Biography
Marcel Achard was a French playwright and screenwriter. Born Marcel-Auguste Ferréol on 5 July 1899 in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, he wrote numerous plays and screenplays over five decades.
He is credited with the screenplay for The Earrings of Madame de... (1953), directed by Max Ophüls. Other screenwriting credits include Mayerling (1936). His plays, such as Jean de la Lune (1929), were popular sentimental comedies.
Achard was elected to the Académie française in 1959. He presided over the Cannes Film Festival in 1958 and 1959. He died on 4 September 1974 in Paris.
