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Henri-Georges Clouzot

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French film director, screenwriter and producer (1907-1977)

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Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear (1953) and Les Diaboliques (1955), which are critically recognized as among the greatest films of the 1950s.

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Henri-Georges and Vera Clouzot in 1953Henri-Georges and Vera Clouzot in 1953Clouzot bought the rights to Les Diaboliques which halted Alfred Hitchcock's attempt to purchase them.[27]Clouzot bought the rights to Les Diaboliques which halted Alfred Hitchcock's attempt to purchase them.[27]Henri-Georges Clouzot's tomb at the Montmartre Cemetery.Henri-Georges Clouzot's tomb at the Montmartre Cemetery.

Filmography 40

The Wages of Fear1953 · ★ 8.0
Diabolique1955 · ★ 7.9
Le Corbeau1943 · ★ 7.5
The Truth1960 · ★ 7.6
Jenny Lamour1947 · ★ 7.5
The Murderer Lives at Number 211942 · ★ 7.3
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno2009 · ★ 7.3
Woman in Chains1968 · ★ 6.9
Manon1949 · ★ 6.9
The Mystery of Picasso1956 · ★ 7.4
The Spies1957
The Last One of the Six1941
Strangers in the House1942
Return to Life1949
Miquette1950
Carl Th. Dreyer1966
If All the Guys in the World...1956
The Terror of Batignolles1931
The Clouzot Scandal2017
Dragnet Night1931
My Cousin From Warsaw1931
I'll Be Alone After Midnight1931
Dream Castle1933
The World Will Shake1939
1940: Taking over French Cinema2019
Brasil1950
Tell Me Tonight1933
Bardot, The Misunderstanding2013
Verdi - Messa da Requiem1967
All for Love1933
Morceaux de Cannes2021
The Rebel1938
The Bardot mystery2012
Yehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan - Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 51966
Caprice de princesse1933
Henri-Georges Clouzot: An Enlightened Tyrant2004
They Saw Inferno2010
The Inferno Unseen2017
Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.91966
Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud1994

83 credits on file

Television 1

Cinépanorama1956

Awards 7

1956Jury Prize
1955BAFTA Award for Best Film
1954Louis Delluc Prize
1953Palme d'Or
1953Golden Bear
1949Edgar Awards
1949Golden Lion

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Connected to Henri-Georges 6

Curd JürgensAlso in The Spies (1957)Magda SchneiderAlso in Tell Me Tonight (1933)Charles VanelAlso in The Wages of Fear (1953)Suzy DelairAlso in The Last One of the Six (1941)Louis JouvetAlso in Miquette (1950)Jacques PerrinAlso in The Truth (1960)

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Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear (1953) and Les Diaboliques (1955), which are critically recognized as among the greatest films of the 1950s. He also directed documentary films, including The Mystery of Picasso (1956), which was declared a national treasure by the government of France.

Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1977 · aged 69
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30 languages

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