Jean Gruault
Jean Gruault (3 August 1924 – 8 June 2015) was a French screenwriter and actor. He wrote 25 films between 1960 and 1995. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1980 film Mon oncle d'Amérique.
Jean Gruault
- Name
- Jean Gruault
- Born
- 3 August 1924
- Birthplace
- Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne, France
- Died
- 8 June 2015
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Screenwriter Actor
- Full name
- Jean Valéry Gruault.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- film screenwriting and film production.
- Honours
- David di Donatello for best foreign screenplay.
- Languages
- French.
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Jean Gruault (3 August 1924 – 8 June 2015) was a French screenwriter and actor. He wrote 25 films between 1960 and 1995. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1980 film Mon oncle d'Amérique.
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• Name — Jean Gruault • Born — 3 August 1924 • Birthplace — Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne, France • Died — 8 June 2015 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Screenwriter Actor • Years Active — 1958–1995
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Paris Belongs to Us (1960) • Vanina Vanini (1961) • Jules et Jim (1962) • The Nun (1966) • Two English Girls (1971) • The Story of Adèle H. (1975) • Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980) • Via degli specchi (1982)
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1924
Jean Gruault born at Fontenay-sous-Bois.
1980
Mon oncle d'Amérique is dated 1980.
1992
Ce que dit l'autre is dated 1992.
1996
Belle Epoque is dated 1996.
2001
Le sang de Naples is dated 2001.
2003
Cul par-dessus tête is dated 2003.
2015
Jean Gruault died at 20th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Relevé des fichiers de l'Insee
- 2.Scénariste de Truffaut et Resnais, Jean Gruault est décédé - Vodkaster. www.vodkaster.com.
- 3.Le Monde 9 juin 2015
- 4.Les Films de la Villa
- 5.Mort de Jean Gruault, le mythique scénariste de Truffaut et Resnais. Télérama. 9 juin 2015.
- 6.Marguerite & Julien, la longue errance d'un scénario fantôme. Télérama. 21 mai 2015.
- 7.Jean Gruault. Cinémathèque, le blog de Serge Toubiana. 11 juin 2015.
- 8.La promesse : rencontre avec les frères Dardenne. Les Inrocks. 16 octobre 1996.
- 9.Bibliothèque du cinéma François Truffaut. Fonds Jean Gruault. Bibliothèque de Paris. août 2015.
- 10.Trois films fantômes de Jacques Rivette. Cahiers du cinéma.
- 11.Révoltes et révolutions à l'écran, Europe moderne, , PUR, 2015
- 12.Le cinéma à quatre mains. Cinémathèque française. septembre 2005.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Jean Gruault : profession scénariste. Gilles. Delavaud. Cahiers du cinéma. 309. mars. 1980.
- Jean Gruault scénariste. Philippe. Carcassonne. Philippe Carcassonne. Cinématographe. 88. avril. 1983.
- Le rêve et la mémoire. Entretien avec Jean Gruault. Philippe. Le Guay. Philippe Le Guay. Cinématographe. 97. février. 1984.
- Entretien avec Jean Gruault. Danièle. Parra. La Revue du cinéma. 397. septembre. 1984.
- Un scénariste et ses auteurs. propos enregistrés à la Cinémathèque de Nice. Jeune Cinéma. 166. avril. 1985.
- Jean Gruault. entretien. Léon. Michaux. Visions International. février. 1987.
- Jean Gruault. François. Thomas. L'Atelier d'Alain Resnais. Flammarion. 1989.
- Ce que lit l'autre. entretien avec Jean Gruault. Jean Breschand. Carole. Le Berre. Vertigo. 17. 1997.
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