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-studded line-up that included Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant and Emmanuelle Béart. Thomas’s plays were never fashionable and he was often dismissed by French critics but he was a popular dramatist. By the time he was 18, he claimed he had read every play published in French since 1900. Thomas died in 1989 in Paris. Source: Article "Robert Thomas (director)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Фільмографія

• 20217 Women and a Murder — Theatre Play
• 20028 жінок — Theatre Play
• 1989Waiting for Elizabeth — Theatre Play
• 1986Vanishing Act — Theatre Play
• 1984Les Brésiliennes du Bois de Boulogne — Director, Writer
• 1983My Pastor Among the Thais — Director, Writer
• 1982Look for a Woman — Theatre Play
• 1982My Pastor Among the Nudists — Writer, Director
• 1981Faut s'les faire !... Ces légionnaires
• 1980A gyilkos köztünk van — Theatre Play, Writer
• 1980La chambre mandarine — Writer
• 1978Freddy — Dialogue, Director, Scenario Writer
• 1977Netnou Hoor die Kinders! — Novel
• 1976One of My Wives Is Missing — Original Story
• 1974Bedmania — Co-Writer
• Un curé de choc — Le brigadier de gendarmerie, Creator
• 1973Big Deal — Writer
• 1972Double Jeu — Sartori
• 1972Huit femmes — Author
• Alta comedia — Theatre Play
• 1970Eight women — Writer
• 1970La Brune que voilà — Stage Director
• 1970Les Assassins associés — Léo, Writer
• 1970Un Ami Imprévu — Writer
• 1969Honeymoon with a Stranger — Theatre Play
• 1969La Perruche et le Poulet — Mr. Laroche (a corpse client) / Mr. Logan, 1st clerk, Stage Director, Adaptation, Decorator
• 1969Le deuxième coup de feu — Patrice, Author
• At Theatre Tonight — M. Laroche (un client cadavre), M. Logan, le 1er clerc, Jacques, Adaptation, Decorator, Stage Director
• 1964Friends of the family — Screenplay, Director
• 1964How to Make a French Dish — Director, Writer
• 1961Spotlight on a Murderer — Writer
• 1960La Mort n'est pas à vendre — Dialogue
• 1955The Grand Manoeuvre

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• Samedi soir — Self