Born in Algiers, Algeria. French screenwriter and director whose first credit was Truffaut's THE 400 BLOWS / LE QUATRE CENTS COUPS (1959). He wrote and directed SAINT TROPEZ BLUES (1961), TROIS HOMMES SUR UN CHEVAL / THREE MEN ON A HORSE (1970), and wrote additional material for the French scenes in PARIS BRÛLE-T-IL? / IS PARIS BURNING? (1966). He died in Caen, France, in 1995.  Nominated for Writing (Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) 1959: THE 400 BLOWS (w. François Truffaut) 1 nomination