Suzanne Schiffman
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- September 27, 1929, Paris, France
- Died
- June 6, 2001
- Movies
- 27
Suzanne Schiffman (née Klochendler, 27 September 1929 – 6 June 2001) was a screenwriter and director for numerous motion pictures. She often worked with François Truffaut. The 'script girl' Joelle, played by Nathalie Baye in Truffaut's Day for Night was based on Schiffman. It accurately portrayed the close collaboration she had with Truffaut and other directors.
Her Jewish mother was detained by the Gestapo during the war, but Klochendler and her sibling were hidden by an order of nuns.[1] Schiffman studied art history at the Sorbonne after the war.
During her career she worked closely with Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette in addition to Truffaut, latterly on the scripts of his films. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Day for Night and won a César Award for writing The Last Metro with Truffaut.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1996 | François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death | Self |
| 1977 | The Man Who Loved Women | La femme avec le bébé (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2005 | Το όνειρο του Ίκαρου | Writer |
| 2003 | Fool's Song | Writer |
| 2002 | Stolen Tangos | Writer |
| 1992 | Le jour et la nuit | Director, Writer |
| 1990 | Out 1 | Writer |
| 1990 | Corps perdus | Writer |
| 1989 | Paperback Woman | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | Sorceress | Director, Writer |
| 1985 | Wuthering Heights | Screenplay |
| 1985 | The Future of Emily | Writer |
| 1984 | Love on the Ground | Writer |
| 1983 | Confidentially Yours | Screenplay |
| 1982 | Le Pont du Nord | Writer |
| 1981 | Merry-Go-Round | Writer |
| 1981 | The Woman Next Door | Screenplay |
| 1981 | Paris s'en va | Writer |
| 1980 | The Last Metro | Screenplay |
| 1979 | Love on the Run | Screenplay |
| 1977 | The Man Who Loved Women | Screenplay |
| 1976 | Small Change | Screenplay |
| 1975 | The Story of Adèle H. | Screenplay |
| 1973 | Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full | Writer |
| 1973 | Out 1: Spectre | Writer |
| 1973 | Day for Night | Writer |
| 1971 | The Boat on the Grass | Writer |
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