Jean Levy, known as Jean Ferry (16 June 1906 – 5 September 1974), was a French writer and screenwriter and follower of the ' pataphysical tradition'. He died in Val-de-Marne, France, in 1974. He was described by Raphaël Sorin as "a little man, round all over. A sharp eye behind round glasses, close-shaven head, high-pitched voice, and a potbelly that recalled Ubu's ''gidouille''." In addition to his literary career, he was known as an

Oulipo Oulipo (, short for ; roughly translated as "workshop of potential literature", stylized ''OuLiPo'') is a loose gathering of (mainly) French-speaking writers and mathematicians who seek to create works using constrained writing techniques. It wa ...

guest of honour, satrap of the College of Pataphysics, and specialist in the cult figure and French poet, novelist and playwright Raymond Roussel (also known as the eccentric neighbour of

Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( ; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist who wrote the novel (in French language, French – translated in English as ''Remembrance of Things Pas ...

Selected filmography

* '' Musicians of the Sky'' (1940) - directed by '' Georges Lacombe'' * ''

Children of Paradise ''Children of Paradise'' (, ) is a two-part French romantic drama film by Marcel Carné, produced under war conditions in 1943, 1944, and early 1945 in both Vichy France and Occupied France. Set in the theatrical world of 1830s Paris, it tell ...

'' (1944) - treatment written in hiding of the ''

Marcel Carné Marcel Albert Carné (; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939), ''Les Visiteurs du Soi ...

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Jacques Prévert Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the Poetic realism, poetic ...

'' film * '' The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * '' Dawn Devils'' (1946) * ''

Quai des Orfèvres ''Quai des Orfèvres'' (; "Goldsmiths' Quay"; also known as ''Jenny Lamour'') is a 1947 French police procedural drama film based on the book ''Légitime défense'' by Stanislas-Andre Steeman. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot the film stars ...

'' (1947) - directed by ''

Henri-Georges Clouzot Henri-Georges Clouzot (; 20 November 1907 – 12 January 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed '' The Wages of Fear'' (1953) and '' Les Diabo ...

'' * '' Eternal Conflict'' (1948) * ''

Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was f ...

'' (1949) - directed by ''

'' * '' Miquette et sa mère'' (1949) - directed by ''

'' * '' Tuesday's Guest'' (1950) - directed by ''

Jacques Deval Jacques Deval (27 June 1895 – 19 December 1972) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director. Novels *''Marie Galante'' (1931) Plays *''Une faible femme''; a comedy in three acts (1920) *''Dans sa candeur naïve''; a comedy in thre ...

'' * '' The Most Beautiful Girl in the World'' (1951) directed by '' Christian Stengel'' * ''

The Beautiful Image ''The Beautiful Image'' (French: ''La belle image'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Frank Villard, Françoise Christophe and Pierre Larquey.Frey p.78 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hub ...

'' (1951) - directed by ''

Claude Heymann Claude Heymann (13 November 1907 – 13 April 1994) was a French screenwriter and film director.Frey p.78 Selected filmography * ''American Love (film), American Love'' (1931) * ''Idylle au Caire'' (1933) * ''Disk 413'' (1936) * ''The Brighto ...

'' * ''

Spartacus Spartacus (; ) was a Thracians, Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the Slavery in ancient Rome, escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major Slave rebellion, slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Historical accounts o ...

'' (1951) - directed by ''

Riccardo Freda Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror film, horror, ''giallo'' and spy films. Freda began directing ''I Vampiri'' in 1956. The f ...

'' * '' Nana'' (1955) - directed by ''

Christian-Jaque Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''M ...

'' * '' Cela s'appelle l'aurore'' (1955) - directed by ''

Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians and directors to be one of the greatest and ...

'' * '' Nathalie'' (1957) - directed by '' Christian-Jacque'' * ''

Tabarin Tabarin was the street name of Anthoine Girard (c. 1584 – August 16, 1633), the most famous Parisian street charlatan of his day, who amused his audiences in the Place Dauphine by farcical dialogue with his brother Philippe (as Mondor), wi ...

'' (1958) - directed by ''

Richard Pottier Richard Pottier (6 June 1906, in Graz – 2 November 1994, in Le Plessis-Bouchard) was a film director in France. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Ernst Deutsch. Selected filmography * ''If I Were Boss (1934 film), If I Were Boss'' ( ...

'' * '' Babette s'en va-t-en guerre'' (1959) - directed by ''

'' * '' The Fenouillard Family'' (1960) - directed by ''

Yves Robert Yves Robert (; 19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting w ...

'' * '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1961) - directed by ''

'' * ''

Vie privée Vie or VIE may refer to: * Vie, Oradea, a district of Oradea, a city in Romania *Vie (river), a river in western France *, another river in France and tributary of the Dives (river), Dives *Vie (cards), a term in card games * VIE, the IATA code fo ...

'' (1962) - directed by ''

Louis Malle Louis Marie Malle (; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "a filmmaker difficult to pin down", Malle made document ...

'' * '' Le Gentleman de Cocody'' (1965) - directed by ''

'' * (1970) - directed by ''

Georges Franju Georges Franju (; 12 April 1912 – 5 November 1987) was a French filmmaker. He was born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine. Biography Early life Before working in French cinema, Franju held several different jobs. These included working for an ins ...

'' * '' Daughters of Darkness'' (1971) - directed by ''

Harry Kümel Harry Kümel (born 27 January 1940) is a Belgian film director. His 1971 vampire feature ''Daughters of Darkness'' (''Les lèvres rouges''; French language, Fr, "The Red Lips"), starring Delphine Seyrig became a cult hit in Europe and the Unite ...

'' * '' Malpertuis'' (1972) - directed by ''

'' * '' De Komst van Joachim Stiller'' - ''The Coming of Joachim Stiller'' (1974) - directed by ''

References

French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters 1906 births 1974 deaths 20th-century French male writers {{France-writer-stub

Selected filmography

See also

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