
Alexandre Auguste Astruc (13 July 1923 – 19 May 2016) was a French film critic and film director. Before becoming a film director he was a journalist, novelist and film critic. His contribution to the auteur theory centers on his notion of the caméra-stylo or "camera-pen" and the idea that directors should wield their cameras like writers use their pens. In 1994 he was awarded the René Clair Award for his whole body of film work.

Arsène Lupin Joue et Perd "813"

Les Grands Détectives

Le Rideau cramoisi

Sartre par lui-même

Le Puits et le Pendule

Évariste Galois

La Proie pour l'ombre

Les mauvaises rencontres

Les Crimes de l'amour

La Chute de la maison Usher

Albert Savarus

Flammes sur l'Adriatique

Une vie

Éducation sentimentale

La Longue Marche

Introduction à la Méthode de F. W. Murnau

Arsène Lupin Joue et Perd

Le Chevalier Dupin: La lettre volée