Jean Aurenche
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- September 10, 1903
- Died
- September 29, 1992 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Pierrelatte, Drôme, France
Biography
Jean Aurenche (1903–1992) was a French screenwriter. During his career, he wrote 80 films for directors such as René Clément, Bertrand Tavernier, Marcel Carné, Jean Delannoy and Claude Autant-Lara. He is often associated with the screenwriter Pierre Bost, with whom he had a fertile partnership from 1940 to 1975. In the 1920s and 1930s, Jean Aurenche was friends with some members of the surrealist groups. His sister Marie-Berthe was the wife of Max Ernst and Max Ernst soon became friend with Jean Aurenche. Later, he even appeared in some film commercials directed by Jean Aurenche (for the "Nicolas" Wine, the "Barbes" stores and so on...). Jean Aurenche was also a close friend of Jean Cocteau who helped him publish several of his short stories in the famous "NRF". In 1933, Jean Aurenche co-directed two short documentaries with Pierre Charbonnier: Pirates du Rhône and Bracos de Sologne. He later co-wrote the short film Monsieur Cordon with director Pierre Prévert. He soon turned to screenwriting, writing or co-writing several films like L'affaire du Courrier de Lyon (1936) by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara, L'affaire Lafarge or, more famously, Hôtel du Nord that he co-wrote with Marcel Carné and Henri Jeanson. In 1942, starting with Douce (directed by Autant-Lara), Aurenche formed a longstanding partnership with Pierre Bost. Their method of writing together initially worked as such: Jean Aurenche wrote the treatment of the screenplay (sometimes based on a novel) and Pierre Bost then expanded this outline and wrote the dialogue. But soon, both of them wrote all the script together without any clear division of the writing. Together, Aurenche & Bost wrote several great successes of this time period, often associated with director Claude Autant-Lara : le Diable au corps (1945), l'Auberge rouge (1951), le Rouge et le Noir (1954), la Traversée de Paris (1956). Meanwhile, Aurenche & Bost started a fertile collaboration with Jean Delannoy, writing for him La Symphonie Pastorale (1947) which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Festival of 1947. During this time, they also worked with René Clément (Au-delà des grilles, Jeux interdits and Gervaise). The film Jeux Interdits won the Academy Award on the Best Foreign Film in 1952 and soon became a classic. All these critic and commercial triumph contributed to make of Aurenche one of the most revered screenwriters of his time. ... Source: Article "Jean Aurenche" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
The Red Inn
Movie · Story
The Passion of Bernadette
Movie · Writer
Fucking Fernand
Movie · Scenario Writer
Engagements of the Heart
Movie · Writer
The North Star
Movie · Writer
Coup de Torchon
Movie · Writer
Lady of the Camelias
Movie · Writer
The Judge and the Assassin
Movie · Writer
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Movie · Screenplay
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
Movie · Writer
Potatoes
Movie · Writer
Franciscan of Bourges
Movie · Writer
The Oldest Profession
Movie · Writer
A Woman in White Revolts
Movie · Scenario Writer
A Woman in White
Movie · Adaptation
Black Humor
Movie · Writer
This Special Friendship
Movie · Writer
Enough Rope
Movie · Screenplay
Crime Does Not Pay
Movie · Scenario Writer
Imperial Venus
Movie · Writer
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Movie · Writer, Dialogue
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Movie · Writer
Rendezvous
Movie · Writer
The Regattas of San Francisco
Movie · Dialogue
It Happened All Night
Movie · Screenplay
The Green Mare
Movie · Writer
Way of Youth
Movie · Writer, Adaptation, Dialogue
A Woman Like Satan
Movie · Writer
The Gambler
Movie · Writer
Love Is My Profession
Movie · Screenplay
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · Screenplay
Gervaise
Movie · Writer
La Traversée de Paris
Movie · Writer
The Little Rebels
Movie · Adaptation, Dialogue
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Movie · Writer
Le Rouge et le Noir
Movie · Writer
Daughters of Destiny
Movie · Writer
The Game of Love
Movie · Adaptation, Dialogue
The Proud and the Beautiful
Movie · Scenario Writer, Dialogue
Forbidden Games
Movie · Dialogue
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · Screenplay
The Red Inn
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Gigolo
Movie · Writer
God Needs Men
Movie · Screenplay
Keep an Eye on Amelia
Movie · Screenplay
The Walls of Malapaga
Movie · Screenplay
Devil in the Flesh
Movie · Writer
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
Movie · Screenplay
The Seventh Door
Movie · Writer
Pastoral Symphony
Movie · Adaptation, Dialogue
Sylvia and the Ghost
Movie · Screenplay
The Traveler Without Luggage
Movie · Writer
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
Movie · Screenplay
The Lightning Rod Thief
Movie · Original Story
Adrien
Movie · Writer
Douce
Movie · Adaptation, Dialogue, Screenplay
The Scarecrow
Movie · Writer
Love Letters
Movie · Writer, Dialogue
Forbidden to Love
Movie · Dialogue
The Marriage of Chiffon
Movie · Screenplay
Eight Men in a Castle
Movie · Screenplay
The Note Seller
Movie · Writer
Madame Sans-Gêne
Movie · Screenplay
The Emigrant
Movie · Story
La Tradition de minuit
Movie · Screenplay
The Stream
Movie · Screenplay
The Lafarge Case
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Hôtel du Nord
Movie · Screenplay
Confessions of a Newlywed
Movie · Screenplay
Le Colisée
Movie · Screenplay, Writer
Levitan: That Night
Movie · Screenplay, Writer
The Séance Is Over
Movie · Writer