Suzanne Schiffman Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Suzanne Schiffman (née Klochendler, 27 September 1929 – 6 June 2001) was a screenwriter and director for numerous motion pictures. She often worked with François Truffaut. The 'script girl' Joelle, played by Nathalie Baye in Truffaut's Day for Night was based on Schiffman. It accurately portrayed the close collaboration she had with Truffaut and other directors.Her Jewish mother was detained by the Gestapo during the war, but Klochendler and her sibling were hidden by an order of nuns. Schiffman studied art history at the Sorbonne after the war.During her career she worked closely with Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette in addition to Truffaut, latterly on the scripts of his films. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Day for Night and won a César Award for writing The Last Metro with Truffaut.Suzanne Schiffman died of cancer in 2001. She is the mother of French cinematographer, Guillaume Schiffman.
French screenwriter, latterly director, associated with Francois Truffaut for whom she worked at first on continuity, as assistant and co-screenwriter. She was previously a student of art history at the Sorbonne.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
To oneiro tou Ikarou
2005
Bolondok éneke
2003
writer
Tangos volés
2001
screenplay
Femme de papier
1989
TV Movie
Corps perdus
1989
Sorceress
1987
scenario
Wuthering Heights
1985
scenario
Rouge-gorge
1985
scenario
Flügel und Fesseln
1984
additional writer
Love on the Ground
1984
scenario
The Man Who Loved Women
1983
first story
Confidentially Yours
1983
writer
Paris s'en va
1981
Short scenario
Merry-Go-Round
1981
scenario
Le Pont du Nord
1981
scenario
The Woman Next Door
1981
original scenario
Le dernier métro
1980
dialogue / scenario
Love on the Run
1979
scenario
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
Small Change
1976
original scenario
The Story of Adele H
1975
screenplay
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
1973
writer
Day for Night
1973
screenplay
Out 1: Spectre
1972
Out 1, noli me tangere
1971
scenario - uncredited
The Boat on the Grass
1971
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Innocent
1999
technical advisor
La société du spectacle
1974
Documentary documentalist
Mississippi Mermaid
1969
script girl
Les gauloises bleues
1969
script supervisor
Stolen Kisses
1968
script girl
Fahrenheit 451
1966
assistant to director
Thomas l'imposteur
1965
script supervisor
De l'amour
1964
script supervisor
Une Femme Mariée
1964
script supervisor
Band of Outsiders
1964
script supervisor
The Soft Skin
1964
script girl - uncredited
Contempt
1963
script girl - uncredited
L'éternité pour nous
1963
script supervisor
Le Petit Soldat
1963
script girl
My Life to Live
1962
script girl
Jules and Jim
1962
script supervisor - uncredited
Paris Belongs to Us
1961
dialogue coach
A Woman Is a Woman
1961
script girl
Lola
1961
script girl
The Army Game
1960
script supervisor
Shoot the Piano Player
1960
script girl
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wuthering Heights
1985
first assistant director
Love on the Ground
1984
first assistant director
Confidentially Yours
1983
assistant director
Le Pont du Nord
1981
first assistant director
The Woman Next Door
1981
assistant director
Le dernier métro
1980
assistant director
Love on the Run
1979
first assistant director
The Green Room
1978
assistant director
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
first assistant director
Small Change
1976
first assistant director
The Story of Adele H
1975
assistant director
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
1973
first assistant director
Day for Night
1973
assistant director
Une belle fille comme moi
1972
assistant director
Two English Girls
1971
assistant director
Bed & Board
1970
first assistant director
The Wild Child
1970
assistant director
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Femme de papier
1989
TV Movie
Sorceress
1987
Out 1, noli me tangere
1971
co-director
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
Woman with the baby by Madame Duteil (uncredited)
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
L'affaire Marcorelle
2000
thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
1996
TV Movie documentary
Herself
La nuit des Césars
1981
TV Series documentary
Herself - César du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1981
César
César Awards, France
Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, dialogue ou adaptation)
$600,000
