- Bresson, Robert
- (September 25, 1901, Bromont-Lamothe, Puy-de-Dôme, France - December 18, 1999, Paris, France)Born in the castle of Bromont-Lamothe, he graduated with a Latin-Greek-philosophy high school diploma and turned a painter and then a photographer before writing gags for commercials. He also was dialogue author (1933 C'était un Musicien, Maurice Gleize), co-screenwriter (1936 Les Jumeaux de Brighton, Claude Heymann; 1937 Courrier-Sud, also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Pierre Billon), and assistant director (1938 La Vierge folle, Henri Diamant-Berger). His first movie was a comical medium-length in which starred the clown Béby. Book: 1975 Notes sur le Cinématographe (Editions Gallimard).Filmography1934 ◘ Les Affaires publiques (short; also screenwriter)1943 ◘ Les Anges du Péché / UK and USA: Angels of the Streets (also co-screenwriter)1945 ◘ Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne / USA: Ladies of the Park / The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (also screenwriter, adapter)1951 ◘ Journal d'un Curé de Campagne / USA: Diary of a Country Priest (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)1956 ◘ Un Condamné à Mort s'est échappé / Un Condamné à Mort s'est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut / USA: A Man Escaped / A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)1959 ◘ Pickpocket (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)1962 ◘ Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc / UK and USA: Trial of Joan of Arc (also screenwriter, dialogist)◘ Au Hasard Balthazar / Min van Balthazar / USA: Balthazar (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Sweden)◘ Mouchette(also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)1969 ◘ Une Femme douce / UK: A Gentle Creature / USA: A Gentle Woman (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)1971 ◘ Quatre Nuits d'un Rêveur / USA: Four Nights of a Dreamer (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Italy)1974 ◘ Lancelot du Lac / Lancillotto e Ginevra / UK: The Grail / USA: Lancelot of the Lake (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Italy)1977 ◘ Le Diable probablement / UK and USA: The Devil Probably (also screenwriter, dialogist)1983 ◘ L'Argent / UK and USA: Money (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Switzerland)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.