Director

Pierre Boileau

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 28

TMDB ID: 5733

IMDb ID: nm0092267

Known for: Writing

Born: April 28, 1906

Died: January 16, 1989

Age: 82

Place of birth: Paris, France

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1955 - 2023

Years active: 69

Average TMDB rating: 6.83

Wikidata: Q1283738

Also known as

Pierre Louis Boileau • Boileau-Narcejac

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Novel (18)Writer (6)Adaptation (1)Original Story (1)Scenario Writer (1)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

Boileau-Narcejac (French: [bwalo naʁsəʒak]) is the pen name used by the French crime-writing duo of Pierre Boileau (28 April 1906 – 16 January 1989) and Pierre Ayraud, also known as Thomas Narcejac (3 July 1908 – 7 June 1998). Their successful collaboration produced 43 novels, 100 short stories and 4 plays. They are credited with having helped to form an authentically French subgenre of crime fiction, emphasising local settings and mounting psychological suspense. They are noted for the ingenuity of their plots and the skilful evocation of the mood of disorientation and fear. Their works were adapted into numerous films, notably Les Diaboliques (1955), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Vertigo (1958), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boileau-Narcejac, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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