François Chalais
Born in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France — Dec 15 1919• Died May 01 1996
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François Chalais (December 15, 1919 – May 1, 1996) was a prominent French reporter, journalist, writer and film historian. The François Chalais Prize at the annual Cannes Film Festival is named after him. Born in Strasbourg in 1919, Chalais' real name was François-Charles Bauer. His journalism career began under the German occupation of France during World War II, as a writer for several collaborationist publications. Nevertheless, he was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance after the liberation and continued a lengthy and distinguished career, most no…
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Midi trente
Self
Midi Première
Self
La Chance aux chansons
Self
Système 2
Self
Reflets de Cannes
Self - Host
En direct de...
self
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
Writing
Le Chien
Code Name: Melville
Self (archive footage)
The Night Is Ours
Writing
Pity for the Vamps
Writing
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Narrator (voice)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
Self (archive footage)
L'Été en hiver
Directing
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Self - Host