- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- September 28, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France
- Died
- January 3, 1989
Robert Thomas
Robert Thomas (28 September 1927 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes – 3 January 1989) was a French writer, actor and film director. As a writer, almost from the beginning, he was fascinated by a curious genre that he helped invent: the comédie policière or comedy thriller, of which Eight Women is an example. In 1960, Thomas had a hit with Man Trap, a humorous murder mystery which was an overnight success in Paris. Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights and the play established Thomas as a writer of psychological crime dramas with a distinctively Gallic comic twist. The following year the second outing of Eight Women was far more successful as it won the Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres for Best Play in 1961. Thomas was a prolific actor, playwright and movie director. If he is best known for Eight Women it is probably because it was adapted into a movie musical by François Ozon in 2002 with a star-stud…
Filmography
movie7 Women and a Murder
2021 · Theatre Play
movie8 Women
2002 · Theatre Play
movieWaiting for Elizabeth
1989 · Theatre Play
movieVanishing Act
1986 · Theatre Play
movieLes Brésiliennes du Bois de Boulogne
1984 · Writer, Director
movieMy Pastor Among the Thais
1983 · Writer, Director
movieLook for a Woman
1982 · Theatre Play
movieMy Pastor Among the Nudists
1982 · Writer, Director
movieA gyilkos köztünk van
1980 · Theatre Play, Writer
movieLa chambre mandarine
1980 · Writer
movieFreddy
1978 · Dialogue, Scenario Writer, Director
movieNetnou Hoor die Kinders!
1977 · Novel
movieOne of My Wives Is Missing
1976 · Original Story
tvUn curé de choc
1974 · Le brigadier de gendarmerie, Creator
movieBedmania
1974 · Co-Writer
movieBig Deal
1973 · Writer
movieHuit femmes
1972 · Author
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
movieLa Brune que voilà
1970 · Stage Director
movieLes Assassins associés
1970 · Léo, Writer
tvAlta comedia
1970 · Theatre Play
movieHoneymoon with a Stranger
1969 · Theatre Play
movieLa Perruche et le Poulet
1969 · Mr. Laroche (a corpse client) / Mr. Logan, 1st clerk, Decorator, Adaptation, Stage Director
movieLe deuxième coup de feu
1969 · Patrice, Author
tvAt Theatre Tonight
1966 · M. Laroche (un client cadavre), M. Logan, le 1er clerc, Jacques, Decorator, Adaptation, Stage Director
movieFriends of the family
1964 · Screenplay, Director
movieHow to Make a French Dish
1964 · Director, Writer
movieSpotlight on a Murderer
1961 · Writer
La Mort n'est pas à vendre
movieLa Mort n'est pas à vendre
1960 · Dialogue
movieThe Grand Manoeuvre
1955