Jean Anouilh

Jean Anouilh

WriterDirectorActor Jun 23 (died age 77) Bordeaux, Gironde, France 1933–2012 (79 year career)
5.8 avg rating

Biography

Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue. One of France's most prolific writers a…

Known For

Filmography

Acting (2)

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Crew (53)

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Movies (47)

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

2012

Theatre Play

6.7
On m'a volé mon adolescence

On m'a volé mon adolescence

2008

Writer

Le Voyageur sans bagage

Le Voyageur sans bagage

2004

Book

7.0
Don't Wake Up Madam

Don't Wake Up Madam

2003

Author

Antigone

Antigone

2003

Writer

6.5
Antigona

Antigona

1991

Theatre Play

La répétition ou L'amour puni

La répétition ou L'amour puni

1986

Author

6.0
Il est important d'être aimé

Il est important d'être aimé

1981

Writer

The Savage

The Savage

1979

Original Story

6.0
The Savage

The Savage

1979

Writer

6.0
Antigone

Antigone

1974

Writer

La Nuit des rois

La Nuit des rois

1973

Writer

Appuntamento a Senlis

Appuntamento a Senlis

1972

Writer

Orchester

Orchester

1972

Theatre Play

A Time for Loving

A Time for Loving

1972

Writer

4.7
Repetitionen

Repetitionen

1968

Writer

Romeo a Jana

Romeo a Jana

1968

Theatre Play

Kruté štěstí

Kruté štěstí

1966

Theatre Play

A Trap for Cinderella

A Trap for Cinderella

1965

Screenplay

5.8
Becket

Becket

1964

Theatre Play

7.1
Valčík toreadorů

Valčík toreadorů

1964

Theatre Play

Circle of Love

Circle of Love

1964

Screenplay

5.5
Waltz of the Toreadors

Waltz of the Toreadors

1962

Theatre Play

4.8
The Passion of Slow Fire

The Passion of Slow Fire

1961

Writer

6.6
Madame de…

Madame de…

1961

Screenplay

Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe

Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe

1960

Writer

La Répétition ou l'Amour puni

La Répétition ou l'Amour puni

1958

Writer

Eurydice

Eurydice

1957

Writer

The Lark

The Lark

1957

Writer

The Knight of the Night

The Knight of the Night

1953

Writer

5.6
Crimson Curtain

Crimson Curtain

1952

Dialogue

6.2
Monsoon

Monsoon

1952

Theatre Play

4.0
Dear Caroline

Dear Caroline

1951

Writer

5.3
Two Pennies Worth of Violets

Two Pennies Worth of Violets

1951

Dialogue

3.0
Two Pennies Worth of Violets

Two Pennies Worth of Violets

1951

Director

3.0
White Paws

White Paws

1949

Scenario Writer

5.1
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1948

Writer

6.0
Monsieur Vincent

Monsieur Vincent

1947

Writer

6.5
The Bride of Darkness

The Bride of Darkness

1945

Screenplay

5.4
The Traveler Without Luggage

The Traveler Without Luggage

1944

Director

7.0
The Traveler Without Luggage

The Traveler Without Luggage

1944

Writer

7.0
Marie-Martine

Marie-Martine

1943

Screenplay

6.8
The Mayor's Dilemma

The Mayor's Dilemma

1939

Dialogue

6.1
Cavalcade of Love

Cavalcade of Love

1939

Screenplay

5.2
The Citadel of Silence

The Citadel of Silence

1937

Dialogue

Confessions of a Newlywed

Confessions of a Newlywed

1937

Screenplay

5.0
Vestiges

Vestiges

Writer