Lacour, José-André

(October 27, 1919, Gilly, Belgium-November 13, 2005, Paris, France)

   Mainly a novelist, he occasionally worked as a screenwriter for film (1959 La Nuit des Traqués, as author of original novel, screenwriter, dialogist, Bernard-Roland, France / Belgium; 1994 L'Enfer / USA: Hell / Jealousy / Torment, as author of additional dialogue, Claude Chab­rol) and TV (1977 Mariages, TV miniseries, as adapter, Teff Erhat; 1983 Lily Lamont, as adapter of original play, Edouard Logereau; 1984 Rue Carnot, 200 x 26'; as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Jean-Pierre Desagnat, Pierre Goutas, Gilles Legrand; 1986 Le Rire de Caïn, 6 x 52', Marcel Moussy). One of his plays (1951 Le Cap de l'Espérance / La nostra pelle, Raymond Bernard, France / Italy) and one of his novels (1956 La Mort en ce Jardin / La muerte en el jardin / UK: Evil Eden / The Diamond Hunters / USA: Death in the Garden / Gina, Luis Bunuel, France / Mexico) were brought to the screen.

 Filmography

1964 ◘ L'Année du Bac (co-director with Maurice Del-bez; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)