Paul Gégauff (10 August 1922 – 24 December 1983) was a French screenwriter,

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. He collaborated with director Claude Chabrol on 14 films. Among his films are ''

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Plein Soleil ''Purple Noon'' (french: Plein soleil; it, Delitto in pieno sole; also known as ''Full Sun'', ''Blazing Sun'', ''Lust for Evil'', and ''Talented Mr. Ripley'') is a 1960 crime thriller film directed by René Clément, loosely based on the 1955 nov ...

'' and the autobiographical '' Une Partie de Plaisir''. In 1962, he and René Clement received an Edgar Award from the

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as the screenwriters for ''Plein Soleil'', which was named Best Foreign Language Film. His first marriage to film producer and actress Danièle Gégauff ended in divorce. They had a daughter actress and singer, Clémence Gégauff. He died after being stabbed by his second wife, Coco Ducados, on Christmas Eve 1983. Chabrol once said of Gégauff: "When I want cruelty, I go off and look for Gégauff. Paul is very good at gingering things up...He can make a character look absolutely ridiculous and hateful in two seconds flat."Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 195.

Filmography

* Journal d'un scélérat (1950) * Le Signe du lion (1959) * Les Cousins (1959) * À double tour (1959) (writer) *

Plein soleil ''Purple Noon'' (french: Plein soleil; it, Delitto in pieno sole; also known as ''Full Sun'', ''Blazing Sun'', ''Lust for Evil'', and ''Talented Mr. Ripley'') is a 1960 crime thriller film directed by René Clément, loosely based on the 1955 nov ...

(1960) *

Les Bonnes Femmes ''Les Bonnes Femmes'' is a 1960 French comedic drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. Its mix of melodrama, absurd comedy and tragedy is typical for the early, experimental New Wave films. Though unsuccessful upon its initial release in France, ...

(1960) * Les Godelureaux (1961) * L'oeil du malin (1962) * Ophélia (1963) * Les grands chemins (1963) * Le gros coup (1964) *

Les plus belles escroqueries du monde ''The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers'' (French: ''Les plus belles escroqueries du monde'') is a 1964 film composed of five segments, each of which was created with a different set of writers, directors, and actors. Cast *Mie Hama as Bar Hostess ...

(1964) * L'autre femme (1964) * Le Reflux (1965) (also directed) * Le Scandale (1967) * Diaboliquement vôtre (1967) *

(1968) * Delphine (1969) * La femme écarlate (1969) *

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(1969) * Que la bête meure (1969) * Qui? (1970) * Les Novices (1970) * Ten Days' Wonder (1971) * La Vallée (1972) * Dr. Popaul (1972) * La Rivale (1974) * Une partie de plaisir (1975) * Les Magiciens (1976) * Brigade mondaine: La secte de Marrakech (1979) *

Historien om en moder ''The Story of a Mother'' ( da, Historien om en moder) is a 1979 Danish drama film directed by Claus Weeke and starring Anna Karina. It is an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen short story of the same name. Cast * Anna Karina as Christ ...

(1979) * Pigen fra havet (1980) * Neon (1981) * Le système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume (1981) * Les folies d'Élodie (1981) * Frankenstein 90 (1984) *

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(1984) *

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(1985)

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