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Known credits:
31
Birthday:
1920-03-30
Place of birth:
Sézanne, Marne, France
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François Boyer

Overview

François Boyer (1920 - 24 May 2003) was a French screenwriter. He achieved considerable success with his first attempt at screenwriting, Forbidden Games (1952). Initially, he found no studio interested in his work, so he redesigned the screenplay as a novel and published it in 1947 under the title The Secret Game. Although the novel achieved little or no success in its native country, it became a huge commercial success in America. All of a sudden, Boyer's novel was a hot property, so director René Clément, in conjunction with two writers Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, helped turn it into a screenplay. While Boyer receives story credit for the film, little is known of how much of his own screenplay made it to the screen. The film was a huge international success, and won an Honorary Oscar for the best foreign language film of its year.

Although Boyer remained prolific throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, little of his subsequent work had as much impact as Forbidden Games. His 1962 film La Guerre des Boutons, however, was remade by producer David Puttnam in 1994 as The War of the Buttons.

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Known for

Acting
1962 War of the Buttons Actor Priest (uncredited) 63
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Writing
1976 Don't Bite, We Love You Writing Writer 58
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1974 Gross Paris Writing Screenplay 59
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1973 Prêtres interdits Writing Screenplay 59
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1973 The Woman in Blue Writing Writer 58
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1972 The Bar at the Crossing Writing Writer 58
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1970 Le Petit Bougnat Writing Screenplay 59
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1969 Under the Sign of the Bull Writing Writer 59
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1968 The Most Beautiful Month Writing Writer 58
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1967 The 25th Hour Writing Writer 60
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1966 The Gardener of Argenteuil Writing Writer 59
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1965 The Buddies Writing Writer 58
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1964 Weekend at Dunkirk Writing Adaptation 61
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1963 Bebert and the Train Writing Writer 59
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1962 A Monkey in Winter Writing Writer 63
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1962 War of the Buttons Writing Writer 63
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1960 The Magician Writing Writer 59
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1959 Green Harvest Writing Dialogue 59
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1959 It Only Happens to the Living Writing Screenplay 59
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1958 The Gambler Writing Writer 59
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1957 A Kiss for a Killer Writing Dialogue 58
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1957 A Kiss for a Killer Writing Screenplay 58
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1957 Que les hommes sont bêtes Writing Writer 58
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1957 Élisa Writing Writer N/A
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1956 People of No Importance Writing Dialogue 59
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1956 People of No Importance Writing Writer 59
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1955 The Little Rebels Writing Dialogue 59
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1955 The Little Rebels Writing Adaptation 59
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1954 Wild Fruit Writing Writer 58
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1952 Forbidden Games Writing Screenplay 66
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1952 Forbidden Games Writing Novel 66
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