Born 1908 (age 89) · Rochefort-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France
Appears in 34 titles

Boileau-Narcejac (French: [bwalo naʁsəʒak]) is the pen name used by the French crime-writing duo of Pierre Boileau (28 April 1906 – 16 January 1989) and Pierre Ayraud, also known as Thomas Narcejac (3 July 1908 – 7 June 1998). Their successful collaboration produced 43 novels, 100 short stories and 4 plays. They are credited with having helped to form an authentically French subgenre of crime fiction, emphasising local settings and mounting psychological suspense. They are noted for the ingenuity of their plots and the skilful evocation of the mood of disorientation and fear. Their works were adapted into numerous films, notably Les Diaboliques (1955), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Vertigo (1958), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boileau-Narcejac, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Vertigo
8.1
Vertigo
1958
Novel
Diabolique
7.9
Diabolique
1955
Novel
Eyes Without a Face
7.6
Eyes Without a Face
1960
Adaptation
Eyes Without a Face
7.6
Eyes Without a Face
1960
Screenplay
Diabolique
5.5
Diabolique
1996
Novel
Body Parts
5.9
Body Parts
1991
Novel
Witness in the City
6.3
Witness in the City
1959
Novel
Spotlight on a Murderer
6.5
Spotlight on a Murderer
1961
Writer
Crime Does Not Pay
5.5
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
Scenario Writer
Bad Seeds
5.3
Bad Seeds
2012
Novel
Twelve Hours by the Clock
4.4
Twelve Hours by the Clock
1959
Screenplay
Reflections of Murder
6.8
Reflections of Murder
1974
Novel
Goodbye Vinyle
5.6
Goodbye Vinyle
2023
Novel
Murder at 45 R.P.M.
6.1
Murder at 45 R.P.M.
1960
Novel
Where the Truth Lies
7.0
Where the Truth Lies
1962
Novel
Faces in the Dark
6.5
Faces in the Dark
1960
Novel
Misdeal
3.8
Misdeal
1969
Novel
The Magician
6.6
The Magician
1960
Writer
House of Secrets
3.8
House of Secrets
1993
Novel
Letters to an Unknown Lover