Pierre Assouline
Writing
Born April 17, 1953 in Casablanca, Morocco
Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio. As a biographer, he has covered a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including: Henri Cartier-Bresson, the legendary photographer; Marcel Dassault, the aeronautics pioneer; Gaston Gallimard, the publisher; Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin; Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the art dealer; Georges Simenon, the detective novelist and creator of Inspector Maigret.
Filmography
The Marguerite Duras Century
De Gaulle vs Churchill : Mémoires de guerre, guerre des mémoires
De Gaulle versus Churchill : mémoires de guerre, guerre des mémoires
Simenon est Maigret
Self
Renoir and the Girl with a Blue Ribbon
Rembob'Ina
Self
The Clouzot Scandal
Self
The Lévi-Strauss Century
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Self
Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme
Pierre Assouline
Le procès Céline
Vanaprastham
L.A. Without a Map
Vivement dimanche
Self
Conspirators of Pleasure
Le Petit Vingtième : le siècle de Tintin
Self
Apostrophes
Self