Jacques Rémy (21 June 1911 – 1 December 1981) is the

pen name A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...

of Rémy Assayas or Raymond Assayas, a Turkish-born French

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

.Franck Le Gac, "Olivier Assayas", Senses of Cinema, Issue 39, Great Directors.
/ref> Rémy was the father of film director and critic

Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas (; born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his eclectic filmography, consisting of slow-burning Period Piece Films, period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs, an ...

and writer Michka Assayas.

Selected filmography

* ''Le moulin des Andes'' (also: ''Le fruit mordu'') (1945) * '' The Damned'' (1947) * ''

The Secret of Mayerling ''The Secret of Mayerling'' (French: ''Le secret de Mayerling'') is a 1949 French Historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar and Jean Debucourt. It set around the 1889 Mayerling Incident when the ...

'' (1949) * '' The Fighting Men'' (1950) * '' The Big Meeting'' (1950) * '' Paris Vice Squad'' (1951) * ''

Passion Passion, the Passion or the Passions may refer to: Emotion * Passion (emotion), a very strong feeling about a person or thing * Passions (philosophy), emotional states as used in philosophical discussions * Stoic passions, various forms of emotio ...

'' (1951) * '' Paris Is Always Paris'' (1951) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1952) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1952) * '' Cavallina storna'' (1953) * '' Passionate Song'' (1953) * '' Follow That Man'' (1953) * ''

Beatrice Cenci Beatrice Cenci ( , ; 6 February 157711 September 1599) was an Italian noblewoman imprisoned and repeatedly raped by her own father. She killed him, and was tried for murder. Despite outpourings of public sympathy, Cenci was beheaded in 1599 ...

'' (1956) * '' If All the Guys in the World'' (1956) * '' Engaged to Death'' (1957) * ''

The Night Heaven Fell ''The Night Heaven Fell'' (''Les bijoutiers du clair de lune'') is an Eastmancolor 1958 French-Italian film directed by Roger Vadim. Vadim had already acquired international fame with his daring debut '' And God Created Woman'' (1956). Like its p ...

'' (1958) * ''

The Cat The Cat may refer to: Nickname * Mathilde Carré (1910-2007), French spy, double and possibly triple agent * Peter Bonetti (1941–2020), English footballer * Greg Cattrano (born 1975), American lacrosse player * Ernest Miller (born 1964), Amer ...

'' (1958) * ''

The Cat Shows Her Claws ''The Cat Shows Her Claws'' (French: ''La chatte sort ses griffes'') is a 1960 French war drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Françoise Arnoul, Horst Frank and François Guérin.Bessy & Chirat p.287 It was shot at the Billancourt ...

'' (1960) * ''

All the Gold in the World ''All the Gold in the World'' (French: ''Tout l'or du monde'') is a 1961 French-Italian comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Bourvil, Alfred Adam and Philippe Noiret. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's set ...

'' (1961) * '' Casablanca, Nest of Spies'' (1963) * '' The Dirty Game'' (1965)

References

Bibliography

* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1911 births 1981 deaths 20th-century French screenwriters Turkish Sephardi Jews Turkish emigrants to France Israeli Sephardi Jews Israeli Mizrahi Jews {{France-film-bio-stub