Pierre Bost


Screenwriter

About

Birth Place
France
Born
September 05, 1901

Biography

An editor and novelist, Bost began collaborating with screenwriter Jean Aurenche in 1943, with the former providing the dialogue and the latter the story and continuity. The pair provided the screenplays for features directed by Rene Clement, Claude Autant-Lara and Jean Delannoy, most notably "Forbidden Games" (1952) and "Le Rouge et le Noir/The Red and the Black" (1954)....

Biography

An editor and novelist, Bost began collaborating with screenwriter Jean Aurenche in 1943, with the former providing the dialogue and the latter the story and continuity. The pair provided the screenplays for features directed by Rene Clement, Claude Autant-Lara and Jean Delannoy, most notably "Forbidden Games" (1952) and "Le Rouge et le Noir/The Red and the Black" (1954).

Life Events

1939

First film credit (dialogue), "L'heritier de Mondesir"

1942

First feature as writer (adaptation/dialogue), "L'homme qui joue avec le feu"

1943

First collaborarion with Jean Aurenche, "Douce"

1976

Final collaboration with Aurenche, "Le Juge et l'assassin"

Bibliography