Claude Sautet

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-02-23 (76 years old)

Deathday

2000-07-22

Place of Birth

Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Claude Sautet

Biography

Claude Sautet (23 February 1924 – 22 July 2000) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was a chronicler of post-war French society. He made a total of five films with his favorite actress Romy Schneider. Born in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Sautet first studied painting and sculpture before attending a film university in Paris where he began his career and later became a television producer. His first movie, Hello Smile! (originally Bonjour Sourire) was released in 1956. He earned international attention with The Things of Life (Les choses de la vie, 1970), which he wrote and directed, like the rest of his later films. Featu...

Acting

2018

Lino Ventura, la part intime

as Self (archive footage)

2017

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2021

Claude Sautet: A Subtle Director

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Production

1966

1988

1970

The Things of Life

as Screenplay

1970

1971

1976

Mado

as Screenplay

1978

A Simple Story

as Director

1972

Cesar and Rosalie

as Screenplay

1972

1971

Max and the Junkmen

as Screenplay

1976

Mado

as Director

1960

Eyes Without a Face

as Adaptation

1995

1960

The Big Risk

as Adaptation

1960

The Big Risk

as Director

1980

A Bad Son

as Screenplay

1980

A Bad Son

as Director

1992

A Heart in Winter

as Screenplay

1992

1954

The Rebels of Lomanach

as Assistant Director

1965

1965

The Dictator's Guns

as Adaptation

1983

Waiter!

as Screenplay

1983

Waiter!

as Director

1964

That Tender Age

as Screenplay

1956

Hello Smile!

as Director

1954

L'honneur est sauf !

as Production Manager

1970

Borsalino

as Writer

1954

Fernand cherche du boulot

as Production Manager

1994

Intersection

as Original Film Writer

1969

1959

1978

1964

Backfire

as Writer

1958

Back to the Wall

as Assistant Director

1967

Pillaged

as Dialogue

1967

Pillaged

as Screenplay

1988

1960

Eyes Without a Face

as Assistant Director

1960

Eyes Without a Face

as Screenplay

1963

Banana Peel

as Screenplay

1949

L'Homme Que Nous Aimons Le Plus

as Assistant Director

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