Christopher Frank (5 December 1942,

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, UK – 19 November 1993,

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, France) was a British-born French writer, screenwriter, and film director. He won the 1972

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for his novel ''La Nuit américaine'' that served the basis for Andrzej Zulawski's film '' That Most Important Thing: Love''.

Awards

*1967: Prix Hermès de Littérature for ''Mortelle'' *1972:

for ''La Nuit américaine''

Works

Screenwriter

*1974 ''

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*1975 '' That Most Important Thing: Love''

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*1977 ''Les Passagers''

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*1979 ''

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*1979 ''Clair de femme''

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*1980 ''

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*1981 ''Eaux profondes'' Michel Deville *1981 ''Josepha'' Christopher Frank *1981 ''Pour la peau d'un flic'' Alain Delon *1981 ''Une étrange affaire'' Pierre Granier-Deferre *1983 ''Le Battant'' Alain Delon *1983 ''Femmes de personnes'' Christopher Frank *1983 ''L'Année des méduses ( Year of the Jellyfish)'' Christopher Frank *1983 ''L'Ami de Vincent''

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*1986 ''Cours privé'' Pierre Granier-Deferre *1987 ''Malone, un tueur en enfer''

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*1987 ''Spirales'' Christopher Frank *1993 ''Elles n'oublient jamais'' Christopher Frank

Dialogue

*1980 ''

'' by

*1981 '' Pour la peau d'un flic'' by Alain Delon

Film director

*1982: ''Josepha'' *1984: ''Femmes de personne'' *1984: ''

L'Année des méduses ''L'année des méduses'' (''The Year of the Jellyfish'') is a 1984 French drama film inspired by a novel by Christopher Frank, directed by Frank himself with Valérie Kaprisky and Bernard Giraudeau. The film had a total of 1,554,641 admission ...

'' *1987: ''Spirale'' *1994: ''Elles n'oublient jamais''

References

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