Biography
François Arnold Reichenbach (3 July 1921 – 2 February 1993) was a French film director, cinematographer producer and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1954 aEarly life François Reichenbach was born in 1921 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. His father Bernard Reichenbach was a successful businessman and his mother Germaine Angèle Sarah Monteux had a passion for music, which she passed on to young François. His maternal grandfather Gaston Monteux was a wealthy industrialist: he was one of the first to buy paintings by Chagall, Braque, Picasso, Soutine, Utrillo and Modigliani. In his memoirs François Reichenbach says: "At the age of five I was terrified by all the faces in the paintings. And I became a forger. I added mustaches and hairs to the nudes of Modigliani. This hoax takes on another dimension when you know that I made a film with Orson Welles about the forger Elmyr de Hory in 1973. He is the nephew of the industrialist and manuscript and book collector Jacques Guérin and the cousin of the film producer Pierre Braunberger, who encouraged him to make films. During the Second World War, François Reichenbach went to Geneva. Although he was born in France, he also has Swiss natio…
Directed
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F for Fake (1973) — Director
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The Sixth Side of the Pentagon (1968) — Director
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America as Seen by a Frenchman (1960) — Director
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Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? (1974) — Director
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13 Days in France (1968) — Director
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The Marines (1957) — Director
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The Right of the Maddest (1973) — Director
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Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life (1969) — Director
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Portrait d'Orson Welles (1968) — Director
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Last Spring (1954) — Director
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The Winner (1961) — Director
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Sex O’Clock USA (1976) — Director
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Nus Masculins (1954) — Director
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Decameron '69 (1969) — Director
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Houston Texas (1956) — Director
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Medicine Ball Caravan (1971) — Director
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J'ai tout donné (1972) — Director
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L’Indiscret (1974) — Director
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Houston, Texas (1981) — Director
- Yehudi Menuhin, chemin de lumière (1970) — Director
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Village Sweetness (1964) — Director
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Spécial Bardot (1968) — Director
- L'américain se détend (1958) — Director
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Tant qu'il y aura des enfants il y aura des clowns (1980) — Director
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The Lovers of the France (1964) — Director
- Voyage de Brigitte Bardot aux USA (1966) — Director
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Mexico Mexico (1968) — Director
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In Memory of Rock (1963) — Director
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Illuminations (1963) — Director
- Michel Legrand (1992) — Director
- Dunoyer de Ségonzac (1964) — Director
- Lomelin (1964) — Director
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Le Paris des mannequins (1963) — Director
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The Little Café (1963) — Director
- Impressions de New York (1956) — Director
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Le Japon insolite (1983) — Director
- Le Carnaval de la Nouvelle-Orléans (1965) — Director
- Violence et Beaute (1981) — Director
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Visages de Paris (1955) — Director
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Images, rythmes et percussions (1969) — Director
Also appeared in
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F for Fake (1973) — Self
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Life Love Death (1969) — Self
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Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
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Apostrophes (1975) — Self
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L’Indiscret (1974) — François Reichenbach
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J'ai tout donné (1972) — Self
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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018) — Self (archive footage)
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Houston, Texas (1981) — Self
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Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
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Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
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Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
- Samedi soir (1971) — Self
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Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson (1966) — Self
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Pour le plaisir (1964) — Self