Writing
Suzanne Schiffman
EL, HU, EN, FR cinema · 52 credits
Born
27 September 1929
Died
6 June 2001 (aged 71)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as Suzanne Klochendler
Suzanne Schiffman (née Klochendler, 27 September 1929 – 6 June 2001) was a screenwriter and director for numerous motion pictures. She often worked with François Truffaut. The 'script girl' Joelle, played by Nathalie Baye in Truffaut's Day for Night was based on Schiffman. It accurately portrayed the close collaboration she had with Truffaut and other directors. Her Jewish mother was detained by the Gestapo during the war, but Klochendler and her sibling were hidden by an order of nuns.[1] Schiffman studied art history at the Sorbonne after the war. During her career she worked closely with Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette in addition to Truffaut, latterly on the scripts of his films. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Day for Night and won a César Award for writing The Last Metro with Truffaut. Suzanne Schiffman died of cancer in 2001. Description above from the Wikipedia article Suzanne Schiffman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Fool's Song
Writer
Le jour et la nuit
1992
Le jour et la nuit
Director, Writer
Out 1
Co-Director, Writer, Set Designer
Corps perdus
Writer
Femme de papier
1989
Paperback Woman
Director, Writer
Sorceress
Director, Writer
Wuthering Heights
Screenplay
Robin
Scenario Writer
Confidentially Yours
Screenplay, Assistant Director, Dialogue, Adaptation
The Man Who Loved Women
Original Film Writer
Le Pont du Nord
Scenario Writer, Writer
The Woman Next Door
Screenplay, Assistant Director
The Last Metro
Screenplay, Dialogue, Assistant Director
Love on the Run
Screenplay, First Assistant Director
The Green Room
Assistant Director, First Assistant Director
The Man Who Loved Women
as La femme avec le bébé (uncredited), Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Small Change
Screenplay, Assistant Director
The Story of Adèle H.
Screenplay, Assistant Director
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
Scenario Writer, First Assistant Director, Writer
Day for Night
Writer, Assistant Director
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
Assistant Director
Two English Girls
Assistant Director
The Wild Child
Assistant Director
Bed and Board
First Assistant Director
Les Gauloises bleues
1969
Les Gauloises bleues
Script Supervisor
Mississippi Mermaid
Script Supervisor
The Bride Wore Black
Script Supervisor
Stolen Kisses
Script Supervisor
La Chinoise
Script Supervisor
Fahrenheit 451
First Assistant Director
Band of Outsiders
Script Supervisor
The Married Woman
Script Supervisor
The Soft Skin
Script Supervisor
Contempt
Script Supervisor
Le Petit Soldat
Script Supervisor
Vivre Sa Vie
Script Supervisor
Jules and Jim
Script Supervisor
Love at Twenty
Script Supervisor
Lola
Script, Script Supervisor
Amazons of Rome
Script Supervisor
A Woman Is a Woman
Script Supervisor
Shoot the Piano Player
Script Supervisor
The Army Game
Script Supervisor