Paul Andréota

Paul Andréota (11 December 1917 – 14 November 2007) was a French novelist and screenwriter. He was also known under the pen name Paul Vance.

Biography Paul Andréota was born in La Rochelle in the present-ay Charente-Maritime department (it was then known as Charente-Inférieure). When he was 12 years old, his father died. His mother moved the family to Paris.

After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and entering the École Normale Supérieure, Andreota started studying music at the conservatory. He was a big fan of jazz and concentrated on piano and composition.

The onset of World War II changed Andréota's life dramatically. He spent part of the period of the German occupation of France in Marseille.

For a time it was free of German occupiers and was operated under the Vichy government. His postwar writing reflected that period, and the city of Marseille was the setting for his first novel after the war: Hors Jeu (lit. "Offside"), published by Grasset in 1947. His next novel, Evangeline (1948), was dedicated to his friend, writer Michel Perrin'. He published Attentat à la pudeur (lit. "Indecent Assault") in 1949. After completing these latter two autobiographical novels, he was inspired to change his direction in writing.

He became a screenwriter, beginning with adaptations and dialogues. He wrote approximately 40 films, collaborating with famous directors.

In 1968, he also wrote for the stage, but returned to literature. Meanwhile, he also wrote screenplays and dialogues for the TV series Commissaire Moulin and Marie Pervenche. Later, under the pseudonym Paul Vance, he published two crime novels for (lit. "The Mask").

Works

Novels as Paul Andréota Hors Jeu, Grasset, 1947 Evangéline, Fasquelle, 1948 Attentat à la pudeur, Denoël, 1949

Mystery novels as Paul Andréota Ni tout à fait le même (lit. "Not Quite the Same"), Denoël, 1968 Zigzags, PJ/Julliard, 1969 - Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (1970); reissued by Le Livre de Poche (1977) La Pieuvre (lit. "The Octopus"), PJ/Julliard, 1970 - adapted for film as Les Suspects (lit. "The Suspects"); reissued by Club des Masques (1981) Le Piège (lit. "Trap"), Stock, 1972 - Best Screenplay, published in the United States as The Sweet Taste of Burning Les Lames (lit. "Blades"), Stock, 1973 Le Scénario (lit. "Scenario"), Stock, 1974 La Maison des oiseaux (lit. "The House of Birds"), , 1975; reissued by Le Masque (1981) Schizo, , 1977

Mystery novels as Paul Vance Le Puits, la corde et le seau (lit. "The Well, The Rope, and The Bucket") (1977) Échec à l'innocence (lit. "Failure to Innocence") (1977)

Filmography

Writer (Adaptations and dialogue) 1954 - La Rage au corps (US title: Tempest in the Flesh) - directed by Ralph Habib 1954 - Secrets d'alcôve (lit. "Alcove Secrets") - the "Riviera-Express" segment, realized by Ralph Habib 1954 - Orient Express - directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia 1955 - Escale à Orly (lit. "Stopover at Orly") - directed by Jean Dréville 1955 - Blackmail - directed by Guy Lefranc 1956 - La Sorcière (lit. "The Witch") - directed by André Michel 1956 - Women's Club - directed by Ralph Habib 1957 - (lit. "The Skin of the Bear") - directed by Claude Boissol 1958 - (lit. "Raids on the Town") - directed by Pierre Chenal 1959 - Le Passager clandestin (English: "The Stowaway") - directed by Ralph Habib and Lee Robinson 1961 - Napoleon II, the Eagle - directed by Claude Boissol 1963 - Les Bonnes Causes (lit. "The Good Causes") - directed by Christian-Jaque 1964 - La Tulipe noire (lit. "The Black Tulip") - directed by Christian-Jaque 1965 - Me and the Forty Year Old Man - directed by Jack Pinoteau 1966 - The Second Twin - directed by Christian-Jaque 1966 - La Nuit des adieux (lit. "The Night of Farewells") - directed by Jean Dréville and Isaak Menaker 1968 - Love in the Night - directed by Marcel Camus 1971 - Les Assassins de l'ordre - directed by Marcel Carné 1971 - Franz - directed by Jacques Brel 1972 - The Lonely Woman - directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta 1974 - Verdict - directed by André Cayatte 1974 - The Suspects - directed by