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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-06-27 (103 years old)

Place of Birth

Lyon, Rhône, France

Jacques Robert

Biography:

Jacques Robert (June 27, 1921 – August 11, 1997) was a French author, screenwriter and journalist.

Jacques Robert was born on 27 June 1921 in Lyon, France. He started his writing career as a journalist. In May 1945 Jacques Robert was the only Western journalist to descend into Hitler's bunker in Berlin, Germany.

During his career he wrote more than 40 books and novels. Around 20 of his novels have been adapted for cinema, notably The Long Teeth directed by Daniel Gélin, Marie-Octobre directed by Julien Duvivier and Someone Behind the Door with Charles Bronson and Anthony Perkins. Jacques Robert was also a prolific screenwriter for film and television.

He died in Rouen in 1997 at the age of 76.

Source: Article "Jacques Robert (writer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

1975

Apostrophes as Self

1965

Writing

1986

1984

L'Homme de Suez as Adaptation
L'Homme de Suez as Writer

1978

Vice Squad as Scenario Writer

1975

Doctor Justice as Screenplay

1973

1967

Les Arnaud as Dialogue
Les Arnaud as Adaptation

1963

Maigret Sees Red as Dialogue
Maigret Sees Red as Adaptation
A Blonde Like That as Screenplay

1961

The Nina B. Affair as Dialogue
The Black Monocle as Dialogue

1959

Marie-Octobre as Novel
Atomic Agent as Writer
Gorilla's Waltz as Dialogue
Gorilla's Waltz as Screenplay
Marie-Octobre as Adaptation

1958

The Night Affair as Adaptation

1957

Burning Fuse as Writer

1956

Defend My Love as Screenplay

1953