Pierre Bost
Writing
- Born
- September 5, 1901 · Lasalle, Gard, France
- Died
- December 6, 1975 (age 74)
Pierre Bost (5 September 1901, Lasalle, Gard – 6 December 1975, Paris) was a French screenwriter, novelist, and journalist. Primarily a novelist until the 1940s, he was known mainly as a screenwriter after 1945, often collaborating with Jean Aurenche.
In his 1954 article Une Certaine Tendance du Cinéma Français ("A Certain Trend of French Cinema"), François Truffaut attacked the current state of French films, singling out certain screenwriters and producers. The screenwriting team of Bost and Aurenche were criticized for their style of literary adaptations in particular, which Truffaut considered old-fashioned.
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The journalist Jacques-Laurent Bost was Pierre Bost's brother.
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Known for
Forbidden Games
May 9, 1952
La Traversée de Paris
October 26, 1956
The Judge and the Assassin
March 10, 1976
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
January 16, 1974
The Red Inn
October 19, 1951
A Sunday in the Country
April 11, 1984
This Special Friendship
September 4, 1964
Love Is My Profession
September 17, 1958
Gervaise
September 5, 1956
Le Rouge et le Noir
October 29, 1954
Devil in the Flesh
September 12, 1947
The Walls of Malapaga
September 19, 1949
Behind the camera40
- 1984A Sunday in the Country Novel
- 1976The Judge and the Assassin Writer
- 1974The Watchmaker of St. Paul Writer
- 1973Le Château perdu Screenplay
- 1968Franciscan of Bourges Writer
- 1965Black Humor Writer
- 1964This Special Friendship Dialogue
- 1963Enough Rope Screenplay
- 1962Crime Does Not Pay Scenario Writer
- 1961Rendezvous Screenplay