Biography
Gilles Adrien (1951–2017) was a French screenwriter, director and comic-strip author. Born in Oran, he began his career writing bandes dessinées for Hara-Kiri Hebdo and Métal Hurlant before contributing to animated television series including Moi Renart and Albert le cinquième mousquetaire.
Adrien collaborated with Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro on the screenplays for Delicatessen (1991) and The City of Lost Children (1995). He received the César Award for Best Original Screenplay for Delicatessen. He later wrote and directed short films and television projects such as Le Chien noir (1995) and Rue Oberkampf (2000), and contributed the screenplay for Rachid Bouchareb’s L’Honneur de ma famille (1998).
