Portrait of Boris Vian

Writing

Boris Vian

Career

Active from 1947 to 2024, with a break from 1969 to 1984, busiest in 2015 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mood Indigo
Mood Indigo
GoodWatch score60/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Boris Vian Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.9, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French New Wave 2
  • Surreal Romance 2
  • Visually Inventive 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Heartsnatcher
Heartsnatcher

Novel

J'irai cracher sur vos tombes
J'irai cracher sur vos tombes

Book

2020s

2 titles
Flowers
Flowers (2024)

Original Music Composer

El Amor es Ciego
El Amor es Ciego (2020)

Original Story

2010s

7 titles · average score 60
Our Faust
Our Faust (2015)

Writer

The Cowboy of Normandy
The Cowboy of Normandy (2015)

Writer

Conte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes
Conte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes (2015)

Original Story

Mind Your Own Business
Mind Your Own Business (2015)

Author

Ladies Of The Night’s Street
Ladies Of The Night’s Street (2015)

Author

The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker (2014)

Author

Mood Indigo
Mood Indigo (2013)
GoodWatch score 60

Novel

2000s

2 titles
Bulles de Vian
Bulles de Vian (2009)

Writer

Chloe
Chloe (2001)

Novel

1980s

2 titles
The Mortal Fortune
The Mortal Fortune (1989)

Story

L'Herbe rouge
L'Herbe rouge (1985)

Writer

1960s

2 titles · average score 52
Spray of the Days
Spray of the Days (1968)
GoodWatch score 52

Novel

Le Bel Âge
Le Bel Âge (1960)

as Boris

1950s

9 titles · average score 66
I Spit on Your Grave
I Spit on Your Grave (1959)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay, Novel

Dangerous Love Affairs
Dangerous Love Affairs (1959)
GoodWatch score 77

as Prévan

La Joconde, histoire d'une obsession
La Joconde, histoire d'une obsession (1958)

as Mona Lisa smile teacher (uncredited)

A Girl in a Pocket
A Girl in a Pocket (1957)

as Baths manager

Chères vieilles choses
Chères vieilles choses (1957)

Writer

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
GoodWatch score 66

as The Cardinal

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances (1954)

Writer

Disorder
Disorder (1950)

Music

The Miracle of St. Anne
The Miracle of St. Anne (1950)

as Un estropié

1940s

1 title
An amateur Film
An amateur Film (1947)

as The Vampire Priest