Paul Gégauff Explained
| Paul Gégauff |
| Birth Date: | 10 August 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Blotzheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France |
| Death Place: | Gjøvik, Norway |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter |
| Yearsactive: | 1950–1983 |
| Spouse: | Danièle Gégauff (divorced)
Coco Ducados (?–1983, his death) |
Paul Gégauff (10 August 1922 – 24 December 1983) was a French screenwriter, actor, and director. He collaborated with director Claude Chabrol on 14 films. His screenplays include Plein Soleil, for which he and director René Clement received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America,[1] Les Biches, This Man Must Die, and the autobiographical Une partie de plaisir.
His first marriage to actress Danièle Gégauff ended in divorce. They had a daughter, actress and singer Clémence Gégauff. Paul Gégauff died after being stabbed by his second wife, Coco Ducados, on Christmas Eve 1983.[2]
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."[3]
Filmography
- Journal d'un scélérat (1950)
- Le Signe du lion (1959)
- Les Cousins (1959)
- À double tour (1959) (writer)
- Plein soleil (1960)
- Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
- Les Godelureaux (1961)
- L'oeil du malin (1962)
- Ophélia (1963)
- Les grands chemins (1963)
- Le gros coup (1964)
- Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964)
- L'autre femme (1964)
- Le Reflux (1965) (also directed)
- Le Scandale (1967)
- Diaboliquement vôtre (1967)
- Les Biches (1968)
- Delphine (1969)
- La femme écarlate (1969)
- More (1969)
- This Man Must Die (1969)
- Qui? (1970)
- Les Novices (1970)
- Ten Days' Wonder (1971)
- La Vallée (1972)
- Dr. Popaul (1972)
- La Rivale (1974)
- Une partie de plaisir (1975)
- Les Magiciens (1976)
- Brigade mondaine: La secte de Marrakech (1979)
- Historien om en moder (1979)
- Pigen fra havet (1980)
- Neon (1981)
- Le système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume (1981)
- Les folies d'Élodie (1981)
- Frankenstein 90 (1984)
- Ave Maria (1984)
- Oriana (1985)
Notes and References
- Web site: Category List – Best Foreign film . Edgarawards.com . 19 May 2023.
- Web site: PAUL GÉGAUFF (1922-1983) Le perdant magnifique de la Nouvelle vague . March 26, 2013.
- Book: Wakeman, John . World Film Directors Volume 2 . The H. W. Wilson Company . 1988 . 195.
