Writing
Community Rating
5.8
TMDB estimate
Born
March 10, 1920
Died
June 29, 1959 (age 39)
Born in
Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Boris Vian (10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release. Vian's other fiction, published under his real name, featured a highly individual writing style with numerous made-up words, subtle wordplay and surrealistic plots. L'Écume des jours (Froth on the Daydream) is the best known of these works, and one of the few translated into English. Vian was also an important influence on the French jazz scene. He served as liaison for Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in Paris, wrote for several French jazz-reviews (Le Jazz Hot, Paris Jazz) and published numerous articles dealing with jazz both in the United States and in France. His own music and songs enjoyed popularity during his lifetime, particularly the anti-war song "Le Déserteur" (The Deserter).
J'irai cracher sur vos tombes
as Book
TBA

Heartsnatcher
as Novel
TBA

Flowers
as Original Music Composer
2024

Rage, Sex, and Jazz: I Spit on Your Graves by Vernon Sullivan
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
2022

Gainsbourg, toute une vie
2021

El Amor es Ciego
as Original Story
2020

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
as Self (archive footage)
2020

Vadim Mister Cool
as Self (archive footage)
2016

Hôtel La Louisiane
as Self (archive footage)
2015

Conte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes
as Original Story
2015

Ladies Of The Night’s Street
as Author
2015

Our Faust
as Writer
2015

The Cowboy of Normandy
as Writer
2015

Mind Your Own Business
as Author
2015

The Hitchhiker
as Author
2014

Mood Indigo
as Novel
2013

Le cinéma de Boris Vian
as Self (archives)
2011
Boris Vian: The Jazz Life
as Self (archive footage)
2009

Bulles de Vian
as Writer
2009

Chloe
as Novel
2001