Claude Desailly (1922–2009) was a French

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He collaborated on a number of films with the director

Robert Hossein Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' and appeared in ''Vice and Virtue'', '' Le Casse'', ''Les Uns et les Autres'' and ''Ve ...

. He is best known for his creation and writing of the period crime television series ''

Les Brigades du Tigre ''The Tiger Brigades'' (french: Les Brigades du Tigre) is a 2006 French crime film. Based on a very successful 1970s-'80s French television series of the same name the film depicts an Untouchables-type crack "Flying Squad" once formed by Georges ...

'' which ran from 1974 to 1983.Bosseno p.30

Selected filmography

Film

* '' Mandrin'' (1962) * ''

Les Yeux cernés ''Les Yeux cernés'' (English title: ''Marked Eyes'') is a 1964 French thriller film directed by Robert Hossein who wrote the original story. The screenplay was written by Claude Desailly, André Tabet and Georges Tabet. The film stars Robert Ho ...

'' (1964) * ''

The Vampire of Düsseldorf ''The Vampire of Düsseldorf'' (french: Le Vampire de Düsseldorf) is a 1965 thriller film directed by Robert Hossein. It was joint production between Spain, France and Italy. The film was based on the life and crimes of German serial killer Pete ...

'' (1965) * '' I Killed Rasputin'' (1967) * ''

Cemetery Without Crosses ''Cemetery Without Crosses'' (french: Une corde, un Colt..., it, Cimitero senza croci), is a 1969 Spaghetti Western film by Robert Hossein, its director, co-screenwriter and star. Plot Will Rogers, the patriarch of a wealthy cattle ranching ...

'' (1969) * '' Point de chute'' (1970)

Television

* ''

'' (1974-1983) * ''

Mathias Sandorf ''Mathias Sandorf'' is an 1885 adventure book by French writer Jules Verne. It was first serialized in ''Le Temps'' in 1885, and it was Verne's epic Mediterranean adventure. It employs many of the devices that had served well in his earlier nov ...

'' (1979)

References

Bibliography

* Christian Bosseno. ''Télévision française La saison 2010: Une analyse des programmes du 1er septembre 2008 au 31 août 2009''. Editions L'Harmattan, 2010.

External links

* 1922 births 2009 deaths French screenwriters People from Cambrai 20th-century French screenwriters {{France-film-bio-stub