Claire Clouzot

Claire Clouzot (2 August 1933 – 2 February 2020) was a French film director and journalist.[1]

Claire Clouzot
Born2 August 1933
Paris, France
Died2 February 2020(2020-02-02) (aged 86)
NationalityFrench
OccupationDirector

Biography

Clouzot was the daughter of photographer Rémy Duval and the granddaughter of director Henri-Georges Clouzot. She worked as a photographer and journalist before she began directing in 1980,[2] with the film L’Homme Fragile,[3] starring Richard Berry, Françoise Lebrun, and Didier Sauvegrain.[4]

Clouzot was a delegate at International Critics' Week from 2002-2004 when the films Reconstruction and Or (My Treasure) won the Camera d'Or.[5][6]

She died on 2 February 2020, aged 86.[7]

Filmography
  • L'homme en question (1976)
  • L'Homme Fragile (1981)
  • Rémy Duval, 28 place des Vosges (1986)

Publications
  • Le Cinéma français depuis la Nouvelle Vague (1972)
  • Autobiographie d'une pionnière du cinéma, 1873-1968, Alice Guy (1978)
  • Catherine Breillat. Indécence et pureté (2004)
  • La Saga des Clouzot et le cinéma (2007)
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References
  1. "Décès de la critique Claire Clouzot". Le Film Français (in French). 8 February 2020.
  2. "Claire Clouzot: film critic now dons the cape of director". The Christian Science Monitor. 17 March 1983.
  3. "L'Homme Fragile". La Revue du Cinéma (in French). May 1981.
  4. "Claire Clouzot". IMDb.
  5. "Clouzot to run Critics Week". Variety. 25 September 2001.
  6. "Berjon named as Cannes Critics' Week director". ScreenDaily. 16 December 2004.
  7. "Disparition de la critique et réalisatrice Claire Clouzot". Avoir Alire (in French). 8 February 2020.
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