Paul Gégauff

Paul Gégauff (1922–1983) was a French screenwriter, actor and director. He collaborated with director Claude Chabrol on 14 films. Among his films are Les Biches, Plein Soleil and the autobiographical Une Partie de Plaisir. In 1962, he and René Clement received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America as the screenwriters for Plein Soleil, which was named Best Foreign Language Film.

Paul Gégauff
Born(1922-08-10)10 August 1922
Blotzheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Died24 December 1983(1983-12-24) (aged 61)
Gjovik, Norway
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1950–1983
Spouse(s)Danièle Gégauff (divorced)
Coco Ducados (?–his death)

His first marriage to film producer and actress Danièle Gégauff ended in divorce. They had a daughter actress and singer, Clémence Gégauff. He died after being stabbed by his second wife, Coco Ducados, on Christmas Eve 1983.[1]

Chabrol once said of Gégauff: "When I want cruelty, I go off and look for Gégauff. Paul is very good at gingering things up...He can make a character look absolutely ridiculous and hateful in two seconds flat."[2]

Filmography
  • Journal d'un scélérat (1950)
  • Le Signe du lion (1959)
  • Les Cousins (1959)
  • À double tour (1959) (writer)
  • Plein soleil (1960)
  • Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
  • Les Godelureaux (1961)
  • L'oeil du malin (1962)
  • Ophélia (1963)
  • Les grands chemins (1963)
  • Le gros coup (1964)
  • Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964)
  • L'autre femme (1964)
  • Le Reflux (1965) (also directed)
  • Le Scandale (1967)
  • Diaboliquement vôtre (1967)
  • Les Biches (1968)
  • Delphine (1969)
  • La femme écarlate (1969)
  • More (1969)
  • Que la bête meure (1969)
  • Qui? (1970)
  • Les Novices (1970)
  • Ten Days' Wonder (1971)
  • La Vallée (1972)
  • Dr. Popaul (1972)
  • La Rivale (1974)
  • Une partie de plaisir (1975)
  • Les Magiciens (1976)
  • Brigade mondaine: La secte de Marrakech (1979)
  • Historien om en moder (1979)
  • Pigen fra havet (1980)
  • Neon (1981)
  • Le système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume (1981)
  • Les folies d'Élodie (1981)
  • Frankenstein 90 (1984)
  • Ave Maria (1984)
  • Oriana (1985)

References
  1. "PAUL GÉGAUFF (1922-1983) Le perdant magnifique de la Nouvelle vague". March 26, 2013.
  2. Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 195.


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