Alexandre Astruc

Known for DirectingBorn 1923-07-13Died 2016-05-19Paris, France

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Arsène Lupin joue et perd

Les Grands Détectives

Apostrophes

Cinépanorama

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Bassae

Long March

Sartre by Himself

Paris Waltz

Albert Savarus

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Crimson Curtain

The Pit and the Pendulum

Les Crimes de l'amour

Shadows of Adultery

Évariste Galois

Bad Liaisons

Adriatic Sea of Fire

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

Rendezvous in July

The Count of Bragelonne

End of Desire

Savage Souls

Sentimental Education

The Respectful Prostitute

A Girl in a Pocket

Charlotte

The Purloined Letter

Introduction à la Méthode de F. W. Murnau