Henri-Georges Clouzot

Henri-Georges Clouzot was born in Niort on 20 November 1907, the son of a bookseller. After studying political science in Paris, he became a screenwriter and worked in Berlin for the producer Adolphe Osso. Struck by tuberculosis in the mid-thirties, he spent several years in a sanatorium. During the Occupation, he headed the screenplay department of Continental and became a director there. At the Liberation, he was banned from working, then resumed directing in 1947. He died on 12 January 1977.

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• CinemaThe RavenLe CorbeauHenri-Georges Clouzot · 1943Cinema