Alexandre Astruc

Alexandre Astruc (13July 1923 – 19May 2016) was a French film critic and film director.

Biography
Before becoming a film director, he was a journalist, novelist and film critic. His contribution to the auteur theory centers on his notion of the caméra-stylo or "camera-pen" and the idea that directors should wield their cameras like writers use their pens.

In 1994, he was awarded the René Clair Award for his whole body of film work.

Selected filmography
(s) indicates films also co-scripted by Astruc
 * 1949: Ulysse ou Les mauvaises rencontres also known as Aller et retour, a short film; Astruc also wrote the scenario
 * 1952: The Crimson Curtain (s) (Le rideau cramoisi)
 * 1952: The Respectful Prostitute
 * 1955: Les Mauvaises rencontres (s)
 * 1957: Amour de poche
 * 1958: Une vie (s)
 * 1960: La proie pour l'ombre (s)
 * 1962: 
 * 1964: The Pit and the Pendulum (Le Puits et le Pendule)
 * 1966:  (s)
 * 1968:  (s)
 * 1976: Sartre par lui même

Publications

 * 1945: Les Vacances, Gallimard
 * 1975: Ciel de cendres, Le Sagittaire
 * 1975: La tête la première, Olivier Orban
 * 1977: Le Serpent jaune, Gallimard
 * 1979: Quand la chouette s'envole, Gallimard
 * 1982: Le Permissionnaire, Éditions de la Table ronde, Paris
 * 1989: Le roman de Descartes, Éditions Balland
 * 1992: Du stylo à la caméra et de la caméra au stylo: Écrits (1942–1984), Éditions de l'Archipel
 * 1993: L'autre versant de la colline, Écriture
 * 1994: Évariste Galois, Groupe Flammarion
 * 1997: Le Siècle à venir, Éditions Trédaniel
 * 2015: Le plaisir en toutes choses (with Noël Simsolo), Éditions Neige/Écriture