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François Boyer
French screenwriter and writer (1920-2003) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 83
François Boyer was a French screenwriter. He achieved considerable success with his first attempt at screenwriting, Forbidden Games (1952). Initially, he found no studio interested in his work, so he redesigned the screenplay as a novel and published it in 1947 under the title The Secret Game.
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Henri Verneuil Directed People of No Importance (1956)
Pierre Mondy François wrote Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
Georges de Beauregard Produced Le Petit Bougnat and Prêtres interdits
Jean Gabin François wrote Un singe en hiver (1962)
Christian Marin Also in Bebert and the Train and The Buddies
Robert Dorfmann Produced Forbidden Games (1952)
Roger Richebé Directed Élisa and Que les hommes sont bêtes
Jean-Paul Belmondo François wrote Un singe en hiver (1962)
Yves Robert Produced War of the Buttons (1962)
Suzanne Flon Also in A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Jean Richard François wrote War of the Buttons (1962)
Noël Roquevert Also in A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Jacques Marin François wrote The 25th Hour (1967)
Paul Frankeur Also in People of No Importance (1956)
Tsilla Chelton Also in Bebert and the Train and The Buddies
Alfred Adam Also in The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966)
Geneviève Fontanel Also in A Monkey in Winter and The Woman in Blue
Gabriel Gobin Also in People of No Importance (1956)
Carlo Ponti Produced The 25th Hour (1967)
Jacques Higelin François wrote Bébert et l'Omnibus (1963)
Henri Decoin Directed The Scheming Women (1954)
Françoise Rosay François wrote The 25th Hour (1967)
Pierre Vernier François wrote Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
Yvette Etiévant Also in People of No Importance (1956)
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Although the novel achieved little or no success in its native country, it became a huge commercial success in America. All of a sudden, Boyer's novel was a hot property, so director René Clément, in conjunction with two writers Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, helped turn it into a screenplay. While Boyer receives story credit for the film, little is known of how much of his own screenplay made it to the screen. The film was a huge international success, and won an Honorary Oscar for the best foreign language film of its year.
