Daniel Boulanger Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Locarno International Film Festival Award for Best Original Screenplay for "The Joker" in 1960
• Began publishing his novels in the late 1950s, including "L'Ombre" and "Le Gouverneur Polygame․"
• Got his start in the entertainment industry in 1960, when he wrote dialogue for "The Love Game" and acted in "Breathless" and "Shoot the Pianist․"
• Was a member of the Académie Goncourt from 1983 to 2008
• Best known as a novelist and screenwriter whose films include "That Man from Rio," "Police Python 357," and "The Seven Deadly Sins․"