Christian Aaron Päffgen, later known as Ari Boulogne, was born on August 11, , in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. His mother, Nico (Christa Päffgen), a German singer, actress, and model, claimed he was the illegitimate son of renowned actor Alain Delon.

I just received a copy of Chris Welles Feder’s book of fictional poems entitled The Movie Director and I was struck by several of the pieces which form a “wonderful portrait of Chris Welles’ father – although it’s a portrait that the author stresses is in many places entirely fictional.