François Boyer

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François Boyer (1920 - 24 May 2003) was a French screenwriter. He achieved considerable success with his first attempt at screenwriting, Forbidden Games (1952). Initially, he found no studio interested in his work, so he redesigned the screenplay as a novel and published it in 1947 under the title The Secret Game. Although the novel achieved little or no success in its native country, it became a huge commercial success in America. All of a sudden, Boyer's novel was a hot property, so director René Clément, in conjunction with two writers Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, helped turn it into a screenplay. While Boyer receives story credit for the film, little is known of how much of his own screenplay made it to the screen. The film was a huge international success, and won an Honorary Oscar for the best foreign language film of its year.

Crew

All Writing

Forbidden Games

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

7.8

336 votes

Release Date

May 09, 1952

75 years ago
Forbidden Games

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.8

336 votes

Release Date

May 09, 1952

75 years ago
Forbidden Games

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

7.8

336 votes

Release Date

May 09, 1952

75 years ago
War of the Buttons

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

7.2

282 votes

Release Date

Apr 18, 1962

64 years ago
A Monkey in Winter

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

7.6

223 votes

Release Date

Jul 29, 1962

64 years ago
Weekend at Dunkirk

Department Writing

Job Adaptation

Average Rating

6.9

148 votes

Release Date

Dec 18, 1964

62 years ago
The 25th Hour

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

7.7

52 votes

Release Date

Apr 26, 1967

59 years ago
People of No Importance

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.8

26 votes

Release Date

Feb 15, 1956

71 years ago
People of No Importance

Department Writing

Job Dialogue

Average Rating

5.8

26 votes

Release Date

Feb 15, 1956

71 years ago
The Gardener of Argenteuil

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.2

22 votes

Release Date

Oct 07, 1966

60 years ago
The Gardener of Argenteuil

Department Writing

Job Adaptation

Average Rating

6.2

22 votes

Release Date

Oct 07, 1966

60 years ago
The Little Rebels

Department Writing

Job Adaptation

Average Rating

6.8

20 votes

Release Date

Oct 21, 1955

71 years ago
The Little Rebels

Department Writing

Job Dialogue

Average Rating

6.8

20 votes

Release Date

Oct 21, 1955

71 years ago
Under the Sign of the Bull

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.3

16 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 1969

57 years ago
The Buddies

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.1

16 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1965

62 years ago
Bebert and the Train

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.3

15 votes

Release Date

Dec 03, 1963

63 years ago
A Kiss for a Killer

Department Writing

Job Dialogue

Average Rating

5.3

13 votes

Release Date

Nov 27, 1957

69 years ago
A Kiss for a Killer

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.3

13 votes

Release Date

Nov 27, 1957

69 years ago
The Gambler

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.4

10 votes

Release Date

Oct 26, 1958

68 years ago
Green Harvest

Department Writing

Job Dialogue

Average Rating

5.7

8 votes

Release Date

Dec 02, 1959

67 years ago
The Woman in Blue

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.2

7 votes

Release Date

Jan 14, 1973

54 years ago
The Bar at the Crossing

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.3

7 votes

Release Date

Aug 23, 1972

54 years ago
Don't Bite, We Love You

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

3.6

5 votes

Release Date

May 05, 1976

50 years ago
Wild Fruit

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.0

5 votes

Release Date

Jan 29, 1954

73 years ago
Le Petit Bougnat

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.0

4 votes

Release Date

May 06, 1970

56 years ago
The Magician

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.5

4 votes

Release Date

Aug 24, 1960

66 years ago
Prêtres interdits

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.5

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 22, 1973

53 years ago
The Most Beautiful Month

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

4.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 26, 1968

58 years ago
It Only Happens to the Living

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 06, 1959

67 years ago
Gross Paris

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

3.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 01, 1974

52 years ago
Que les hommes sont bêtes

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

2.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 29, 1957

70 years ago
Élisa

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 08, 1957

70 years ago

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