Claire Clouzot

French journalist and film director
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Quick Facts

IntroFrench journalist and film director
PlacesFrance
wasJournalist Film director
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio Journalism
Gender
Female
Birth2 August 1933, 16th arrondissement of Paris, Paris, Seine, France
Death2 February 202012th arrondissement of Paris, Paris, Seine, France (aged 86 years)
Star signLeo
Family
Father:Rémy Duval
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Biography

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

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, with the film L’Homme Fragile, starring Richard Berry, Françoise Lebrun, and Didier Sauvegrain.

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

She died on 2 February 2020, aged 86.

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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