Éric Assous facts for kids
Éric Assous (born March 30, 1956 – died October 12, 2020) was a talented French writer and director. He was born in Tunis and became well-known for writing plays, movies, and TV shows. He also directed some films.
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A Creative Career in Writing and Directing
Éric Assous was a very busy writer. He wrote around 80 radio plays for a French radio channel called France Inter. These were like stories told only with sound.
He also wrote many plays for the theatre. Besides that, he created stories and scripts for television, including three episodes of the detective series Nestor Burma. He also wrote for many movies.
In 2001, Éric Assous directed his first full-length movie, which is called Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels. This means "People in swimsuits are not (necessarily) superficial." In 2002, he wrote another comedy called Sexes très opposés.
Movies Éric Assous Directed
As a director, Éric Assous was in charge of how a movie was made. He guided the actors and the crew to bring the story to life. Here are some films he directed:
- 1999: À cause d'Olivia... (a short film)
- 2001: Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels
- 2002: Sexes très opposés
- 2003: Amour tout court
Movies Éric Assous Wrote (Screenwriter)
A screenwriter writes the script for a movie. This includes all the dialogue (what characters say) and the actions. Éric Assous wrote many movie scripts, including:
- Les acteurs sont fatigués (Coming soon), by Olivier Marchal
- 2010: 22 Bullets by Richard Berry
- 2008: Nos 18 ans by Frédéric Berthe
- 2008: Love Me No More by Jean Becker
- 2008: Les Randonneurs à Saint-Tropez by Philippe Harel
- 2005: The Black Box by Richard Berry
- 2005: Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte by Philippe Harel
- 2003: I, Cesar by Richard Berry
- 2002: Sexes très opposés (2002)
- 2002: Irène by Ivan Calbérac
- 2001: The Girl from Paris by Christian Carion
- 2001: Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels by Éric Assous
- 1998: Petits Désordres amoureux by Olivier Péray
- 1997: The Banned Woman by Philippe Harel
- 1997: Les Randonneurs by Philippe Harel
- 1993: Une femme pour moi by Arnaud Sélignac
- 1987: Babette (Intrigues) by Emmanuel Fonlladosa
Movies Éric Assous Wrote Dialogue For (Dialoguist)
A dialoguist focuses on writing only the conversations between characters in a film. Éric Assous helped write the dialogue for these movies:
- 2005: Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte by Philippe Harel
- 2002: Sexes très opposés
Plays for the Theatre
Éric Assous was also a very successful playwright, meaning he wrote many plays for the stage. His plays were performed in famous theatres and often directed by well-known people.
- 1992: Sans mentir, directed by d'Éric Assous and Bernard Menez, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 1992: Une fille entre nous, Théâtre d'Edgar
- 1995: Le Portefeuille by Pierre Sauvil and Éric Assous, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Saint-Georges
- 1998: Couple en turbulences, Comédie de Paris
- 2002: Les acteurs sont fatigués, directed by de Jacques Décombe, Comédie-Caumartin
- 2002: Retour de Madison, directed by Éric Assous, played by Roger Miremont, Festival Off, Avignon.
- 2004: Les Montagnes russes, played by Alain Delon and Astrid Veillon in 2004 and 2005, Théâtre Marigny
- 2007: Les Belles-Sœurs, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Saint-Georges (and tour in 2008)
- 2008: Secret de famille, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, with Michel Sardou and Davy Sardou, Théâtre des Variétés.
- 2009: Les hommes préfèrent mentir, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Saint-Georges
- 2009: L'Illusion conjugale, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 2010: Le Technicien, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
- 2011: Une journée ordinaire, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 2011: Les Conjoints, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Tristan-Bernard
- 2011: Mon meilleur copain, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre des Nouveautés
- 2012: L'Italienne, directed by David Garcia, Théâtre Le Funambule Montmartre
- 2012: Le Bonheur, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Marigny
- 2013: Nos femmes, directed by Richard Berry, Théâtre de Paris
- 2015: On ne se mentira jamais, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre La Bruyère (adapted into English by Stewart Vaughan as No more lies)
- 2015: Représailles, directed by Anne Bourgeois, Théâtre de la Michodière
- 2016: L'heureux élu, directed by Jean Luc Moreau, Théâtre de la Madeleine
Awards and Recognition
Éric Assous received several important awards for his writing, especially for his theatre work.
- 2010: He won the Molière Award for a Living French-speaking Author for his play L'Illusion conjugale. The Molière Awards are like the Tony Awards in France for theatre.
- 2014: He received the Grand Prize for Theatre from the French Academy for all his plays. This is a very high honor.
- 2015: He won another Molière Award for a Living French-speaking Author for his play On ne se mentira jamais !
See also
In Spanish: Éric Assous para niños
