Van Cauwelaert, Didier

(July 29, 1960, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France - )

   A stage author (1983 L'Astronome; 1987 Le Nègre; 1995 Noces de Sable; 1997 Le Passe-Murailles) and novelist (1982 Vingt Ans et des Poussières, Le Seuil; 1984 Poisson d'Amour, Le Seuil; 1986 Les Vacances du Fantôme, Le Seuil, 1988 L'Orange amère, Le Seuil; 1991 Un Objet en Souffrance, Albin Michel, 1993 Cheyenne, Albin Mi­chel, 1994 Un Aller simple, Albin Michel—Goncourt Prize; 1997 La Vie interdite, Albin Michel; 1998 Corps étranger), he wrote screenplays for cinema (1989 L'invité surprise, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, Georges Lautner; 1990 Feu sur le Candidat, as screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist, Agnès Delarive; 1991 Triplex, also screenwriter, dialogist, Georges Lautner) and TV (1983 Père Noël et Fils, as screenwriter, André Flédérick; 1985 Madame et ses Flics, 15 X 52', as co-screenwriter; 1995 Les Filles du Lido, as co-screenwriter, Jean Sagols; 1997 Le Président et la Garde-Barrière, as co-screenwriter, Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld). Two films were adapted from his novels (2001 Un Aller simple, also dialogist, Laurent Heynemann; 2006 Educacion de las hadas, José-Luis Cerda, Argentina / France / Portugal / Spain).

 Filmography

1992 ◘ Les Amies de ma Femme (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)