Boris Vian
Age: N/A | From: Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
Biography
Boris Vian (10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release. Vian's other fiction, published under his real name, featured a highly individual writing style with numerous made-up words, subtle wordplay and surrealistic plots. L'Écume des jours (Froth on the Daydream) is the best known of these works, and one of the few translated into English. Vian was also an important influence on the French jazz scene. He served as liaison for Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in Paris, wrote for several French jazz-reviews (Le Jazz Hot, Paris Jazz) and published numerous articles dealing with jazz both in the United States and in France. His own music and songs enjoyed popularity during his lifetime, particularly the anti-war song "Le Déserteur" (The Deserter).
Most Famous Work
Mood Indigo
(2013) Novel
I Spit on Your Grave
(1959) Screenplay
Spray of the Days
(1968) Novel
L'Herbe rouge
(1985) Writer
Disorder
(1950) Music
Bulles de Vian
(2009) Writer
Ladies Of The Night’s Street
(2015) Author
Chloe
(2001) NovelActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2022 | Self - Writer (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2011 | Self (archives) | |
| 2009 | Himself | |
| 1960 | Boris | |
| 1959 | Prévan | |
| 1958 | Professeur spécialisé sur le sourire de Mona Lisa (non crédité) | |
| 1957 | Le gérant des bains | |
| 1956 | The Cardinal | |
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| 1954 | Self | |
| 1952 | N/A | |
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Writing
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| 2020 | Original Story | |
| 2015 | Original Story | |
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| 2014 | Author | |
| 2013 | Novel | |
| 2009 | Writer | |
| 2001 | Novel | |
| 1989 | Story | |
| 1985 | Writer | |
| 1968 | Novel | |
| 1959 | Novel | |
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| 1957 | Writer | |
| 1954 | Writer | |
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Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1950 | Music | |
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