Roland Topor
Known for Writing
Roland Topor was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, known for the surreal nature of his work. He gained notoriety as one of the home cartoonists of the subversive French magazine Hara-Kiri, renamed later Charlie-Hebdo. Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves.
Filmography
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
as Renfield
The Tenant
1976
Novel
Fantastic Planet
1973
Screenplay
Swann in Love
1984
as Biche
Marquis
1989
Writer
Sweet Movie
1974
Three Lives and Only One Death
1996
as Bum #2
The Troubles of Alfred
1972
Writer
The Hamburg Syndrome
1979
Writer
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966
as Un émissaire du prince
Threshold of the Void
1974
as Homme dans le métro
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
1975
as Le pochard
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
1975
Writer
Ratataplan
1979
as The Boss
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
2012
Original Story
Destins parallèles
1979
La Galette du roi
1986
Writer
The Ones That Got Away
1981
as The murderous fencer
Batailles
2008
Theatre Play