French director, screenwriter Étienne
Périer, died on June 21, 2020 at the age of 88 in his
home in Plan-de-la-Tour. Born in Brussels
on December 11, 1931, Etienne Perier crossed the camera in hand last century, a
script under his arm, from one end of the world to the other. He was an assistant
to Henri Georges Clouzot in "Les Diaboliques", in 1957, and he worked
on a film with his friend Bernard Buffet, a short film which won him an award at
the Venice Festival in 1958. This success will propel him. He works with
Jean Cocteau to write and prepare the "Testament of Orpheus". From
then on, his career will never stop. A director, and scriptwriter, from I953
until 1958, he collaborated with Charles SPAAK on several scenarios including
"Charmants boys" and with Dominique Fabre who, subsequently, wrote
most of his French films. He was co-director and screenwriter on the 1984 TV
Euro-western ‘Louisiana’
starring Margot Kidder.
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