Robert Enrico

Robert Georgio Enrico
Born	(1931-04-13)13 April 1931 Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, France
Died	23 February 2001(2001-02-23) (aged 69)
Nationality	Italian French
Occupation	film director scriptwriter

Robert Georgio Enrico (April 13, 1931 – February 23, 2001) was a French film director and scriptwriter best known for making the Oscar-winning short An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961).^[1]^[2]

He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France, to Italian immigrant parents,^[3] and died in Paris.

Filmography as director

Paradiso terrestre (1956) (co-director)
Jehanne (1956)
Thaumetopoea (1960)
Thaumetopoea, la vie des chenilles processionnaires du pain et leur extermination contrôlée (1961)
Chickamauga (1962)
L'oiseau moqueur (1962)
Montagnes magiques (1962)
La Rivière du hibou (1962) – "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", episode of The Twilight Zone (1964)
La Belle vie (1963) – Prix Jean Vigo
Au coeur de la vie (1963) – feature film comprising the Ambrose Bierce adaptations La Rivière du hibou, Chickamauga, and L'oiseau moqueur
Contre point (1964)
Le Théâtre de la jeunesse: La redevance du fantôme (1965) (TV)
Les Grandes Gueules (1966)
Tante Zita (1967)
Les aventuriers (1967)
Ho! (1968)
Boulevard du Rhum (1971)
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... (1971)
Les Caïds [fr] (1972)
Le Secret (1974)
Le vieux fusil (1975) – César Award for Best Film
Un neveu silencieux (1977)
Heads or Tails (1980)
L'Empreinte des géants [fr] (1980)
Au nom de tous les miens (1983)
Au nom de tous les miens (1985) (TV miniseries)
Zone rouge [fr] (1986)
De guerre lasse [fr] (1987)
La Révolution française (1989) (segment "Les Années Lumière")
Le Hérisson (1989) (TV)
Vent d'est (1993)
Saint-Exupéry: La dernière mission (1996) (TV)
Fait d'hiver (1999)

^ Riding, Alan. (Feb 25, 2001). "Robert Enrico, 69, Award-Winning Film Director". New York Times. p. 30.
^ Pulleine, Tim (Feb 28, 2001). "Robert Enrico". The Guardian. London. p. 22.
^ Riding, Alan (February 25, 2001). "Robert Enrico, 69, Award-Winning Film Director". New York Times.

v t e Films directed by Robert Enrico
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961) The Wise Guys (1965) The Last Adventure (1967) Ho! (1968) Boulevard du Rhum (1971) The Secret (1974) Le vieux fusil (1975) For Those I Loved (1983) La Révolution française (1989) Vent d'est (1993)

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