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Henri-Georges Clouzot (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒɔʁʒ kluzo]; 20 November 1907 – 12 January 1977) 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 ...
Henri-Georges Clouzot. Writer: The Wages of Fear. Beginning his film career as a screenwriter, Henri-Georges Clouzot switched over to directing and in 1943 had the distinction of having his film The Raven (1943) banned by both the German forces occupying France and the Free French forces fighting them, but for different reasons.
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- Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France
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- Paris, France
Henri-Georges Clouzot est un scénariste, dialoguiste, réalisateur et producteur de cinéma français, né le 20 novembre 1907 à Niort (Deux-Sèvres) et mort le 12 janvier 1977 dans le 17 e arrondissement de Paris.
- 20 novembre 1907Niort
- Cimetière de Montmartre
- Henri Georges Léon Clouzot
- The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942) Clouzot’s directorial debut is a subversive classic, mixing gothic tensions with a macabre display of noir style.
- Le Corbeau (1943) Another unseen menace haunts Clouzot’s second feature, as a small French town is plagued by an anonymous poison-pen writer known only as ‘Le Corbeau’ (‘The Raven’).
- Quai des Orfèvres (1947) When the ban on his filmmaking was lifted, Clouzot returned with this early police procedural following the investigation into the murder of a lecherous businessman.
- The Wages of Fear (1953) Set in Latin America (but filmed in the south of France), Clouzot’s tensest film follows the journey of four desperate men who are hired to transport highly volatile tanks of nitroglycerine through the mountains to a blazing fire at an oil refinery.
A pivotal and divisive figure of Forties and Fifties French cinema, Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907 - 1977) made his name as a daring iconoclast through a series of hugely influential, often controversial, films whose stylistic audacity, off-beat humor and ...
Henri-Georges Clouzot. Writer: The Wages of Fear. Beginning his film career as a screenwriter, Henri-Georges Clouzot switched over to directing and in 1943 had the distinction of having his film The Raven (1943) banned by both the German forces occupying France and the Free French forces fighting them, but for different reasons.
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Jan 25, 2024 · Henri-Georges Clouzot, active between the 1940s and '60s, was a director primarily of noir films and thrillers. His defining projects are Diabolique and The Wages of Fear, two of the...
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