![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director, Screenwriter Born: April 13, 1931 in Liévin, France Death: February 23, 2001 in Paris, France Biography:After studying film at Paris' Insitut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographique, "Robert Enrico" became an editor and assistant director. By the early '50s he was helming shorts for French television; while in the service later in the decade, he directed documentaries and instructional films for the French military. He won international praise for his short film Incident at Owl Creek; combining it with adaptations of two other stories by Ambrose Bierce ("The Mockingbird" and "Chicamauga"), Enrico made his first feature, "Au Coeur De La Vie" (aka "In the Midst of Life") in 1962. His notable later films include the coming-of-age drama "Tante Zita" (aka "Zita"), "Le Secret", and "Zone Rouge", all of which he co-scripted. ~ All Movie Guide
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