Born in Paris, France. The diminutive leader of France's postwar intellectual community and standard-bearer of the existentialist movement wrote a couple of screenplays in addition to those of his works that have been adapted by others to the screen. He was featured as himself in Nocole Vedres' films LA VIE COMMENCE DEMAIN / LIFE BEGINS TOMORROW (1949), a dramatization of a philosophical symposium. He was the subject of a 3-hour documentary by Alexandre Astruc, SARTRE PAR LUI-MÊME (1976). Sartre was the long-time lover of writer Simone de Beauvoir. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but he turned it down. (Use this link to view a detailed biography of Sartre by Steve Shelokhonov on the IMDb.) Visit the Internet Movie Database for a listing of Sartre's film credits.  Nominated for Writing (Motion Picture Story) 1956: THE PROUD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 1 nomination