Jean-Patrick Manchette
French writer (1942-1995) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 52
Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre. He wrote ten short novels in the seventies and early eighties, and is widely recognized as the foremost French crime fiction author of that period.
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Étienne Chicot Jean-Patrick wrote To Kill a Cop (1982)
Alain Delon Directed For a Cop's Hide (1981)
Gérard Pirès Directed Act of Aggression (1975)
Alain Terzian Produced The Shock and Cover Up
André Falcon Jean-Patrick wrote Nada and Fed Up- Ralph Baum Produced Mad Enough to Kill (1975)
Mireille Darc Jean-Patrick wrote To Kill a Cop (1982)
Claude Brasseur Jean-Patrick wrote Act of Aggression (1976)
Michel Aumont Also in The Nada Gang and Legitimate Violence
Michel Auclair Also in Three Men to Kill and For a Cop's Hide
Dominique Zardi Jean-Patrick wrote To Kill a Cop and Nada
Féodor Atkine Also in Three Men to Kill and The Shock
Jean-Pierre Darras Also in Three Men to Kill and For a Cop's Hide
Pascale Roberts Also in Three Men to Kill and For a Cop's Hide
François Perrot Also in Three Men to Kill and The Shock
Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Patrick wrote Act of Aggression (1975)
Anne Parillaud Jean-Patrick wrote To Kill a Cop (1982)
Bernadette Lafont Jean-Patrick wrote L'ordinateur des pompes funèbres (1976)
Viviane Romance Jean-Patrick wrote Nada (1979)
Philippe Labro Directed Cover Up (1983)
Maurice Garrel Jean-Patrick wrote Nada (1979)
Claude Piéplu Jean-Patrick wrote L'ordinateur des pompes funèbres (1976)- Serge Leroy Directed Legitimate Violence (1982)
Raymond Danon Produced Mad Enough to Kill (1975)
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His stories are violent explorations of the human condition and French society. Manchette was politically to the left and his writing reflects this through his analysis of social positions and culture.
