- Sagan, Françoise
- (Françoise Quoirez / June 21, 1935, Cajarc, Lot, France - September 24, 2004, Honfleur, Calvados, France)Her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, earned her international fame when she was only eighteen years old. Several of her books were brought to the screen (1958 Bonjour Tristesse, Otto Preminger, USA; A Certain Smile, Jean Negulesco, USA; 1961 La Récréation/ UK: Playtime / US video: Love Play, Fabien Collin, François Moreuil; La Proie pour l'Ombre / USA: Shadows of Adultery, Alexandre Astruc; 1968 La Chamade / USA: Heartbeat, Alain Cavalier, France / Italy; 1971 Un peu de Soleil dans l'Eau froide / Un po' di sole nell' acqua gelida / Un attimo d'amore / UK: Sunlight on Cold Water / USA: A Few Hours of Sunlight, Jacques Deray, France / Italy; 1987 De Guerre lasse, Robert Enrico; 1990 La Femme fardée, José Pinheiro) and on TV (1976 Het Gekroonde paard / Le Cheval évanoui, Mita Bergé, Walter Claessens, Belgium; Le Cheval évanoui, Alain Dhenault; 1995 Un Orage immobile, Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, France / Belgium; Bonjour Tristesse, Peter Kassovitz; Machinations, Gérard Vergez; 2000 Les Faux-Fuyants / Die Landpartie, Pierre Boutron, France / Germany). She also colloborated on the screenplays of a few films (1962 Landru / USA: Bluebeard, as co-screenwriter, dialogist, Claude Chabrol, France / Italy; 1963 Château en Suède / Il castello in Svezia / USA: Nutty, Naughty Chateau, as author of original play and dialogist, Roger Vadim, France / Italy; 1970 Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel, as co-dialogist only, Marc Allégret; 1977 Les Borgia ou Le Sang doré, TV, Alain Dhenault). She directed one short and a feature-length film. Other credits (as actress): 1960 Le Testament d'Orphée / Le Testament d'Orphée, ou Ne me demandez pas pourquoi / USA: The Testament of Orpheus, Jean Cocteau; 1961 Goodbye Again / Aimez-vous Brahms?, uncredited, also author of original novel, Anatole Litvak, USA / France; 1963 Cherchez l'Idole / Sciarada alla francese, uncredited, Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1985 Le Deuxième Couteau, TV, Josée Dayan); (as author of original play): 1964 Château en Suède, André Barsacq; 1969 La Robe mauve de Valentine, Robert Crible; 1977 Bonheur, Impair et passe, Roger Vadim; 1988 Excès contraire, Yves-André Hubert.Filmography1975 ◘ Encore un Hiver (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)1977 ◘ Les Fougères bleues (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1975)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.