Claire Clouzot Explained
| Claire Clouzot |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Director |
Claire Clouzot (2 August 1933 – 2 February 2020) was a French film director and journalist.[1]
Biography
Clouzot was the daughter of photographer Rémy Duval and the granddaughter of director Henri-Georges Clouzot. She worked as a photographer and journalist before she began directing in 1980,[2] with the film L’Homme Fragile,[3] starring Richard Berry, Françoise Lebrun, and Didier Sauvegrain.[4]
Clouzot was a delegate at International Critics' Week from 2002 to 2004 when the films Reconstruction and Or (My Treasure) won the Camera d'Or.[5] [6]
She died on 2 February 2020, aged 86.[7]
Filmography
- L'homme en question (1976)
- L'Homme Fragile (1981)
- Rémy Duval, 28 place des Vosges (1986)
Publications
- Le Cinéma français depuis la Nouvelle Vague (1972)
- Autobiographie d'une pionnière du cinéma, 1873-1968, Alice Guy (1978)
- Catherine Breillat. Indécence et pureté (2004)
- La Saga des Clouzot et le cinéma (2007)
Notes and References
- Web site: Décès de la critique Claire Clouzot. 8 February 2020. Le Film Français. fr.
- Web site: Claire Clouzot: film critic now dons the cape of director. 17 March 1983. The Christian Science Monitor.
- May 1981. L'Homme Fragile. fr. La Revue du Cinéma.
- Web site: Claire Clouzot. IMDb.
- Web site: Clouzot to run Critics Week. 25 September 2001. Variety.
- Web site: Berjon named as Cannes Critics' Week director. 16 December 2004. ScreenDaily.
- Web site: Disparition de la critique et réalisatrice Claire Clouzot. 8 February 2020. Avoir Alire. fr.
