Josée Dayan

Biography

Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television director; her grandmother was the owner of a cinema. Since 1974 she directed mainly movies for television. In 1979, under her direction, a documentary about Simone de Beauvoir appeared. Her most successful works are the 1998 TV mini-series The Count of Monte Cristo with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role, and the 2002 mini-series Les Misérables with Depardieu and John Malkovich. Then there is Balzac: A Passionate Life (1999) and Cet amour-là (2001), both with Jeanne Moreau,[5] and Raspoutine (2011) with Depardieu. A major success was Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) with Catherine Deneuve and Nastassja Kinski in the leading roles. Source: Article "Josée Dayan" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Directed

1. The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) — Director
2. Les Misérables (2000) — Director
3. Rasputin (2013) — Director
4. Capitaine Marleau (2015) — Director
5. Navarro (1989) — Director
6. The Chameleon Slayer (2015) — Director
7. Mom Lost It! (2009) — Director
8. Ni reprise, ni échangée (2010) — Director
9. Dangerous Liaisons (2003) — Director
10. Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999) — Director
11. The Chalk Circle Man (2009) — Director
12. Cet amour-là (2001) — Director
13. The Accursed Kings (2005) — Director
14. Quand sort la recluse (2019) — Director
15. Entre vents et marées (2014) — Director
16. Goodbye Vinyle (2023) — Director
17. Les Bœuf-carottes (1995) — Director
18. Seeking Whom He May Devour (2009) — Director
19. A Dubious Place (2010) — Director
20. The Lanzac Clan (2013) — Director
21. Milady (2004) — Director
22. Sur la dalle (2024) — Director
23. Hot Chocolate (1992) — Director
24. L'Ex-femme de ma vie (1989) — Director
25. Mourir d'aimer (2009) — Director
26. Frame Up Blues (1990) — Director
27. The King’s Favorite (2022) — Director
28. Marie-Octobre (2008) — Director
29. Plein fer (1990) — Director
30. Le Retour de Lemmy Caution (1989) — Director
31. Hot House (2003) — Director
32. Les liens du cœur (1996) — Director
33. Nous n'irons plus au bois (2008) — Director
34. Love at First Sight (1992) — Director
35. Balzac (1999) — Director
36. L'Étrange monsieur Joseph (2001) — Director
37. Le Deuxième Couteau (1985) — Director
38. Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff (1982) — Director
39. La solitude du pouvoir (2012) — Director
40. A Cursed Monarchy (2005) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Based on a True Story (2017) — Karina
2. Akoibon (2005) — Jacqueline Pommard
3. La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022) — Self (archive footage)
4. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
5. Muriel Robin, oser être soi... (2018) — Self