Givray, Claude de

(Claude Pierre Simon Givray Desmouceaux / April 7, 1933, Nice, Alpes-Maritîmes, France - )

   A former film critic for Arts et Spectacle and Les Ca­hiers du Cinéma, he befriended New Wave directors and was an assistant to François Truffaut (1957 Les Mistons / UK: The Brats / USA: The Kids, short, François Truffaut) and to Claude Chabrol (1958 Le Beau Serge / UK: Bitter Reunion / USA: Handsome Serge). He ap­peared in Erotissimo (Gérard Pirès, France / Italy, 1969) and co-wrote several movies (1961 Me faire ça à moi / USA: It Means That Much to Me, Pierre Grim-blat;1968 Baisers voles / USA: Stolen Kisses, François Truffaut; 1970 Domicile conjugal / Non drammatizziamo è solo questione di corna! / UK and USA: Bed and BoardF also co-dialogist, France / Italy; 1984 Un Eté d'Enfer / Un verano d'infierno, as adapter only, Michaël Schock, France / Spain; 1988 La Petite Voleuse / USA: The Little Thief Claude Miller). His first directing effort was a remake of Jean Renoir's Tire-au-Flanc.

 Filmography

        ◘ Tire-au-Flanc 62 / USA: The Army Game (co-director with François Truffaut; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Une Grosse Tête (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1965 ◘ Un Mari à Prix fixe (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; shot in 1963)

        ◘ L'Amour à la Chaîne / USA: Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

 Television Filmography

1967 ◘ Cinéastes de notre Temps:Jacques Becker (documentary)

        ◘ Mauregard (6 X 60'; also co-screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ Adieu mes quinze Ans (19 X 13')

1975 ◘ Les Cinq dernières Minutes (episode "Un Cœur sur Mesure")

        ◘ Vivement Truffaut (documentary)

        ◘ La Méthode rose

2003 ◘ On Location to Bed and Board (video documentary)