Category
page 1French male screenwriters
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
Jean Cocteau
French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
Roman Polanski
French-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)
François Truffaut
French film director (1932–1984)
Jean-Luc Godard
French and Swiss film director (1930–2022)
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
Jacques Prévert
French poet and screenwriter (1900-1977)
Luc Besson
French filmmaker (born 1959)
Sacha Guitry
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
Jean Dujardin
French actor
Alain Resnais
French film director (1922-2014)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
French actor (1930–2022)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
French film director (born 1943)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
French film director (born 1953)
Marcel Achard
French writer (1899-1974)
Guy Debord
French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker (1931–1994)
Éric Rohmer
French film director (1920-2010)
Pierre Boulle
French novelist (1912–1994)
François Ozon
French film director and screenwriter (born 1967)
René Clair
French filmmaker and writer (1898–1981)
Mathieu Kassovitz
French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter (born 1967)
Jacques Audiard
French film director and screenwriter (born 1952)
Bertrand Tavernier
French film director (1941–2021)
Marcel Aymé
French writer (1902–1967)
Jacques Demy
French film director (1931-1990)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
French film director, screenwriter and producer (1907–1977)
Jacques Rivette
French film director, screenwriter and film critic (1928–2016)
Jean-Claude Carrière
French screenwriter and actor (1931-2021)
René Clément
French film director and screenwriter (1913–1996)
Christian Clavier
French actor and screenwriter
Patrice Leconte
French film director and screenwriter (born 1947)
Jean-Pierre Melville
French filmmaker and actor (1917–1973)
Daniel Pennac
French author
Abdellatif Kechiche
Tunisian-French film director
Guillaume Canet
French actor, film director, and screenwriter (born 1973)
Dany Boon
French actor, screenwriter and film director
Jamel Debbouze
Moroccan Amazigh -French comedian and actor
Claude Berri
French actor, screenwriter, film producer, and film director (1934-2009)
Louis Garrel
French actor and director
Michel Gondry
French film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1963)
Bertrand Blier
French film director (1939–2025)
Vincent Lindon
French actor
Alain Corneau
French film director (1943-2010)
Jacques Becker
French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)
Mathieu Amalric
French actor and filmmaker
Leos Carax
French director and writer (born 1960)
Julien Duvivier
French film director (1896–1967)
Maurice Pialat
French filmmaker (1925-2003)
Édouard Molinaro
French film director (1928-2013)
Max Linder
French silent film actor and director (1883–1925)
Pierre Lemaitre
French writer
Francis Veber
French film director (born 1937)
Jean-Claude Brialy
French actor and director (1933-2007)
Alain Chabat
French actor and director
André Téchiné
French filmmaker (born 1943)
Alexandre Astruc
French film director (1923–2016)
Philippe Claudel
French film director, writer and screenwriter (born 1962)
Laurent Cantet
French film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (1961–2024)
Claude Zidi
French film director
Michel Blanc
French actor, film director and screenwriter (1952-2024)