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Boris Vian
Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Boris Vian (10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for…
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Boris Vian (10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release. Vian's other fiction, published under his real name, featured a highly individual writing style with numerous made-up words, subtle wordplay and surrealistic plots. L'Écume des jours (Froth on the Daydream) is the best known of these works, and one of the few translated into English. Vian was also an important influence on the French jazz scene. He served as liaison for Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in Paris, wrote for several French jazz-reviews (Le Jazz Hot, Paris Jazz) and published numerous articles dealing with jazz both in the United States and in France. His own music and songs enjoyed popularity during his lifetime, particularly the anti-war song "Le Déserteur" (The Deserter).Â
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2024
Flowers
Movie Original Music Composer
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2022
Rage, Sex, and Jazz: I Spit on Your Graves by Vernon Sullivan
Movie Self - Writer (archive footage)
- 2021
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2020
El Amor es Ciego
Movie Original Story
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2020
Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Vadim Mister Cool
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Hôtel La Louisiane
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Conte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes
Movie Original Story
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2015
Ladies Of The Night’s Street
Movie Author
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2015
Our Faust
Movie Writer
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2015
The Cowboy of Normandy
Movie Writer
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2015
Mind Your Own Business
Movie Author
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2014
The Hitchhiker
Movie Author
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2013
Mood Indigo
Movie Novel
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2011
Le cinéma de Boris Vian
Movie Self (archives)
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2009
Bulles de Vian
Movie Writer
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2009
Boris Vian: The Jazz Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
Chloe
Movie Novel
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1989
The Mortal Fortune
Movie Story
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1985
L'Herbe rouge
Movie Writer
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1968
Spray of the Days
Movie Novel
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1960
Le Bel Âge
Movie Boris
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1959
Dangerous Love Affairs
Movie Prévan
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1959
I Spit on Your Grave
Movie Screenplay
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1958
La Joconde, histoire d'une obsession
Movie Mona Lisa smile teacher (uncredited)
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1957
A Girl in a Pocket
Movie Baths manager
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1957
Chères vieilles choses
Movie Writer
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1956
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie The Cardinal
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1956
En direct de...
TV show self
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1954
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Movie Self
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1952
La chasse à l'homme
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1950
Disorder
Movie Music
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1950
The Miracle of St. Anne
Movie Un estropié
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1947
An amateur Film
Movie The Vampire Priest
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Heartsnatcher
Movie Novel
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J'irai cracher sur vos tombes
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