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Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Writer · Born 1932-04-08 · Auxerre, Yonne, France

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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, Rappen…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Belmondo by Belmondo (2016) — Self
  2. Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera (2023) — Self (archive footage)
  3. A City Runs Through the Festival (2007) — Self
  4. Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic (2003) — Self
  5. Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand (2024) — Self
  6. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
  7. Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau (2022) — Self
  8. Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) — Self
  9. Leçon de Cinéma (2004) — Self
  10. Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness (1978) — Self
  11. Il était une fois... « Lacombe Lucien » (2011) — Self (cinéaste)
  12. Les Aventures d'Adrien: L'Affaire Catalan (2013) — Self
  13. Ciné regards (1978) — Self

Directed

  1. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) — Director
  2. The Horseman on the Roof (1995) — Director
  3. Lovers Like Us (1975) — Director
  4. Families (2015) — Director
  5. Bon Voyage (2003) — Director
  6. The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971) — Director
  7. All Fired Up (1982) — Director
  8. A Matter of Resistance (1966) — Director
  9. Provincial Chronicle (1958) — Director
  10. Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) — Director