Biography: life and films
Marguerite Duras was a French film director and screenwriter. She was born in Saigon, French Indochina on 4th April 1914 and died in Paris, France on 3rd March 1996, aged 81.Her best films as a screenwriter include Alain Resnais's Hiroshima mon amour (1959), Peter Brook's Moderato cantabile (1960), Georges Franju's Les Rideaux blancs (1965), Nathalie Granger (1972) and Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne) (1979), and whose best work as a film director include Nathalie Granger (1972), Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne) (1979) and Le Navire Night (1979).
Marguerite Duras scripted 34 films, directed 15 films (including 1 short) and appeared in 9 films.
She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Tony Richardson (2 films), Jérôme Beaujour (2) and Benoît Jacquot (2).
Her most frequent genres include: drama (25 films), romance (7), Documentary (4) and comedy-drama (3).
Our average rating for Marguerite Duras over all films is: 3.1
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
This Angry Age (1958) [w]
Hiroshima mon amour (1959) [w]
Une aussi longue absence (1961) [w]
L'Itinéraire marin (1963) [w]
Les Rideaux blancs (1965) [w]
10:30 P.M. Summer (1966) [w]
Mademoiselle (1966) [w]
La Musica (1967) [d,w]
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) [w]
Détruire, dit-elle (1969) [d,w]
Jaune le soleil (1972) [d,w]
Nathalie Granger (1972) [d,w]
La Femme du Gange (1974) [d,w]
India Song (1975) [a,d,w]
Des journées entières dans les arbres (1976) [d,w]
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert (1976) [d,w]
Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977) [a,d,w]
Le Camion (1977) [a,d,w]
Le Navire Night (1979) [a,d,w]
Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980) [a]
Agatha et les lectures illimitées (1981) [d,w]
Duras filme (1981) [a]
Il dialogo di Roma (1983) [d,w]
La Couleur des mots (1984) [a]
Les Enfants (1984) [d,w]
L'Amant (1992) [w]
L'Après-midi de monsieur Andesmas (2004) [w]
Un Barrage contre le Pacifique (2009) [w]
Orage (2015) [w]
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