# Éric Assous

Éric Assous (30 March 1956 – 12 October 2020) was a French director, screenwriter, dialoguist, and dramatist born in Tunis.

## Career

Assous was the author of 80 radio plays for the France Inter channel.
He wrote numerous plays, as well as scenarios for television (including 3 episodes of the Nestor Burma series) and cinema.
Assous directed his first feature film, Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels [fr] in 2001.
In 2002, he penned a new comedy entitled Sexes très opposés [fr].

## Filmography
### Director

* 1999: À cause d'Olivia... short film
* 2001: Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels
* 2002: Sexes très opposés
* 2003: Amour tout court

### Screenwriter

* Les acteurs sont fatigués (Prochainement), by Olivier Marchal
* 2010: 22 Bullets by Richard Berry
* 2008: Nos 18 ans by Frédéric Berthe
* 2008: Love Me No More by Jean Becker
* 2008: Les Randonneurs à Saint-Tropez by Philippe Harel
* 2005: The Black Box by Richard Berry
* 2005: Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte by Philippe Harel
* 2003: I, Cesar by Richard Berry
* 2002: Sexes très opposés (2002)
* 2002: Irène by Ivan Calbérac
* 2001: The Girl from Paris by Christian Carion
* 2001: Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels by Éric Assous
* 1998: Petits Désordres amoureux by Olivier Péray
* 1997: The Banned Woman by Philippe Harel
* 1997: Les Randonneurs by Philippe Harel
* 1993: Une femme pour moi by Arnaud Sélignac
* 1987: Babette (Intrigues) by Emmanuel Fonlladosa

### Dialoguist

* 2005: Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte by Philippe Harel
* 2002: Sexes très opposés

## Theatre

* 1992: Sans mentir, directed by d'Éric Assous and Bernard Menez, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
* 1992: Une fille entre nous, Théâtre d'Edgar
* 1995: Le Portefeuille by Pierre Sauvil and Éric Assous, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Saint-Georges
* 1998: Couple en turbulences, Comédie de Paris
* 2002: Les acteurs sont fatigués, directed by de Jacques Décombe, Comédie-Caumartin
* 2002: Retour de Madison, directed by Éric Assous, played by Roger Miremont, Festival Off, Avignon.
* 2004: Les Montagnes russes, played by Alain Delon and Astrid Veillon in 2004 and 2005, Théâtre Marigny
* 2007: Les Belles-Sœurs, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Saint-Georges (and tour in 2008)
* 2008: Secret de famille, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, with Michel Sardou and Davy Sardou, Théâtre des Variétés.
* 2009: Les hommes préfèrent mentir, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Saint-Georges
* 2009: L'Illusion conjugale, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
* 2010: Le Technicien, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
* 2011: Une journée ordinaire, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
* 2011: Les Conjoints, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Tristan-Bernard
* 2011: Mon meilleur copain, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre des Nouveautés
* 2012: L'Italienne, directed by David Garcia, Théâtre Le Funambule Montmartre
* 2012: Le Bonheur, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre Marigny
* 2013: Nos femmes, directed by Richard Berry, Théâtre de Paris
* 2015: On ne se mentira jamais, directed by Jean-Luc Moreau, Théâtre La Bruyère (adapted into English by Stewart Vaughan as No more lies)
* 2015: Représailles, directed by Anne Bourgeois, Théâtre de la Michodière
* 2016: L'heureux élu, directed by Jean Luc Moreau, Théâtre de la Madeleine

## Prizes and nominations

* 2010: Molière de l'auteur francophone vivant for L'Illusion conjugale
* 2014: Grand prix du théâtre de l'Académie française for all his theatre work
* 2015: Molière de l'auteur francophone vivant for On ne se mentira jamais !