
Birthday
1919/12/15
Day of death
1996/05/01 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
Also know as
Франсуа Шале, Шарль-Франсуа Бауэр, François-Charles Bauer
François Chalais (December 15, 1919 – May 1, 1996) was a prominent French reporter, journalist, writer and film historian. The François Chalais Prize at the annual Cannes Film Festival is named after him. Born in Strasbourg in 1919, Chalais' real name was François-Charles Bauer. His journalism career began under the German occupation of France during World War II, as a writer for several collaborationist publications. Nevertheless, he was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance after the liberati...Read more

(2010) Code Name: Melville
as Self (archive footage)

(1986) A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'

(2019) Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
as Self - Host

(1960) Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Narrator (voice)

(1962) Le Chien
as ---

(1984) La Chance aux chansons
as Self

(1974) Spécial cinéma
as Self
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self

(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1972) Midi trente
as Self
(1975) Système 2
as Self

(1975) Midi Première
as Self

(1975) Apostrophes
as Self

(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self

(1956) En direct de...
as self

(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self - Host

(1954) Reflets de Cannes
as Self - Host