Roland Topor
Writing
Born January 7, 1938 in Paris, France
Roland Topor was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, known for the surreal nature of his work. He gained notoriety as one of the home cartoonists of the subversive French magazine Hara-Kiri, renamed later Charlie-Hebdo. Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves.
Filmography
Joko
Portrait of Suzanne
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Self (archive footage)
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
Fantastic Laloux
Self
Batailles
L'Hiver sous la table
Topor and Me
Self (Voice)
Three Lives and Only One Death
Bum #2
Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête
Maître Bessonet
Topor, Père et Fils
The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World
De l'autre côté
Marquis
Palace
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
La Galette du roi
Swann in Love
Biche
Telecat
The Ones That Got Away
The murderous fencer
The Hamburg Syndrome
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Self
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Renfield
Destins parallèles
Ratataplan
The Boss
The Tenant
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
Le pochard
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Inspector Labelote
Apostrophes
Self
Italiques: Roland Topor
Self
Sweet Movie
Threshold of the Void
Homme dans le métro
Fantastic Planet
The Troubles of Alfred
Midi trente
Self
Cartoon circus
Self
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Un émissaire du prince
The Snails
He! Viva Dada
Self
Dead Times