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Known credits:
90
Birthday:
1903-09-10
Place of birth:
Pierrelatte, Drôme, France
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Jean Aurenche

Overview

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. ...

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Known for

Acting
2010 Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1930 L'Âge d'or Actor Bandit (uncredited) 62
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Directing
1933 Les Pirates du Rhône Directing Director N/A
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1933 Le Colisée Directing Director 59
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1932 Levitan: That Night Directing Director 59
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1931 The Séance Is Over Directing Director 59
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Writing
2007 The Red Inn Writing Story 58
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1990 The Passion of Bernadette Writing Writer 59
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1987 Engagements of the Heart Writing Writer 59
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1987 Fucking Fernand Writing Scenario Writer 58
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1982 The North Star Writing Writer 59
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1981 Coup de Torchon Writing Writer 62
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1981 Lady of the Camelias Writing Writer 59
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1976 The Judge and the Assassin Writing Writer 61
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1975 Let Joy Reign Supreme Writing Screenplay 59
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1974 The Watchmaker of St. Paul Writing Writer 60
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1969 Potatoes Writing Writer 59
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1968 Franciscan of Bourges Writing Writer 59
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1967 The Oldest Profession Writing Writer 58
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1966 Une femme en blanc se révolte Writing Scenario Writer 59
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1965 A Woman in White Writing Adaptation 58
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1965 Black Humor Writing Writer 58
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1964 This Special Friendship Writing Writer 61
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1963 Enough Rope Writing Screenplay 59
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1962 Imperial Venus Writing Writer 58
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1962 Crime Does Not Pay Writing Scenario Writer 59
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1961 Rendezvous Writing Writer 59
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1961 Thou Shalt Not Kill Writing Writer 59
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1961 Thou Shalt Not Kill Writing Dialogue 59
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1961 Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! Writing Writer 59
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1960 It Happened All Night Writing Screenplay 58
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1960 The Regattas of San Francisco Writing Dialogue N/A
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1959 The Green Mare Writing Writer 58
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1959 Way of Youth Writing Writer 58
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1958 A Woman Like Satan Writing Writer 58
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1958 The Gambler Writing Writer 59
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1958 Love is My Profession Writing Screenplay 59
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1956 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1956 La Traversée de Paris Writing Writer 63
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1956 Gervaise Writing Writer 59
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1955 The Little Rebels Writing Adaptation 59
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1955 The Little Rebels Writing Dialogue 59
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1954 Le Rouge et le Noir Writing Writer 59
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1954 Mademoiselle Nitouche Writing Writer 59
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1954 Daughters of Destiny Writing Writer 58
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1954 The Game of Love Writing Adaptation 59
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1954 The Game of Love Writing Dialogue 59
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1953 The Proud and the Beautiful Writing Writer 59
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1952 Forbidden Games Writing Dialogue 66
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1952 The Seven Deadly Sins Writing Screenplay 59
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1951 Gigolo Writing Writer 58
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1951 The Red Inn Writing Screenplay 60
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1951 The Red Inn Writing Story 60
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1950 God Needs Men Writing Screenplay 59
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1949 Keep an Eye on Amelia Writing Screenplay 59
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1949 The Walls of Malapaga Writing Screenplay 59
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1947 The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean Writing Screenplay 59
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1947 The Seventh Door Writing Writer 59
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1947 Devil in the Flesh Writing Writer 59
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1946 Pastoral Symphony Writing Dialogue 59
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1946 Pastoral Symphony Writing Adaptation 59
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1946 Sylvia and the Ghost Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 The Little Ones of the Flower Platform Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 The Traveler Without Luggage Writing Writer 59
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1944 The Lightning Rod Thief Writing Original Story 59
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1943 Adrien Writing Writer 59
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1943 Douce Writing Adaptation 59
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1943 Douce Writing Dialogue 59
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1943 Douce Writing Screenplay 59
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1943 The Scarecrow Writing Writer 59
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1942 Love Letters Writing Writer 59
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1942 Love Letters Writing Dialogue 59
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1942 Eight Men in a Castle Writing Screenplay N/A
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1942 Forbidden to Love Writing Dialogue 59
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1942 The Marriage of Chiffon Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 The Note Seller Writing Writer 59
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1941 Madame Sans-Gêne Writing Screenplay 58
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1940 The Emigrant Writing Story 59
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1939 La Tradition de minuit Writing Screenplay 58
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1938 Hôtel du Nord Writing Screenplay 61
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1938 The Stream Writing Screenplay 59
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1938 The Lafarge Case Writing Story 59
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1938 The Lafarge Case Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 Confessions of a Newlywed Writing Screenplay 58
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1933 Le Colisée Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 Le Colisée Writing Writer 59
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1932 Levitan: That Night Writing Screenplay 59
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1932 Levitan: That Night Writing Writer 59
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1931 The Séance Is Over Writing Writer 59
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Crew
1973 Molière pour rire et pour pleurer Crew Script 70
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