Biography
Jean-Paul Rappeneau (born 8 April 1932) is a French film director and screenwriter.
He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le métro in 1960 and Vie privée in 1961. In 1964, he was co-screenwriter for L'Homme de Rio, which starred Jean-Paul Belmondo.
The first film that he both wrote and directed was A Matter of Resistance in 1965. Although it was a great critical and popular success, he did not make another film until 1971, when he directed Les Mariés de l'an II, again starring Belmondo and Marlène Jobert.
Since 1975, Rappeneau has written only for his own films, including Le Sauvage, starring Yves Montand and Tout feu, tout flamme (1981), again with Montand, who co-starred with Isabelle Adjani.
In 1990, Rappeneau directed a deluxe Technicolor film version of Cyrano de Bergerac, his adaptation of the classic French play by Edmond Rostand, starring Gérard Depardieu. Rappeneau's film version is the most elaborate film version of the play ever made, and one of the most expensive French films ever produced. It is the only rendition of the play in the original French to be released widely. At the 1991 César Awards, Rappeneau won the César Award for Best Director and César Award for Best Film.
The 2003 comedy Bon voyage, co-written with Patrick Modiano, again starred Depardieu, this time with Isabelle Adjani. The film was nominated 11 times at the 2004 César Awards.
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Filmography
all 28
Movies 26
Director 10
self 9
Writer 8
TV Shows 2
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera (2023)
Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau (2022)
Belmondo by Belmondo (2016)
Families (2015)
Henri Langlois vu par... (2014)
Les Aventures d'Adrien: L'Affaire Catalan (2013)
A City Runs Through the Festival (2007)
Leçon de Cinéma (2004)
Bon Voyage (2003)
Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic (2003)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
All Fired Up (1982)
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness (1978)
Lovers Like Us (1975)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
The Magnificent One (1973)
The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971)
A Matter of Resistance (1966)
Marco the Magnificent (1965)
That Man from Rio (1964)
Fire and Ice (1962)
A Very Private Affair (1962)
Saint-Tropez Blues (1961)
Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
Signed, Arsène Lupin (1959)
Provincial Chronicle (1958)
Appelez le 17 (1957)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1932-04-08 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceAuxerre, France
Height1.8-meter
ChildrenJulien Rappeneau, Martin Rappeneau
SiblingsÉlisabeth Rappeneau
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsJean-Le-Duc award, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, César des Césars, National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Louis Delluc Prize, César Award for Best Film, César Award for Best Director
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