Suzanne Schiffman (née Klochendler; 27 September 1929 – 6 June 2001) was a French

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and director for numerous motion pictures. She often worked with François Truffaut. The 'script girl' Joelle, played by Nathalie Baye in Truffaut's '' Day for Night'' was based on Schiffman. It accurately portrayed her close collaboration with Truffaut and other directors. Schiffman's Jewish mother was detained by the Gestapo during the war, but an order of nuns hid Schiffman and her sibling.Sophie Baker, Kika Markha
Obituary: Suzanne Schiffman
TheGuardian.com, 14 June 2001; retrieved 12 February 2009. She studied art history at the Sorbonne after the war. Schiffman worked closely with

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and Jacques Rivette in addition to Truffaut, latterly on the scripts of his films. She was nominated for an

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for Best Original Screenplay for '' Day for Night'' and won a

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for writing '' The Last Metro'' with Truffaut.

Death

Suzanne Schiffman died of cancer in 2001, a year after her husband's death. She is the mother of two sons, one of whom is

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Guillaume Schiffman.

Filmography

* '' To oneiro tou Ikarou'' (2005) (writer) - directed by Costa Natsis * '' Bolondok éneke'' (2003) (writer) - directed by Csaba Bereczky * '' Tangos volés'' (2002) (screenplay) - directed by Eduardo de Gregorio * '' Innocent'' (1999) (technical advisor) - directed by Costa Natsis * '' Corps perdus'' (1990) (writer) - directed by Eduardo de Gregorio * '' Femme de papier'' (1989) (TV) (writer, director) - directed by Suzanne Schiffman * '' Le moine et la sorcière'' (1987) (scenario, director) - directed by Suzanne Schiffman * '' Hurlevent'' (1985) (scenario, first assistant director) - directed by Jacques Rivette * '' Flügel und Fesseln'' (1985) (additional writer) - directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms * '' Rouge-gorge'' (1985) (scenario) - directed by Pierre Zucca * '' L'amour par terre'' (1984) (scenario, first assistant director) - directed by Jacques Rivette * '' The Man Who Loved Women'' (1983) (first story) - directed by

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* '' Vivement dimanche!'' (1983) (writer, assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' Merry-Go-Round'' (1981) (scenario) - directed by Jacques Rivette * '' Le Pont du Nord'' (1981) (scenario, first assistant director) - directed by Jacques Rivette * '' The Woman Next Door'' (1981) (original scenario, assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' The Last Metro'' (1980) (scenario, assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' L'amour en fuite'' (1979) (scenario, first assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' La chambre verte'' (1978) (assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' L'homme qui aimait les femmes'' (1977) (writer, first assistant director, actress) - directed by François Truffaut * '' L'argent de poche'' (1976) (original scenario, first assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' The Story of Adèle H.'' (1975) (writer, assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' Out 1: Spectre'' (1974) (writer) - directed by Jacques Rivette * '' Pleure pas la bouche pleine'' (1973) (writer, first assistant director) - directed by Pascal Thomas * '' La nuit américaine'' (1973) (writer, assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' La société du spectacle'' (1973) (documentalist) - directed by

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* '' Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me'' (1972) (assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' Two English Girls'' (1971) (assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' Out 1'' (1971) (scenario) - directed by Jacques Rivette and Suzanne Schiffman * '' Le bateau sur l'herbe'' (1971) (writer) - directed by Gérard Brach * '' Domicile conjugal'' (1970) (first assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' L'enfant sauvage'' (1970) (assistant director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' Mississippi Mermaid'' (1969) (script supervisor) - directed by François Truffaut * '' Stolen Kisses'' (1968) (script girl) - directed by François Truffaut * '' Les Gauloises bleues'' (1968) (script supervisor) - directed by Michel Cournot * ''

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'' (1966) (assistant to director) - directed by François Truffaut * '' A Married Woman'' (1964) (script supervisor) - directed by

* '' Bande à part'' (1964) (script supervisor) - directed by Jean-Luc Godard * '' La peau douce'' (1964) (script girl) - François Truffaut * ''

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'' (1963) (script girl) - directed by Jean-Luc Godard * '' Le petit soldat'' (1963) (script girl) - directed by Jean-Luc Godard * '' Vivre sa vie'' (1962) (script girl) - directed by Jean-Luc Godard * '' Jules et Jim'' (1962) (script supervisor) - directed by François Truffaut * '' Une femme est une femme'' (1961) (script girl) - directed by Jean-Luc Godard * '' Lola'' (1961) (script girl) - directed by

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* '' Tirez sur le pianiste'' (1960) (script girl) - directed by François Truffaut * '' Paris nous appartient'' (1960) (dialogue coach) - directed by Jacques Rivette

References

External links

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Obituary
independent.co.uk; accessed 29 April 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schiffman, Suzanne 1929 births 2001 deaths French film directors 20th-century French Jews Writers from Paris University of Paris alumni French women screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters Deaths from cancer in France 20th-century French women writers