Alexandre Astruc

Biography

Alexandre Auguste Astruc (13 July 1923 – 19 May 2016) was a French film critic and film director. Before becoming a film director he was a journalist, novelist and film critic. His contribution to the auteur theory centers on his notion of the caméra-stylo or "camera-pen" and the idea that directors should wield their cameras like writers use their pens. In 1994 he was awarded the René Clair Award for his whole body of film work.

Known For

Rendezvous in July

as (uncredited)

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

as Self

A Girl in a Pocket

as First employee of lost and found items

Charlotte

as L'éditeur Guy

Cinépanorama

as Self

Apostrophes

as Self

Paris Waltz

as Ludovic Halévy (uncredited)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self