Alexandre Astruc

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Personal Info

Known for

Directing

From

Paris, France

Born

7/13/1923

Age

101

Credit(s)

5

Biography

Alexandre Auguste Astruc (13 July 1923 – 19 May 2016) was a French film critic and film director. 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 the ...Show More