Éric Assous
{{Short description|French screenwriter (1956–2020)}}
Éric Assous (30 March 1956 – 12 October 2020) was a French director, screenwriter, dialoguist, and dramatist born in Tunis.[http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14075551n/PUBLIC Notice d'autorité] of the BnF.
Career
Assous was the author of 80 radio plays for the France Inter channel.
He wrote numerous plays, as well as scenarios for television (including 3 episodes of the Nestor Burma series) and cinema.
Assous directed his first feature film, {{ill|Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels|fr}} in 2001.
In 2002, he penned a new comedy entitled {{ill|Sexes très opposés|fr}}.
Filmography
= Director =
- 1999: À cause d'Olivia... short film
- 2001: Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels
- 2002: Sexes très opposés
- 2003: Amour tout court
= Screenwriter =
- Les acteurs sont fatigués (Prochainement), by Olivier Marchal
- 2010: 22 Bullets by Richard Berry
- 2008: Nos 18 ans by Frédéric Berthe
- 2008: Love Me No More by Jean Becker
- 2008: Les Randonneurs à Saint-Tropez by Philippe Harel
- 2005: The Black Box by Richard Berry
- 2005: Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte by Philippe Harel
- 2003: I, Cesar by Richard Berry
- 2002: Sexes très opposés (2002)
- 2002: Irène by Ivan Calbérac
- 2001: The Girl from Paris by Christian Carion
- 2001: Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels by Éric Assous
- 1998: Petits Désordres amoureux by Olivier Péray
- 1997: The Banned Woman by Philippe Harel
- 1997: Les Randonneurs by Philippe Harel
- 1993: Une femme pour moi by Arnaud Sélignac
- 1987: Babette (Intrigues) by Emmanuel Fonlladosa
= Dialoguist =
- 2005: Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte by Philippe Harel
- 2002: Sexes très opposés
Theatre
- 1992: Sans mentir, directed by d'Éric Assous and Bernard Menez, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 1992: Une fille entre nous, Théâtre d'Edgar
- 1995: Le Portefeuille by Pierre Sauvil and Éric Assous, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Saint-Georges
- 1998: Couple en turbulences, Comédie de Paris
- 2002: Les acteurs sont fatigués, directed by de Jacques Décombe, Comédie-Caumartin
- 2002: Retour de Madison, directed by Éric Assous, played by Roger Miremont, Festival Off, Avignon.
- 2004: Les Montagnes russes, played by Alain Delon and Astrid Veillon in 2004 and 2005, Théâtre Marigny
- 2007: Les Belles-Sœurs, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Saint-Georges (and tour in 2008)
- 2008: Secret de famille, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, with Michel Sardou and Davy Sardou, Théâtre des Variétés.
- 2009: Les hommes préfèrent mentir, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Saint-Georges
- 2009: L'Illusion conjugale, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 2010: Le Technicien, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
- 2011: Une journée ordinaire, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 2011: Les Conjoints, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Tristan-Bernard
- 2011: Mon meilleur copain, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre des Nouveautés
- 2012: L'Italienne, directed by David Garcia, Théâtre Le Funambule Montmartre
- 2012: Le Bonheur, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Marigny
- 2013: Nos femmes, directed by Richard Berry, Théâtre de Paris
- 2015: On ne se mentira jamais, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre La Bruyère (adapted into English by Stewart Vaughan as No more lies)
- 2015: Représailles, directed by Anne Bourgeois, Théâtre de la Michodière
- 2016: L'heureux élu, directed by Jean Luc Moreau, Théâtre de la Madeleine
Prizes and nominations
- 2010: Molière de l'auteur francophone vivant for L'Illusion conjugale
- 2014: Grand prix du théâtre de l'Académie française for all his theatre work
- 2015: Molière de l'auteur francophone vivant for On ne se mentira jamais !
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0039903}}
- [http://entractes.sacd.fr/detail_auteur2.php?idauteur=301&l=ma Éric Assous] on SACD
- [http://blog.lefigaro.fr/theatre/2015/10/represailles-lart-deric-assous.html Représailles, l'art changeant d'Éric Assous] on Le Figaro (31 October 2015)
- [http://www.unifrance.org/annuaires/personne/141043/eric-assous Éric Assous] on uniFrance
- [http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/theatre/eric-assous-l-auteur-le-plus-prolifique-du-theatre-prive-1289 Eric Assous, l'auteur le plus prolifique du théâtre privé] on France Info
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuSCJRzEPKY Le Bonheur - Eric Assous] on YouTube
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Category:French film directors
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Category:21st-century French dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century French screenwriters
Category:21st-century French male writers
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Category:20th-century French screenwriters
Category:20th-century French male writers
Category:French male dramatists and playwrights