Robert Thomas

Known for WritingBorn 1927-09-28Died 1989-01-03Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France

Robert Thomas (28 September 1927 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes – 3 January 1989) was a French writer, actor and film director. As a writer, almost from the beginning, he was fascinated by a curious genre that he helped invent: the comédie policière or comedy thriller, of which Eight Women is an example. In 1960, Thomas had a hit with Man Trap, a humorous murder mystery which was an overnight success in Paris. Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights and the play established Thomas as a writer of psychological crime dramas with a distinctively Gallic comic twist. The following year the second outing of Eight Women was far more successful as it won the Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres for Best Play in 1961. Thomas was a prolific actor, playwright and movie director. If he is best known for Eight Women it is probably because it was adapted into a movie musical by François Ozon in 2002 with a star-studded line-up that included Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant and Emmanuelle Béart. Thomas’s plays were never fashionable and he was often dismissed by French critics but he was a popular dramatist. By the time he was 18, he claimed he had read every play published in French since 1900. Thomas died in 1989 in Paris. Source: Article "Robert Thomas (director)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

La chambre mandarine

Les Assassins associés

Huit femmes

Look for a Woman

One of My Wives Is Missing

Vanishing Act

8 Women

La Perruche et le Poulet

Un curé de choc

Le deuxième coup de feu

Honeymoon with a Stranger

At Theatre Tonight

Waiting for Elizabeth

Spotlight on a Murderer

7 Women and a Murder

Samedi soir

Alta comedia

The Grand Manoeuvre

Friends of the family

La Brune que voilà

How to Make a French Dish

Freddy

My Pastor Among the Nudists

Bedmania

Les Brésiliennes du Bois de Boulogne

Big Deal

My Pastor Among the Thais

A gyilkos köztünk van

Netnou Hoor die Kinders!

La Mort n'est pas à vendre