Pierre Boulle
CountryFrance 
GenderMale
BirthdayFeb 20, 1912
Death1994-01-30
BiographyPierre François Marie Louis Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French author. He is best known for the work Planet of the Apes (1963), and for fraudulent credit for writing The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952), both made into award-winning films.
Boulle was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labour. He used these experiences in The Bridge over the River Kwai, about the notorious Death Railway, which became an international bestseller. The film, named The Bridge on the River Kwai, by David Lean won seven Academy Awards (including Best Adapted Screenplay), and Boulle was credited with writing the screenplay, because its two actual screenwriters had been blacklisted.
His science-fiction novel Planet of the Apes, in which intelligent apes gain mastery over humans, developed into a media franchise spanning over 55 years that includes ten films, two television series, comic books and popular themed merchandise.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Pierre Boulle. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Boulle was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labour. He used these experiences in The Bridge over the River Kwai, about the notorious Death Railway, which became an international bestseller. The film, named The Bridge on the River Kwai, by David Lean won seven Academy Awards (including Best Adapted Screenplay), and Boulle was credited with writing the screenplay, because its two actual screenwriters had been blacklisted.
His science-fiction novel Planet of the Apes, in which intelligent apes gain mastery over humans, developed into a media franchise spanning over 55 years that includes ten films, two television series, comic books and popular themed merchandise.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Pierre Boulle. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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