Editing Roger Vadim (section)

==Film career==
At age 19, he became assistant to film director [[Marc Allégret]], whom he met while working at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt, and for whom he worked on several screenplays. He was an assistant director on Allegret's ''[[Blanche Fury]]'' (1948), a commercially unsuccessful melodrama which Allegret made for a British company in English. Vadim was one of several writers on Allegret's French-British ''[[The Naked Heart]]'' (1950), aka ''Maria Chapdelaine'', starring [[Michèle Morgan]], as well as serving as assistant director. It was shot in French and English versions. ''[[Blackmailed (1951 film)|Blackmailed]]'' (1951) was another film Allegret directed in England, starring [[Mai Zetterling]] and [[Dirk Bogarde]]; Vadim was credited as one of the writers. He was also one of several writers on Allegret's, ''[[La demoiselle et son revenant]]'' (1952).

Vadim did the screenplay and commentary for a documentary, ''Le gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Marti'' (1953), and was assistant director on Allegret's ''[[Julietta (1953 film)|Julietta]]'' (1953), a popular romance with [[Jean Marais]], [[Dany Robin]] and [[Jeanne Moreau]]. Vadim wrote Allegret's ''[[Loves of Three Queens]]'' (1954), with [[Hedy Lamarr]]. Vadim had begun a relationship with model-actress [[Brigitte Bardot]]. She was given a good role in a drama directed by Allegret, ''[[School for Love]]'' (1953), aka ''Futures Vedettes'', starring Jean Marais; Vadim wrote the script with Allegret. The film was a commercial disappointment. However the next collaboration between Allegret, Bardot and Vadim, ''[[Plucking the Daisy]]'' (1956), aka ''Mam'selle Striptease'', was a huge success at the French box office. So too was ''[[Naughty Girl (film)|Naughty Girl]]'' (1956), with Bardot. This allowed Vadim to get backing for his first movie as director.

Vadim's first film as director was based on an original story of his, ''[[And God Created Woman (1956 film)|And God Created Woman]]'' (1956). Starring Bardot, [[Curt Jurgens]] and [[Christian Marquand]] and produced by [[Raoul Levy]] it was not only a major success in France, but around the world, and established Bardot as a global icon. Vadim followed it with ''[[No Sun in Venice]]'' (1957) starring [[Françoise Arnoul]] and Marquand, produced by Levy, which was considerably less popular than ''And God Created Woman''. Levy, Vadim and Bardot were to make ''Paris by Night'' with [[Frank Sinatra]] but Bardot refused to spend months in the US and Sinatra felt likewise about filming in France. Instead Vadim made ''[[The Night Heaven Fell]]'' (1958), starring Bardot and [[Stephen Boyd]]. He was one of several writers on Allegret's popular comedy, ''[[Be Beautiful But Shut Up]]'' (1958), starring [[Mylène Demongeot]].

Vadims's next film was an adaptation of the book ''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses (film)|Les liaisons dangereuses]]'' (1959), which he wrote and directed. It starred Moreau,  [[Gérard Philipe]] (in his final film) and [[Annette Stroyberg]], a Danish model who became Vadim's second wife. The film became a huge hit in France. Stroyberg was also in the vampire film ''[[Blood and Roses]]'' (1960). Vadim was reunited with Bardot for ''[[Please, Not Now!]]'' (1961), a popular comedy. He was one of several directors of the anthology film, ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (1962 film)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1962).

Vadim began a relationship with a young [[Catherine Deneuve]]. She starred in a segment of the anthology film ''[[Tales of Paris]]'' (1962), which was written by Vadim and directed by Allegret. She starred in a film Vadim helped write and produce, ''[[And Satan Calls the Turns]]'' (1962), and was also in ''[[Vice and Virtue]]'' (1963), which Vadim directed. Vadim had another success writing and directing for Bardot, ''[[Love on a Pillow]]'' (1962), but found less favour with ''[[Nutty, Naughty Chateau]]'' (1963) starring [[Monica Vitti]].

[[File:Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda (Rome 1967, cropped).jpg|thumb|280px|Vadim and Fonda in Rome in 1967]]

Vadim tried another adaptation of a classic erotic text, ''[[La Ronde (1964 film)|La Ronde]]'' (1964). He said at the time, "When I make a picture about relations between people, something erotic comes through; I can't help it! But sex has been an inspiration, the greatest inspiration, since art exists."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Vadim Is Frank On, Off Screen|author=Scheuer, Philip K.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 20, 1965|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382358133}}</ref> One of the film's many stars was rising American actress [[Jane Fonda]] who began a romantic relationship with Vadim. Vadim devised a vehicle for Fonda, ''[[The Game Is Over]]'' (1966), based on a book by [[Émile Zola]]. Shot in French and English versions, it was very popular in France, though less so in the US.

[[Dino de Laurentiis]] wanted Fonda to star in a science fiction sex comedy, ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' (1968) and she agreed provided Vadim would direct. Following this he directed Fonda in a segment of the omnibus horror film ''[[Spirits of the Dead]]'' (1968) along with her brother [[Peter Fonda]]. During his marriage to Fonda, Vadim would accompany her back to the US periodically while she made movies there. He directed ''[[Pretty Maids All in a Row]]'' (1971) for MGM, starring [[Rock Hudson]] and [[Angie Dickinson]]. It was a commercial disappointment.

[[File:Rock Hudson, Gene Roddenberry, Roger Vadim, and cast of Pretty Maids All in a Row.jpg|thumb|left|Cast of [[Pretty Maids All in a Row]] (L-R): (front row) [[June Fairchild]], [[Joy Bang]], Aimee Eccles; (middle row) [[Joanna Cameron]], [[Gene Roddenberry]], [[Rock Hudson]], Roger Vadim; (back row) [[Margaret Markov]], [[Brenda Sykes]], Diane Sherry, Gretchen Burrell]]
Vadim returned to France. He wrote and directed ''[[Hellé (film)|Hellé]]'' (1972), starring [[Gwen Welles]], which was a flop. He was reunited with Bardot for ''[[Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman]]'' (1973), which was Bardot's penultimate movie and a commercial disappointment. Not particularly successful either  were ''[[Charlotte (1974 film)|Charlotte]]'' (1974), and ''[[Game of Seduction]]'' (1976) with [[Sylvia Kristel]] and [[Nathalie Delon]]. He directed a TV movie ''[[Bonheur, impair et passe]]'' (1977), starring [[Danielle Darrieux]].

In the 1980s Vadim based himself in the US. He directed ''[[Night Games (1980 film)|Night Games]]'' (1980), where he attempted to make a star of [[Cindy Pickett]], with whom he became romantically involved. He directed a caper film in Canada, ''[[The Hot Touch]]'' (1981), starring [[Marie-France Pisier]]. Back in France he wrote and directed ''[[Surprise Party (film)|Surprise Party]]'' (1983). He directed episodes of ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]'' (1984) and ''[[Deadly Nightmares]]'' (1986). Vadim attempted to recapture his former success with a new version of ''[[And God Created Woman (1988 film)|And God Created Woman]]'' (1988), with [[Rebecca De Mornay]]. Very different from the original – it only really used the same title – it failed critically and commercially.

His final years were spent working in TV, where he directed ''[[Safari (1991 film)|Safari]]'' (1991) and wrote and directed ''[[Amour Fou (1993 film)|Amour fou]]'' (1993), starring [[Marie-Christine Barrault]] who became his final wife. She was also in ''[[La Nouvelle tribu]]'' (1996) and its sequel ''[[Un coup de baguette magique]]'' (1997), which Vadim wrote and directed.