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François Chalais

François Chalais

ActorDirectorWriter Dec 15 (died age 76) Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France 1953–2019 (66 year career)
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Biography

François Chalais (December 15, 1919 – May 1, 1996) was a prominent French reporter, journalist, writer and film historian. The François Chalais Prize at the annual Cannes Film Festival is named after him. Born in Strasbourg in 1919, Chalais' real name was François-Charles Bauer. His journalism career began under the German occupation of France during World War II, as a writer for several collaborationist publications. Nevertheless, he was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance after the liberati…

Known For

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
Film

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Film

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Narrator (voice)
Code Name: Melville
Film

Code Name: Melville

Self (archive footage)
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
Film

Inside a Girls' Dormitory

Writer
Cinépanorama
Film

Cinépanorama

Self - Host
Le Chien
Film

Le Chien

5.2 1962
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
Film

Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...

Self (archive footage)
L'Été en hiver
Film

L'Été en hiver

Director

Filmography