- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- March 10, 1920
- Place of Birth
- Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Died
- June 29, 1959
Boris Vian
Boris Vian (10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release. Vian's other fiction, published under his real name, featured a highly individual writing style with numerous made-up words, subtle wordplay and surrealistic plots. L'Écume des jours (Froth on the Daydream) is the best known of these works, and one of the few translated into English. Vian was also an important influence on the French jazz scene. He served as liaison for Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in Paris, wrote for several French jazz-reviews (Le Jazz Hot, Paris Jazz) and published numerous articles dealing with jazz both in the Unit…
Filmography
movieFlowers
2024 · Original Music Composer
movieRage, Sex, and Jazz: I Spit on Your Graves by Vernon Sullivan
2022 · Self - Writer (archive footage)
movieGainsbourg, toute une vie
2021
movieEl Amor es Ciego
2020 · Original Story
movieBoris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieVadim Mister Cool
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieHôtel La Louisiane
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieConte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes
2015 · Original Story
movieLadies Of The Night’s Street
2015 · Author
movieOur Faust
2015 · Writer
movieThe Cowboy of Normandy
2015 · Writer
movieMind Your Own Business
2015 · Author
movieThe Hitchhiker
2014 · Author
movieMood Indigo
2013 · Novel
movieLe cinéma de Boris Vian
2011 · Self (archives)
Boris Vian: The Jazz Life
movieBoris Vian: The Jazz Life
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieBulles de Vian
2009 · Writer
movieChloe
2001 · Novel
movieThe Mortal Fortune
1989 · Story
movieL'Herbe rouge
1985 · Writer
movieSpray of the Days
1968 · Novel
movieLe Bel Âge
1960 · Boris
movieDangerous Love Affairs
1959 · Prévan
movieI Spit on Your Grave
1959 · Novel, Screenplay
movieLa Joconde, histoire d'une obsession
1958 · Mona Lisa smile teacher (uncredited)
movieA Girl in a Pocket
1957 · Baths manager
Chères vieilles choses
movieChères vieilles choses
1957 · Writer
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956 · The Cardinal
tvEn direct de...
1956 · self
movieSaint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954 · Self, Writer
movieLa chasse à l'homme
1952
movieDisorder
1950 · Music
movieThe Miracle of St. Anne
1950 · Un estropié
An amateur Film
movieAn amateur Film
1947 · The Vampire Priest
J'irai cracher sur vos tombes
movieJ'irai cracher sur vos tombes
— · Book
movieHeartsnatcher
— · Novel