Pierre Kast (French: [kast]; 22 September 1920 – 20 October 1984)[1] was a French screenwriter, film and television director, and freedom fighter.
Biography
Prior to his work in film, Kast was a resistance activist in World War II, opposing the Vichy regime as a member of the Communist Students of Paris.[2]
As a member of the magazine Cahiers du cinéma in the 1950s, Kast created many short films and documentaries. He also served as a critic for the magazine.[3]
Kast died from a heart attack on board an aircraft on 20 October 1984, aged 64.[4]
Filmography
Director
- 1949: Les Charmes de l'existence, codirected with Jean Grémillon (short film)
- 1951: Les Femmes du Louvre (documentary)
- 1951: Arithmétique (documentary)
- 1952: Je sème à tout vent
- 1954: L'Architecte maudit: Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (short film)
- 1957: Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur (short film)
- 1957: Amour de poche
- 1959: Images pour Baudelaire
- 1959: Des ruines et des hommes, codirected with Marcelle Lioret (short film)
- 1960: Le Bel Âge
- 1960: Une question d'assurance
- 1960: La Morte saison des amours
- 1960: Thank You, Natercia
- 1962: P.X.O. (documentary)
- 1963: Portuguese Vacation
- 1964: Le Grain de sable
- 1965: La Brûlure de mille soleils (short film)
- 1966: Les Carnets Brésiliens (TV documentary)
- 1968: Bandeira Branca de Oxalá (documentary)
- 1968: Drôle de jeu, codirected with Jean-Daniel Pollet
- 1972: Les Soleils de l'Ile de Pâques
- 1976: Un animal doué de déraison (A Nudez de Alexandra)
- 1980: Le Soleil en face
- 1982: La Guérilléra
- 1985: L'Herbe rouge (TV)
Assistant director
- 1949: Pattes blanches by Jean Grémillon
- 1951: L'Étrange Madame X by Jean Grémillon
- 1952: Jeux interdits, de René Clément (non credited)
- 1955: French Cancan by Jean Renoir
- 1955: Les Carnets du Major Thompson by Preston Sturges
Writer
- 1951: Arithmétique with Raymond Queneau
- 1952: Je sème à tout vent with François Chalais
- 1955: The Red Cloak
- 1959: Des ruines et des hommes with Marcelle Lioret
- 1960: Le Bel ÂgeJacques Doniol-Valcroze with
- 1960: Une question d'assurance
- 1960: La Morte saison des amours
- 1960: Merci Natercia! with Peter Oser
- 1963: Vacances portugaises with Alain Aptekman, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Robert Scipion
- 1964: Le Grain de sable with Alain Aptekman
- 1965: Une balle au cœur with Didier Goulard and Jean-Daniel Pollet
- 1965: La Brûlure de mille soleils with Eduard Luis
- 1966: Les Carnets Brésiliens (TV)
- 1968: Bandeira Branca de Oxalá with Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
- 1970: Le Maître du temps with Jean-Daniel Pollet
- 1971: Le Petit matin with Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
- 1972: Les Soleils de l'Ile de Pâques
- 1974: L'Ironie du sort with Paul Guimard and Édouard Molinaro
- 1976: Un animal doué de déraison (A Nudez de Alexandra)
- 1980: Le Soleil en face with Alain Aptekman
- 1982: La Guérilléra with Antonio Tarruella
- 1985: L'Herbe rouge (TV)
References
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