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Henri-Georges Clouzot is an award-winning French film director, writer and producer. He has contributed to many projects as either the writer, director, producer, or a combination of the three.
His first feature film was the 1942 mystery The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (French: L'Assassin Habite au 21), which featured Clouzot as both screenwriter and director. After the release of The Raven (French: Le Corbeau), Clouzot found himself barred from making movies until 1947. In early and mid-'50s that Clouzot became embraced by international critics and audiences, with the releases of The Wages of Fear (French: Le Salaire de la Peur) in 1953 and Diabolique (French: Les Diaboliques).
Clouzot's later work was held back due to his declining health, which made it necessary to abandon his production of L'Enfer. He released his final film La Prisonnière in 1966. L'Enfer's script was filmed by Claude Chabrol in 1994.