Writing
Roland Topor
PL, FR, EN, DE cinema · 37 credits
Born
7 January 1938
Died
16 April 1997 (aged 59)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Joko
Theatre Play
Portrait of Suzanne
Original Story
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
as Self (archive footage)
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
Original Story
Fantastic Laloux
as Self
Batailles
Theatre Play
Topor and Me
as Self (Voice)
Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête
as Maître Bessonet
Marquis
Writer, Art Direction
The Satin Spider
as Le médecin
Swann in Love
as Biche
The Ones That Got Away
as The murderous fencer
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Renfield
Ratataplan
as The Boss
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
as Le pochard, Writer
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Inspector Labelote, Writer, Dialogue
Threshold of the Void
as Homme dans le métro
Fantastic Planet
Screenplay
Cartoon circus
as Self
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
as Un émissaire du prince
The Snails
Draughtsman, Screenplay
He! Viva Dada
as Self, Writer
Dead Times
Writer, Draughtsman