Alain Jessua (16 January 1932 – 30 November 2017)[1] was a French film director and screenwriter.
He worked as assistant director for Jacques Becker on the set of Casque d'or, with Max Ophüls for Madame de... and Lola Montès and with Marcel Carné on Wasteland.
[3] Léon la lune his first short film won the influential Prix Jean Vigo in 1957.
His 1967 film Jeu de massacre was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Screenplay.
[5] In 1984 Alain Jessua directed Frankenstein 90, inspired by Mary Shelley's book, with Eddy Mitchell in the role of the creature.