About

Known credits:
17
Birthday:
1953-04-17
Place of birth:
Casablanca, Morocco
Website:
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Pierre Assouline

Overview

Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio.

As a biographer, he has covered a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including: Henri Cartier-Bresson, the legendary photographer; Marcel Dassault, the aeronautics pioneer; Gaston Gallimard, the publisher; Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin; Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the art dealer; Georges Simenon, the detective novelist and creator of Inspector Maigret.

Several of these books have been translated into English and the Henri Cartier-Bresson biography has been translated into Chinese.

As a journalist, Assouline has worked for the leading French publications Lire and Le Nouvel Observateur. He also publishes a blog, "La république des livres".

Assouline was the editor of La Révolution Wikipédia, a collection of essays by postgraduate journalism students under his supervision. Assouline contributed the preface.

On 7 January 2007, Assouline published a blog post criticizing the Wikipedia entry on the Dreyfus Affair.

Source: Article "Pierre Assouline" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting
2023 Simenon est Maigret Actor N/A
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2019 Passage des arts: Renoir et la petite fille au ruban bleu Actor N/A
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2017 The Clouzot Scandal Actor Self 59
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2015 Les vendredis d'Apostrophes Actor Self 59
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2012 Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme Actor Pierre Assouline N/A
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2011 Le procès Céline Actor N/A
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1995 Le Petit Vingtième : le siècle de Tintin Actor Self 59
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Directing
2024 De Gaulle vs Churchill : Mémoires de guerre, guerre des mémoires Directing Director N/A
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2016 The Lévi-Strauss Century Directing Director N/A
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2015 Les vendredis d'Apostrophes Directing Director 59
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The Marguerite Duras Century Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2016 The Lévi-Strauss Century Writing Writer N/A
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1999 Vanaprastham Writing Story 59
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The Marguerite Duras Century Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1999 Vanaprastham Production Producer 59
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1999 L.A. Without a Map Production Producer 58
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1996 Conspirators of Pleasure Production Co-Producer 60
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