Known For
Writing
Born
Sep 28, 1927
Died
Jan 03, 1989
Place of Birth
Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France
Credits
31 titles
Robert Thomas
Biography
Robert Thomas (28 September 1927 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes – 3 January 1989) was a French writer, actor and film director. As a writer, almost from the beginning, he was fascinated by a curious genre that he helped invent: the comédie policière or comedy thriller, of which Eight Women is an example. In 1960, Thomas had a hit with Man Trap, a humorous murder mystery which was an overnight success in Paris. Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights and the play established Thomas as a writer of psychological crime dramas with a distinctively Gallic comic twist. The following year the second outing of Eight Women was far more successful as it won the Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres for Best Play in 1961. Thomas was a prolific actor, playwright and movie director. If he is best known for Eight Women it is probably because it was adapted into a movie musical by François Ozon in 2002 with a star-studded line-up that included Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant and Emmanuelle Béart. Thomas’s plays were never fashionable and he was often dismissed by French critics but he was a popular dramatist. By the time he was 18, he claimed he had read every play published in French since 1900. Thomas died in 1989 in Paris. Source: Article "Robert Thomas (director)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
7 Women and a Murder
Theatre Play
8 Women
Theatre Play
Waiting for Elizabeth
Theatre Play
Vanishing Act
Theatre Play
Les Brésiliennes du Bois de Boulogne
Writer
My Pastor Among the Thais
Writer
Look for a Woman
Theatre Play
My Pastor Among the Nudists
Writer
Faut s'les faire !... Ces légionnaires
A gyilkos köztünk van
Theatre Play
La chambre mandarine
Writer
Freddy
Dialogue
Netnou Hoor die Kinders!
Novel
One of My Wives Is Missing
Original Story
Un curé de choc
Le brigadier de gendarmerie
Bedmania
Co-Writer
Big Deal
Writer
Huit femmes
Author
Samedi soir
Self
La Brune que voilà
Stage Director
Les Assassins associés
Léo
Alta comedia
Theatre Play
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Theatre Play
La Perruche et le Poulet
Mr. Laroche (a corpse client) / Mr. Logan, 1st clerk
Le deuxième coup de feu
Patrice
At Theatre Tonight
M. Laroche (un client cadavre), M. Logan, le 1er clerc
Friends of the family
Screenplay
How to Make a French Dish
Director
Spotlight on a Murderer
Writer
La Mort n'est pas à vendre
Dialogue
The Grand Manoeuvre