Revon, Bernard

(1931-July 14, 1997, Paris, France)

   He was briefly an actor (1954 Quand le Soleil dort, short, Ruy Guerra; 1956 Bébés à Gogo, Paul Mesnier) before writing for movies (1960 Les Magiciennes / USA: Double Deception, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Serge Friedman; 1961 Les Démons de Minuit / UK: Demons at Midnight / USA: Midnight Follies, as screenwriter, Marc Allégret, Charles Gérard; 1964 L'Amour à la Chaîne / USA: Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures, also co-screenwriter, dialogist, Claude de Givray; Elle est à tuer, short, as dialogist, Dossia Mage; 1968 Baisers volés / USA: Stolen Kisses, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; 1970 Domicile conjugal / Non drammatizziamo . . . è solo questione di corna! / UK: Bed and Board / USA and Canada: Bed & Board, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, François Truffaut; France / Italy; 1971 La Coqueluche, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Christian-Paul Arrighi; 1972 La Guérilla, as co-screenwriter, Rafael Gil, Spain / France; 1973 Projection privée / UK: Private Screening / USA: Private Projection, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, François Leterrier; 1977 Un Amour de Sable, as co-adapter, co-dialogist, Christian Lara; 1985 Folie Suisse, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Christine Lipinska, Canada / Switzerland; 1993 Le Cahier volé / Il diario rubato, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Chris­tine Lipinska, France / Italy) and TV (1970 Mauregard, 6 X 60', Claude de Givray; 1978 Kakemono Hôtel, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist, Franck Ap­prederis; 1979 Histoires insolites, episode "La Stratégie du Serpent", as adapter, Yves Boisset; 1980 Fantômas, 4 X 86', as screenwriter, adapter, France / West Germany; 1987 L'Ile, 7 X 45', François Leterrier, France / Finland; 1996 Les Allumettes suédoises, 3 X 103', as co-screenwriter; Jacques Ertaud). He also produced a TV documentary (1967 Valmy, three parts: "La Chute de la Royauté", "Chronique de l'Eté 1792", "Bataille et Naissance de la République", Jean A. Chérasse, Abel Gance) and appeared as himself in Cinéastes de notre Temps (TV documentary, episode "Et pourtant ils tournent", Claude-Jean Philippe, 1966).

 Filmography

1980 ◘ Les Turlupins / USA: The Rascals (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)