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François Chalais(1919-1996)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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François Chalais was born on 15 December 1919 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was a director and writer, known for Portrait of a Killer (1949), La belle et le tzigane (1958) and L'été en hiver (1964). He was married to Mei Chen Chalais and France Roche. He died on 1 May 1996 in Paris, France.
BornDecember 15, 1919
DiedMay 1, 1996(76)
BornDecember 15, 1919
DiedMay 1, 1996(76)
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Known for

Portrait of a Killer (1949)
Portrait of a Killer
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1949
La belle et le tzigane (1958)
La belle et le tzigane
4.7
  • Writer
  • 1958
Mireille Darc in L'été en hiver (1964)
L'été en hiver
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1964
Girls' Dormitory (1953)
Girls' Dormitory
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1953

Credits

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Director

  • Reflets de Cannes (1952)
    Reflets de Cannes
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1959–1966
  • Cinéma (1965)
    Cinéma
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1965–1968
  • Cinépanorama (1956)
    Cinépanorama
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1957–1965
  • Le coup du mepris
    TV Short
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Mireille Darc in L'été en hiver (1964)
    L'été en hiver
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Alain Delon in Le chien (1962)
    Le chien
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1962

Writer

  • Caroline Cellier and Maurice Ronet in L'atterrissage (1981)
    L'atterrissage
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • novel
    • 1981
  • Cinéma (1965)
    Cinéma
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1965–1968
  • Mireille Darc in L'été en hiver (1964)
    L'été en hiver
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • Alain Delon in Le chien (1962)
    Le chien
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1962
  • Une histoire de chiens
    Short
    • commentary
    • 1961
  • Imprévisibles nouveautés
    Short
    • commentary
    • 1959
  • La belle et le tzigane (1958)
    La belle et le tzigane
    4.7
    • writer
    • 1958
  • Les marines (1957)
    Les marines
    6.1
    Short
    • dialogue
    • 1957
  • Pitié pour les vamps (1956)
    Pitié pour les vamps
    4.9
    • adaptation
    • 1956
  • Girls' Dormitory (1953)
    Girls' Dormitory
    6.5
    • writer
    • 1953
  • La nuit est à nous (1953)
    La nuit est à nous
    • adaptation
    • dialogue
    • 1953
  • The Lovers of Toledo (1953)
    The Lovers of Toledo
    5.0
    • adaptation
    • 1953
  • Je sème à tout vent
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1952
  • Portrait of a Killer (1949)
    Portrait of a Killer
    6.5
    • dialogue
    • 1949

Actor

  • Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant in A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
    A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
    5.8
    • Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà' (uncredited)
    • 1986
  • La canne (1972)
    La canne
    TV Movie
    • Le journaliste
    • 1972
  • Alain Delon in Le chien (1962)
    Le chien
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • 1962
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel in Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960)
    Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
    5.7
    • Récitant
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1960

Personal details

  • Official sites
    • France's national library catalogue
    • INA (french)
  • Born
    • December 15, 1919
    • Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
  • Died
    • May 1, 1996
    • Paris, France(leukemia)
  • Spouses
      Mei Chen Chalais? - May 1, 1996 (his death)
  • Other works
    Book: " Les chocolats de l'entracte". Paris : Stock

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  • Trivia
    Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978

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