Jean George Auriol
Jean George Auriol | |
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| Born | Jean-Georges Huyot (1907年01月08日)January 8, 1907 Paris, France |
| Died | April 2, 1950(1950年04月02日) (aged 43) Chartres, France |
| Other names | Jean-Georges Auriol |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1926–1950 (film) |
Jean George Auriol (January 8, 1907 – April 2, 1950) was a French film critic and screenwriter. He was the founder of the film magazine La Revue du cinéma.
Biography
[edit ]Jean George Auriol (born Jean-Georges Huyot; his name is sometimes written as Jean-Georges Auriol) was the son of the French poet, artist, and type-designer George Auriol. In December 1928 Auriol published the first issue of a magazine called Du cinéma which, after being adopted by the publisher Gallimard, became La Revue du cinéma. It ran for a total of 29 issues until December 1931, and it established a reputation for intellectual seriousness and the quality of its contributors, who included Jacques Brunius, Louis Chavance, and Jean-Paul Le Chanois. Auriol established a structure for each issue (a major article, a selection of studies, film reviews and news items) which became a model for other journals.[1]
In 1946 Auriol launched a second series of La Revue du cinéma, still with Gallimard, and it continued for a run of 19 issues until autumn 1949. Among the writers who featured in it at this period were Éric Rohmer, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Pierre Kast, and André Bazin. After the closure of the journal, and after the death of Auriol, members of this group were among the founders of Cahiers du cinéma , of which the initial design and content were modelled on the earlier journal. The first issue of Cahiers was dedicated to Auriol.[1] [2] [3]
Between 1930 and 1950, Auriol wrote a large number of articles for other film journals. He also earned his living as a screenwriter, on several occasions for Marcel L'Herbier.[4]
Auriol died in April 1950, following a road accident.[5]
Selected filmography (screenwriter)
[edit ]- L'Épervier (1933)
- Les Filles de la concierge (The Concierge's Daughters) (1934)
- Lac aux dames (Lake of Ladies) (1934)
- Divine (1935)
- Forfaiture (The Cheat) (1937)
- Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)
- Terre de feu (1939)
- Angelica (1939)
- Napoli che non muore (Naples Will Never Die) (1939)
- L'Honorable Catherine (The Honourable Catherine) (1943)
- L'Homme sans nom (The Man Without a Name) (1943)
- Fabiola (1949)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Lucien Logette, "Jean George Auriol ou l'Oublié majuscule", in La Lettre du syndicat français de la critique de cinéma, no.39 Archived 2015年02月23日 at the Wayback Machine (nov. 2011) pp. 24–25. [In French]
- ^ Dudley Andrew, André Bazin; revised edition. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.) p. 159.)
- ^ Claude Beylie, Une histoire du cinéma français. (Paris: Larousse, 2005.) p.452.
- ^ Dictionnaire du cinéma français; sous la direction de Jean-Loup Passek. (Paris: Larousse, 1987.) p. 20.
- ^ "Notre ami Jean-Georges Auriol" (by Claude Autant-Lara & Jean-Paul Le Chanois), in L'Écran Français, no. 250, avril 1950, p. 3.