Biography for
Henri-Georges Clouzot More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

20 November 1907, Niort, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France

Date of Death

12 January 1977, Paris, France

Nickname

The French Hitchcock

Mini Biography

After a decade as a screenwriter, Clouzot made his directorial debut in 1942. His next film, Le Corbeau: The Raven (1943) had the distinction of being banned both by the Nazis and the victorious French forces for differing reasons. He shot to international fame with The Wages of Fear (1953) and consolidated that success with Diabolique (1955), but continuous ill-health caused large gaps in his output, and several projects had to be abandoned (though one, 'L'Enfer', was subsequently filmed by 'Claude Chabrol'). His films are typically relentless suspense thrillers, similar to Hitchcock's, but with far less light relief.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

Spouse

Véra Clouzot

(1950 - 15 December 1960) (her death)

Trivia

Hitchcock considered Clouzot a very serious rival for the title of Master of Suspense, and 'Psycho' was put into production because Hitchcock specifically intended to outdo 'Les Diaboliques'.

Clouzot beat Hitchcock in buying the rights to Les Diaboliques with a margin of just a few hours.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 140-144. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

Brother of Jérôme Géronimi.