Georges Franju, a French director and screenwriter, is a key figure in the history of cinema for co-founding the prestigious Cinémathèque Française in 1936 with Henri Langlois. He began his career making documentaries with a strong social and poetic impact, notably *Le Sang des bêtes* (1949), renowned for its stark realism in depicting life inside Parisian slaughterhouses. In 1959, he made his debut in feature-length fiction with *La Tête contre les murs*. His most internationally recognized work is *Les Yeux sans visage* (Eyes Without a Face, 1960), a horror masterpiece with an evocative, lyrical, and macabre atmosphere, which has become a cult film. His style, capable of blending an almost documentary-like rawness with surreal visual elegance, established him as a unique and influential auteur, whose work, such as the homage to silent cinema *Judex* (1963), has left an indelible mark.