Pierre Kast (French: [kast]; 22 September 1920 – 20 October 1984)^[1] was a French screenwriter, film and television director, and freedom fighter.

Biography

Prior to his work in film, Kast was a resistance activist in World War II, opposing the Vichy regime as a member of the Communist Students of Paris.^[2]

As a member of the magazine Cahiers du cinéma in the 1950s, Kast created many short films and documentaries. He also served as a critic for the magazine.^[3]

Kast died from a heart attack on board an aircraft on 20 October 1984, aged 64.^[4]

Filmography

Director

• 1949: Les Charmes de l'existence, codirected with Jean Grémillon (short film)
• 1951: Les Femmes du Louvre (documentary)
• 1951: Arithmétique (documentary)
• 1952: Je sème à tout vent
• 1954: L'Architecte maudit: Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (short film)
• 1957: Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur (short film)
• 1957: Amour de poche
• 1959: Images pour Baudelaire
• 1959: Des ruines et des hommes, codirected with Marcelle Lioret (short film)
• 1960: Le Bel Âge [fr]
• 1960: Une question d'assurance
• 1960: La Morte saison des amours
• 1960: Thank You, Natercia
• 1962: P.X.O. (documentary)
• 1963: Portuguese Vacation
• 1964: Le Grain de sable [fr]
• 1965: La Brûlure de mille soleils (short film)
• 1966: Les Carnets Brésiliens (TV documentary)
• 1968: Bandeira Branca de Oxalá (documentary)
• 1968: Drôle de jeu, codirected with Jean-Daniel Pollet
• 1972: Les Soleils de l'Ile de Pâques
• 1976: Un animal doué de déraison (A Nudez de Alexandra)
• 1980: Le Soleil en face
• 1982: La Guérilléra
• 1985: L'Herbe rouge (TV)

Assistant director

• 1949: Pattes blanches by Jean Grémillon
• 1951: L'Étrange Madame X by Jean Grémillon
• 1952: Jeux interdits, de René Clément (non credited)
• 1955: French Cancan by Jean Renoir
• 1955: Les Carnets du Major Thompson by Preston Sturges

Writer

• 1951: Arithmétique with Raymond Queneau
• 1952: Je sème à tout vent with François Chalais
• 1955: The Red Cloak
• 1959: Des ruines et des hommes with Marcelle Lioret
• 1960: Le Bel Âge [fr] with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
• 1960: Une question d'assurance
• 1960: La Morte saison des amours
• 1960: Merci Natercia! with Peter Oser
• 1963: Vacances portugaises with Alain Aptekman, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Robert Scipion
• 1964: Le Grain de sable with Alain Aptekman
• 1965: Une balle au cœur with Didier Goulard and Jean-Daniel Pollet
• 1965: La Brûlure de mille soleils with Eduard Luis
• 1966: Les Carnets Brésiliens (TV)
• 1968: Bandeira Branca de Oxalá with Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
• 1970: Le Maître du temps with Jean-Daniel Pollet
• 1971: Le Petit matin with Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
• 1972: Les Soleils de l'Ile de Pâques
• 1974: L'Ironie du sort with Paul Guimard and Édouard Molinaro
• 1976: Un animal doué de déraison (A Nudez de Alexandra)
• 1980: Le Soleil en face with Alain Aptekman
• 1982: La Guérilléra with Antonio Tarruella
• 1985: L'Herbe rouge (TV)

References

External links

• Pierre Kast at AllMovie