Suzanne Schiffman
French film director and screenwriter (1929-2001) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 71
Suzanne Schiffman was a French screenwriter and director for numerous motion pictures. She often worked with François Truffaut. The 'script girl' Joelle, played by Nathalie Baye in Truffaut's Day for Night was based on Schiffman. It accurately portrayed her close collaboration with Truffaut and other directors.
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François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & DeathFilm1992Le jour et la nuitFilm, Director, Writer1989Paperback WomanFilm, Director, Writer1987
SorceressFilm, Director, Writer1984
Love on the GroundFilm, Writer1983
Confidentially YoursFilm, Writer1981
Merry-Go-RoundFilm, Writer1980
The Last MetroFilm, Writer1977
The Man Who Loved WomenFilm, Writer1976
Small ChangeFilm, Writer1973
Day for NightFilm, Writer1971
Out 1Series, Director, Writer
The Boat on the GrassFilm, 1971Writer1929Born27 September 1929People around Suzanne
François Truffaut Directed Day for Night and The Story of Adèle H.
Jacques Rivette Directed Out 1: Spectre and Merry-Go-Round
Jean-François Stévenin Suzanne directed Out 1 (1971)
Jean-Pierre Léaud Suzanne directed Out 1 (1971)
Barbet Schroeder Suzanne directed Out 1 (1971)
Bulle Ogier Suzanne directed Out 1 (1971)
Hermine Karagheuz Suzanne directed Out 1 (1971)
Jean-Louis Richard Also in Day for Night and The Last Metro
Éric Rohmer Suzanne directed Out 1 (1971)
Juliet Berto Suzanne directed Out 1 (1971)
Jean Aurel Also in Love on the Run and The Woman Next Door
Jean Dasté Suzanne directed Sorceress (1987)
Danièle Gégauff Produced Out 1 (1990)
Michel Berto Also in Out 1: Spectre, Merry-Go-Round and Out 1
Stéphane Tchalgadjieff Produced Merry-Go-Round (1981)
Gérard Depardieu Suzanne wrote The Last Metro (1981)
Isabelle Adjani Suzanne wrote The Story of Adele H. (1975)
Bernadette Lafont Suzanne directed Out 1 (1971)
Brigitte Fossey Also in The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
Jean Carmet Suzanne directed Sorceress (1987)
Helma Sanders-Brahms Directed The Future of Emily (1985)
Féodor Atkine Suzanne directed Sorceress (1987)
Brigitte Roüan Suzanne directed Out 1 (1971)
Jean Champion Produced Day for Night (1973)
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Day for Night 1973
Out 1 1990
The Last Metro 1980
Confidentially Yours 1983
The Woman Next Door 1981
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Television 1
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