Robert Thomas (28 September 1927 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes – 3 January 1989) was a French writer, actor and film director. As a writer, almost from the beginning, he was fascinated by a curious genre that he helped invent: the comédie policière or comedy thriller, of which Eight Women is an example. In 1960, Thomas had a hit with Man Trap, a humorous murder mystery which was an overnight success in Paris. Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights and the play established Thomas as a writer of psychological crime dramas with a distinctively Gallic comic twist. The following year the second outing of Eight Women was far more successful as it won the Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres for Best Play in 1961. Thomas was a prolific actor, playwright and movie director. If he is best known for Eight Women it is probably because it was adapted into a movie musical by François Ozon in 2002 with a star-studded line-up that included Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant and Emmanuelle Béart. Thomas’s plays were never fashionable and he was often dismissed by French critics but he was a popular dramatist. By the time he was 18, he claimed he had read every play published in French since 1900. Thomas died in 1989 in Paris. Source: Article "Robert Thomas (director)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
The Grand Manoeuvre
Les assassins associés
(Léo)
La Perruche et le Poulet
(M. Laroche (un client cadavre), M. Logan, le 1er clerc)
Le deuxième coup de feu
(Patrice)
At Theatre Tonight
(M. Laroche (un client cadavre), M. Logan, le 1er clerc)
Samedi soir
(Self)
At Theatre Tonight
(Jacques)
Un curé de choc
(Le brigadier de gendarmerie)
8 Women
(Theatre Play)
One of My Wives Is Missing
(Original Story)
Netnou Hoor die Kinders!
(Novel)
Look for a Woman
(Theatre Play)
Friends of the family
(Screenplay)
Friends of the family
(Director)
7 Women and a Murder
(Theatre Play)
Bedmania
(Co-Writer)
Big Deal
(Writer)
Vanishing Act
(Theatre Play)
Waiting for Elizabeth
(Theatre Play)
Les assassins associés
(Writer)
Huit femmes
(Author)
Spotlight on a Murderer
(Writer)
La Perruche et le Poulet
(Stage Director)
La Perruche et le Poulet
(Adaptation)
La Perruche et le Poulet
(Decorator)
Freddy
(Dialogue)
My Pastor Among the Nudists
(Writer)
Les Brésiliennes du Bois de Boulogne
(Director)
My Pastor Among the Thais
(Director)
Freddy
(Director)
How to Make a French Dish
(Director)
Freddy
(Scenario Writer)
My Pastor Among the Thais
(Writer)
My Pastor Among the Nudists
(Director)
Les Brésiliennes du Bois de Boulogne
(Writer)
Honeymoon with a Stranger
(Theatre Play)
Le deuxième coup de feu
(Author)
La Brune que voilà
(Stage Director)
La chambre mandarine
(Writer)
How to Make a French Dish
(Writer)
A gyilkos köztünk van
(Writer)
Alta comedia
(Theatre Play)
At Theatre Tonight
(Adaptation)
At Theatre Tonight
(Decorator)
At Theatre Tonight
(Stage Director)
Un curé de choc
(Creator)