Jean Vautrin (17 May 1933 – 16 June 2015), real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic.
Life and career
After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the University of Bombay; he became assistant director to Roberto Rossellini. Back in France, he produced five feature films.
He became famous among the general public in 1989, winning the Prix Goncourt for his novel Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu. He also won the 1986 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Baby-boom. In 1987, with writer Dan Franck, he created a press photographer character with a big heart called Boro (the "model" most likely was Robert Capa).
India, Terre Mère
Paris nous appartient
Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse
Le Jour le plus long
1958 Voyage en Boscavie (co-directed by Claude Choublier) (short)
1960 Actua-Tilt (short)
1961 La Quille (short)
1962 Twist Parade (short)
1962 Le Chemin de la mauvaise route (short)
1963 Les Fusils (short)
1964 La Cinémathèque Française (short)
1967 Le Dimanche de la vie
1968 Adieu l'ami
1969 Jeff
1969 Decameron 69 (co-directed by Bernard Clarens, Jean Desvilles, Louis Grospierre, Miklós Jancsó, Serge Korber and François Reichenbach)
1971 Popsy Pop
1972 L'Œuf
1974 Le Comte Yoster a bien l'honneur, 2 episodes : Der Papageienkäfig and Das Spiel mit dem Tode (TV series)
1975 Les Grands Détectives, 2 episodes : Un rendez-vous dans les ténèbres and Monsieur Lecoq (TV series)
1975 Les Peupliers de la Prétentaine (TV series)
1958 Voyage en Boscavie directed by Jean Herman and Claude Choublier (short)
1960 Actua-Tilt directed by Jean Herman (short)
1961 La Quille directed by Jean Herman (short)
1962 Twist Parade directed by Jean Herman (short)
1962 Le Chemin de la mauvaise route directed by Jean Herman (short)
1964 La Cinémathèque Française directed by Jean Herman (short)
1968 Adieu l'ami directed by Jean Herman
1971 Popsy Pop directed by Jean Herman
1972 L'Œuf directed by Jean Herman
1976 Le Grand Escogriffe directed by Claude Pinoteau
1977 Banlieue sud-est directed by Gilles Grangier (TV series)
1979 Histoires insolites (1 episode Le locataire d'en haut directed by Gilles Grangier) (TV series)
1979 Les Insulaires directed by Gilles Grangier (TV movie)
1979 Miss directed by Roger Pigaut (TV series)
1979 Flic ou Voyou directed by Georges Lautner
1980 Le Guignolo directed by Georges Lautner
1980 L'Entourloupe directed by Gérard Pirès
1980 Jean-Sans-Terre directed by Gilles Grangier (TV movie)
1981 Garde à vue directed by Claude Miller
1983 Le Marginal directed by Jacques Deray
1984 Rue barbare directed by Gilles Béhat
1984 Canicule directed by Yves Boisset
1985 Intrigues directed by Maurice Dugowson (TV series)
1985 Urgence directed by Gilles Béhat
1986 Bleu comme l'enfer directed by Yves Boisset
1987 Charlie Dingo directed by Gilles Béhat
1991 Berlin Lady directed by Pierre Boutron (TV series)
2000 Under Suspicion directed by Stephen Hopkins
2012 L'Été des Lip directed by Dominique Ladoge (TV)
1983 : Le Marginal, directed by Jacques Deray
1985 : Billy Ze Kick, directed by Gérard Mordillat
1986 : Série Noire, (episode La nuit du flingueur directed by Pierre Grimblat) (TV series)
À bulletins rouges, 1973
Billy-Ze-Kick, 1974 - Novel adapted by Gérard Mordillat 1985
Mister Love, 1977
Typhon gazoline, 1977
Le Mensonge - Chronique des années de crise, 1978
Bloody-Mary, 1979
Groom, 1981
Canicule, 1982 - Novel adapted by Yves Boisset 1984
La Vie Ripolin, 1987
Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu, 1989 Prix Goncourt
Symphonie Grabuge, 1994 Prix du roman populiste
Le Roi des ordures, 1997
Un monsieur bien mis, 1987
Le Cri du peuple, 1998 Prix Louis-Guilloux in 1999
L’homme qui assassinait sa vie, 2001
Le Journal de Louise B., 2002
Adieu la vie, adieu l’amour, 2004 [vol 1]
La Femme au gant rouge, 2004 [vol 2]
La grande zigouille, 2009 [vol 3]
Les années Faribole, 2012 [vol 4]
1983 : Patchwork, Prix des Deux Magots 1984
1986 : Baby-boom, Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle 1986
1989 : Dix-huit tentatives pour devenir un saint
1992 : Courage chacun
2005 : Si on s’aimait ?
2009 : Maîtresse Kristal et autres bris de guerre
Les Aventures de Boro, reporter photographe, with Dan Franck
La Dame de Berlin, 1987 - Novel adapted by Pierre Boutron 1991
Le Temps des cerises, 1990
Les Noces de Guernica, 1994
Mademoiselle Chat, 1996
Boro s’en va-t-en guerre, 2000
Cher Boro, 2005
La Fête à Boro, 2007
La Dame de Jérusalem, 2009
