Pierre Boulle

Pierre Boulle
Born	Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle (1912-02-20)20 February 1912 Avignon, France
Died	30 January 1994(1994-01-30) (aged 81) Paris, France
Occupation	Author
Nationality	French
Period	1950–1992
Notable works	The Bridge over the River Kwai Planet of the Apes

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Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French author. He is best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963), that were both made into award-winning films.^[1]

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 on 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.^[2][3]

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.