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Paul Gégauff(1922-1983)

  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Director
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Paul Gégauff was a French screenwriter, notable primarily for his long-term collaboration with the director Claude Chabrol. He scripted 14 of Chabrol's films. He won an Edgar Award for scripting the crime thriller film "Purple Noon" (1960), a loose adaptation of the novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1955) by Patricia Highsmith. On Christmas Eve 1983, Gégauff was stabbed to death by his second wife Coco Ducados.
BornAugust 10, 1922
DiedDecember 24, 1983(61)
BornAugust 10, 1922
DiedDecember 24, 1983(61)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins total

Known for

Alain Delon in Purple Noon (1960)
Purple Noon
7.7
  • Writer(as Paul Gegauff)
  • 1960
Eddy Mitchell and Jean Rochefort in Frankenstein 90 (1984)
Frankenstein 90
4.5
  • Writer(as Paul Gegauff, adaptation, dialogue)
  • 1984
Le reflux (1965)
Le reflux
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1965
Caroline Cellier and Michel Duchaussoy in This Man Must Die (1969)
This Man Must Die
7.6
  • Writer(as Paul Gegauff)
  • 1969

Credits

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Writer

  • Claudia Venturini in Oriana (1985)
    Oriana
    6.7
    • additional dialogue (uncredited)
    • 1985
  • Isabelle Pasco in Ave Maria (1984)
    Ave Maria
    5.7
    • Writer
    • 1984
  • Eddy Mitchell and Jean Rochefort in Frankenstein 90 (1984)
    Frankenstein 90
    4.5
    • scenario (as Paul Gegauff, adaptation, dialogue)
    • 1984
  • Marcel Bozzuffi in De bien étranges affaires (1982)
    De bien étranges affaires
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • dialogue
    • 1982
  • Neon
    • co-written by
    • 1981
  • Marcha Grant in Secrets of the Satin Blues (1981)
    Secrets of the Satin Blues
    4.5
    • written by
    • 1981
  • Fanny Ardant in La chute de la maison Usher (1981)
    Histoires extraordinaires
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1981
  • Pigen fra havet (1980)
    Pigen fra havet
    • Writer
    • 1980
  • Historien om en moder (1979)
    Historien om en moder
    5.4
    • writer
    • 1979
  • Brigade mondaine: La secte de Marrakech (1979)
    Brigade mondaine: La secte de Marrakech
    3.9
    • dialogue
    • 1979
  • Les grands moyens (1976)
    Les grands moyens
    6.6
    • co-adaptation
    • 1976
  • Death Rite (1975)
    Death Rite
    5.0
    • dialogue (french version)
    • 1975
  • Danièle Gégauff in Pleasure Party (1975)
    Pleasure Party
    6.3
    • written by
    • 1975
  • Gert Fröbe and Juliet Berto in Histoires insolites (1974)
    Histoires insolites
    5.7
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • dialogue
    • 1974
  • La rivale (1974)
    La rivale
    5.2
    • dialogue
    • screenplay and adaptation
    • 1974

Actor

  • Danièle Gégauff in Pleasure Party (1975)
    Pleasure Party
    6.3
    • Philippe
    • husband
    • 1975
  • Weekend (1967)
    Weekend
    6.9
    • Le pianiste (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Maurice Ronet and Jean Seberg in Line of Demarcation (1966)
    Line of Demarcation
    7.1
    • Un agent de la Gestapo
    • Gestapo agent (as P. Gegauff)
    • 1966
  • Vice and Virtue (1963)
    Vice and Virtue
    6.1
    • SS Doctor
    • 1963
  • Journal d'un scélérat
    Short
    • 1950

Director

  • Le reflux (1965)
    Le reflux
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1965

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Paul Geganf
  • Born
    • August 10, 1922
    • Blotzheim, Haut-Rhin, France
  • Died
    • December 24, 1983
    • Gjovik, Norway(homicide)
  • Spouse
    • Danièle Gégauff(2 children)
  • Children
    • Clémence Gégauff

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    Stabbed to death by his second wife

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