Assistant director

• India, Terre Mère
• Paris nous appartient
• Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse
• Le Jour le plus long^[5]

Director

• 1958 Voyage en Boscavie (co-directed by Claude Choublier) (short)
• 1960 Actua-Tilt (short)
• 1961 La Quille (short)
• 1962 Twist Parade (short)
• 1962 Le Chemin de la mauvaise route (short)
• 1963 Les Fusils (short)
• 1964 La Cinémathèque Française (short)
• 1967 Le Dimanche de la vie
• 1968 Adieu l'ami
• 1969 Jeff
• 1969 Decameron 69 (co-directed by Bernard Clarens, Jean Desvilles, Louis Grospierre, Miklós Jancsó, Serge Korber and François Reichenbach)
• 1971 Popsy Pop
• 1972 L'Œuf
• 1974 Le Comte Yoster a bien l'honneur, 2 episodes : Der Papageienkäfig and Das Spiel mit dem Tode (TV series)
• 1975 Les Grands Détectives, 2 episodes : Un rendez-vous dans les ténèbres and Monsieur Lecoq (TV series)
• 1975 Les Peupliers de la Prétentaine (TV series)

Screenwriter

• 1958 Voyage en Boscavie directed by Jean Herman and Claude Choublier (short)
• 1960 Actua-Tilt directed by Jean Herman (short)
• 1961 La Quille directed by Jean Herman (short)
• 1962 Twist Parade directed by Jean Herman (short)
• 1962 Le Chemin de la mauvaise route directed by Jean Herman (short)
• 1964 La Cinémathèque Française directed by Jean Herman (short)
• 1968 Adieu l'ami directed by Jean Herman
• 1971 Popsy Pop directed by Jean Herman
• 1972 L'Œuf directed by Jean Herman
• 1976 Le Grand Escogriffe directed by Claude Pinoteau
• 1977 Banlieue sud-est directed by Gilles Grangier (TV series)
• 1979 Histoires insolites (1 episode Le locataire d'en haut directed by Gilles Grangier) (TV series)
• 1979 Les Insulaires directed by Gilles Grangier (TV movie)
• 1979 Miss directed by Roger Pigaut (TV series)
• 1979 Flic ou Voyou directed by Georges Lautner
• 1980 Le Guignolo directed by Georges Lautner
• 1980 L'Entourloupe directed by Gérard Pirès
• 1980 Jean-Sans-Terre directed by Gilles Grangier (TV movie)
• 1981 Garde à vue directed by Claude Miller
• 1983 Le Marginal directed by Jacques Deray
• 1984 Rue barbare directed by Gilles Béhat
• 1984 Canicule directed by Yves Boisset
• 1985 Intrigues directed by Maurice Dugowson (TV series)
• 1985 Urgence directed by Gilles Béhat
• 1986 Bleu comme l'enfer directed by Yves Boisset
• 1987 Charlie Dingo directed by Gilles Béhat
• 1991 Berlin Lady directed by Pierre Boutron (TV series)
• 2000 Under Suspicion directed by Stephen Hopkins
• 2012 L'Été des Lip directed by Dominique Ladoge (TV)

Actor

• 1983 : Le Marginal, directed by Jacques Deray
• 1985 : Billy Ze Kick, directed by Gérard Mordillat
• 1986 : Série Noire, (episode La nuit du flingueur directed by Pierre Grimblat) (TV series)

Novels

• À bulletins rouges, 1973
• Billy-Ze-Kick, 1974 - Novel adapted by Gérard Mordillat 1985
• Mister Love, 1977
• Typhon gazoline, 1977
• Le Mensonge - Chronique des années de crise, 1978
• Bloody-Mary, 1979
• Groom, 1981
• Canicule, 1982 - Novel adapted by Yves Boisset 1984
• La Vie Ripolin, 1987
• Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu, 1989 Prix Goncourt
• Symphonie Grabuge, 1994 Prix du roman populiste
• Le Roi des ordures, 1997
• Un monsieur bien mis, 1987
• Le Cri du peuple, 1998 Prix Louis-Guilloux in 1999
• L’homme qui assassinait sa vie, 2001
• Le Journal de Louise B., 2002

Four French Soldiers

• Adieu la vie, adieu l’amour, 2004 [vol 1]
• La Femme au gant rouge, 2004 [vol 2]
• La grande zigouille, 2009 [vol 3]
• Les années Faribole, 2012 [vol 4]

Novellas

• 1983 : Patchwork, Prix des Deux Magots 1984
• 1986 : Baby-boom, Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle 1986
• 1989 : Dix-huit tentatives pour devenir un saint
• 1992 : Courage chacun
• 2005 : Si on s’aimait ?
• 2009 : Maîtresse Kristal et autres bris de guerre

Collaboration

Les Aventures de Boro, reporter photographe, with Dan Franck

• La Dame de Berlin, 1987 - Novel adapted by Pierre Boutron 1991
• Le Temps des cerises, 1990
• Les Noces de Guernica, 1994
• Mademoiselle Chat, 1996
• Boro s’en va-t-en guerre, 2000
• Cher Boro, 2005
• La Fête à Boro, 2007
• La Dame de Jérusalem, 2009

References

1. "Mort du romancier et scénariste Jean Vautrin". Le Monde. 16 June 2015.
2. "Jean Vautrin : biographie et tous les livres". Fnac.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
3. Profile, livres.fluctuat.net; accessed 7 August 2015.
4. Archived October 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
5. "Jean Vautrin - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2015-08-10.

External links

• Jean Vautrin at the Internet Movie Database