Assous, Eric

(March 30, 1956, Tunis, Tunisia-)

   He arrived in France in 1974 for completing his studies and spent four years at the Beaux-Arts. Then he wrote detective short stories for a humoristic weekly magazine before authoring two plays for the Café-Théâtre (1982-1984 Apocalypse Na; 1983 Le Ticket) and, from 1983 to 1987, more than eighty radio plays for France Inter. A playwright (1990 Union libre; 1992 Sans mentir; 1994 Une Fille entre nous; 1996 Le Portefeuille; 2000-2002 Les Acteurs sont fatigués; 2002-2004 Retour de Madison; 2004 Les Montagnes russes, starring Alain Delon; 2007 Les Belles-Sœurs; 2008 Secret de Famille) and a screenwriter for films (notably La Femme défendue, Philippe Harel, 1997; Les Randonneurs, Philippe Harel, 1997; Une Hirondelle a fait le Printemps / UK and USA: The Girl from Paris, Christian Carion, 2001; Moi César, 10 Ans /, Im39, Richard Berry, 2003; Tu vas rire mais je te quitte, Philippe Harel, 2005; La Boîte noire, Richard Berry, 2005; Deux Jours à tuer, Jean Becker, 2008; Les Randonneurs à Saint-Tropez, Philippe Harel, 2008, Nos 18 Ans, Frédéric Berthe) and TV (about a dozen TV movies and TV episodes including three Nestor Burma adventures: 1997 Sortie des Artistes, Philippe Venault; 1998 Les Affaires reprennent, Philippe Venault; 2001 N'appelez pas la Police, David Delrieux), he occasionally directed films.

 Filmography

1999 ◘ A Cause d'Olivia ... (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Gens en Maillots de Bain ne sont pas (forcé­ment) superficiels (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1999)

        ◘ Sexes très opposés / USA: Very Opposite Sexes (also screenwriter, dialogist)