Biography
Jean Aurel (6 November 1925 – 26 August 1996) was a Romanian-born French screenwriter and film director. He began his career as a screenwriter in the 1950s, contributing to films including Porte des Lilas (1957) directed by René Clair.
His screenplay credits include the prison drama Le Trou (1960), co-written with Jacques Becker and José Giovanni. He later collaborated extensively with François Truffaut on Love on the Run (1979), The Woman Next Door (1981) and Confidentially Yours (1983).
As a director, Aurel made historical documentaries such as Over There, 1914-18 (1963), which received an Academy Award nomination, and fiction films including De l'amour (1964) and Lamiel (1967).
