Paul Gégauff
| Paul Gégauff | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 August 1922 Blotzheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France |
| Died |
24 December 1983 (aged 61) Gjovik, Norway |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1950–1983 |
| Spouse(s) |
Danièle Gégauff (divorced) Coco Ducados (?–his death) |
Paul Gégauff (1922–1983) was a French screenwriter, actor and director. He collaborated with director Claude Chabrol on 14 films. Among his films are Les Biches, Plein Soleil and the autobiographical Une Partie de Plaisir. In 1962, he and René Clement received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America as the screenwriters for Plein Soleil, which was named Best Foreign Language Film.
His first marriage to film producer and actress Danièle Gégauff ended in divorce. They had a daughter actress and singer, Clémence Gégauff. He died after being stabbed by his second wife, Coco Ducados, on Christmas Eve 1983.[1]
Chabrol once said of Gégauff: "When I want cruelty, I go off and look for Gégauff. Paul is very good at gingering things up...He can make a character look absolutely ridiculous and hateful in two seconds flat."[2]
Filmography
- Oriana (1985)
- Ave Maria (1984)
- Frankenstein 90 (1984)
- Les folies d'Élodie (1981)
- Le système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume (1981)
- Neon (1981)
- Pigen fra havet (1980)
- Historien om en moder (1979)
- Brigade mondaine: La secte de Marrakech (1979)
- Les Magiciens (1976)
- Une partie de plaisir (1975)
- La rivale (1974)
- Dr. Popaul (1972)
- La vallée (1972)
- Ten Days' Wonder (1971)
- Les novices (1970)
- Qui? (1970)
- Que la bête meure (1969)
- More (1969)
- La femme écarlate (1969)
- Delphine (1969)
- Les Biches (1968)
- Diaboliquement vôtre (1967)
- Le scandale (1967)
- Le reflux (1965) (also directed)
- L'autre femme (1964)
- Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964)
- Le gros coup (1964)
- Les grands chemins (1963)
- Ophélia (1963)
- L'oeil du malin (1962)
- Les Godelureaux (1961)
- Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
- Plein soleil (1960)
- À double tour (1959) (writer)
- Les Cousins (1959)
- Le signe du lion (1959)
- Journal d'un scélérat (1950)
References
- ↑ http://gonzai.com/paul-gegauff-1922-1983-le-perdant-magnifique-de-la-nouvelle-vague/
- ↑ Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 195.