Alexandre Astruc (; 13 July 1923 – 19 May 2016) was a French film critic and film director. Biography Before becoming a film director he was a journalist, novelist and film critic. His contribution to the auteur theory centers on his notion of the caméra-stylo or "camera-pen" and the idea that directors should wield their cameras like writers use their pens. In 1994 he was awarded the René Clair Award for his whole body of film work. Selected filmography (s) indicates films also co-scripted by Astruc 1949: Ulysse ou Les mauvaises rencontres also known as Aller et retour, a short film; Astruc also wrote the scenario 1952: The Crimson Curtain (s) (Le rideau cramoisi) 1952: La Putain respectueuse 1955: Les Mauvaises rencontres (s) 1957: Amour de poche 1958: Une vie (s) 1960: La proie pour l'ombre (s) 1962: 1964: The Pit and the Pendulum (Le Puits et le Pendule) 1966: (s) 1968: (s) Publications 1945: Les Vacances, Gallimard 1975: Ciel de cendres, Le Sagittaire 1975: La tête la première, Olivier Orban 1977: Le Serpent jaune, Gallimard 1979: Quand la chouette s'envole, Gallimard 1982: Le Permissionnaire, Éditions de la Table ronde, Paris 1989: Le roman de Descartes, Éditions Balland 1992: Du stylo à la caméra et de la caméra au stylo: Écrits (1942–1984), Éditions de l'Archipel 1993: L'autre versant de la colline, Écriture 1994: Évariste Galois, Groupe Flammarion 1997: Le Siècle à venir, Éditions Trédaniel 2015: Le plaisir en toutes choses (with Noël Simsolo), Éditions Neige/Écriture References Bibliography Raymond Bellour, Alexandre Astruc, Paris, Seghers, Collection Cinéma d'aujourd'hui, 1963. Philippe François, « Alexandre Astruc », in Patrick Cabanel and André Encrevé (dir.), Dictionnaire biographique des protestants français de 1787 à nos jours, tome 1 : A-C, Les Éditions de Paris Max Chaleil, Paris, 2015, (p. 105) External links Alexandre Astruc on NewWaveFilm.com Foco - Revista de Cinema, special edition devoted to Alexandre Astruc Writers from Paris 1923 births 2016 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers 20th-century French male actors Roger Nimier Prize winners