Known For
Writing
Known Credits
2
Gender
Female
Birthday
September 27, 1929 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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.
Suzanne Schiffman died of cancer in 2001.
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| 1992 | Le jour et la nuit...Director | |
| 1990 | Out 1...Co-Director | |
| 1989 | Paperback Woman...Director | |
| 1987 | Sorceress...Director | |
| 1983 | Confidentially Yours...Assistant Director | |
| 1981 | The Woman Next Door...Assistant Director | |
| 1980 | The Last Metro...Assistant Director | |
| 1979 | Love on the Run...First Assistant Director | |
| 1978 | The Green Room...Assistant Director | |
| 1978 | The Green Room...First Assistant Director | |
| 1977 | The Man Who Loved Women...First Assistant Director | |
| 1976 | Small Change...Assistant Director | |
| 1975 | The Story of Adèle H....Assistant Director | |
| 1973 | Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full...First Assistant Director | |
| 1973 | Day for Night...Assistant Director | |
| 1972 | A Gorgeous Girl Like Me...Assistant Director | |
| 1971 | Two English Girls...Assistant Director | |
| 1971 | Out 1...Co-Director | |
| 1970 | Bed and Board...First Assistant Director | |
| 1970 | The Wild Child...Assistant Director | |
| 1969 | Mississippi Mermaid...Script Supervisor | |
| 1969 | Les Gauloises bleues...Script Supervisor | |
| 1968 | Stolen Kisses...Script Supervisor | |
| 1968 | The Bride Wore Black...Script Supervisor | |
| 1967 | La Chinoise...Script Supervisor | |
| 1966 | Fahrenheit 451...First Assistant Director | |
| 1964 | The Married Woman...Script Supervisor | |
| 1964 | Band of Outsiders...Script Supervisor | |
| 1964 | The Soft Skin...Script Supervisor | |
| 1963 | Contempt...Script Supervisor | |
| 1963 | Le Petit Soldat...Script Supervisor | |
| 1962 | Vivre Sa Vie...Script Supervisor | |
| 1962 | Love at Twenty...Script Supervisor | |
| 1962 | Jules and Jim...Script Supervisor | |
| 1961 | A Woman Is a Woman...Script Supervisor | |
| 1961 | Amazons of Rome...Script Supervisor | |
| 1961 | Lola...Script Supervisor | |
| 1960 | The Army Game...Script Supervisor | |
| 1960 | Shoot the Piano Player...Script Supervisor |
| 1990 | Out 1...Set Designer |
| 1961 | Lola...Script |
| 1996 | François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Deathas Self | |
| 1977 | The Man Who Loved Womenas La femme avec le bébé (uncredited) |
