Writing
André Gillois
- Born
- Feb 8, 1902 · Aged 102
- Died
- Jun 18, 2004
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 1
- TV credits
- 2
- Directing credits
- 2
Also known as (1)
- Maurice Diamant-Berger
Biography
Maurice Diamant-Berger (8 February 1902 – 18 June 2004), known as André Gillois, was a French writer, radio pioneer and - during the Second World War - general Charles de Gaulle's spokesman in London. Before the war he worked for the cinema (with René Clair and his brother Henri), as a radio journalist and producer on Le Poste Parisien (with Jean Nohain, meeting Georges Feydeau, Edmond Rostand, Henri Bergson, Georges Courteline, Tristan Bernard or Sacha Guitry), and as an editor with François Bernouard (editing Jules Renard, Courteline, Zola). In 1940, he left Paris and spent two years in…
