Claude Sautet
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 23, 1924, Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Died
- July 22, 2000
- Movies
- 32
Claude Sautet (23 February 1924 – 22 July 2000) was a French film director and screenwriter.
He was a chronicler of post-war French society. He made a total of five films with his favorite actress Romy Schneider.
Born in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Sautet first studied painting and sculpture before attending a film university in Paris where he began his career and later became a television producer. His first movie, Hello Smile! (originally Bonjour Sourire) was released in 1956.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Romy, A Free Woman | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Claude Sautet: A Subtle Director | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Lino Ventura, la part intime | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | The Incredible Mr. Piccoli | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic | Self (voice) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1995 | Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud | Director, Screenplay |
| 1992 | A Heart in Winter | Director, Screenplay |
| 1988 | A Few Days with Me | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Waiter! | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | A Bad Son | Director, Screenplay |
| 1978 | A Simple Story | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | Mado | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | Cesar and Rosalie | Director, Screenplay |
| 1971 | The Married Couple of the Year Two | Writer |
| 1971 | Max and the Junkmen | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | Borsalino | Writer |
| 1970 | The Things of Life | Director, Screenplay |
| 1969 | Under the Sign of the Bull | Writer |
| 1969 | The Devil by the Tail | Writer |
| 1967 | Pillaged | Screenplay |
| 1966 | A Matter of Resistance | Screenplay |
| 1965 | The Dictator's Guns | Director |
| 1964 | That Tender Age | Screenplay |
| 1964 | Backfire | Writer |
| 1963 | Symphony for a Massacre | Writer |
| 1963 | Banana Peel | Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Big Risk | Director |
| 1960 | Eyes Without a Face | Screenplay |
| 1956 | Hello Smile! | Director |
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