Michel Deville

Biography

Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and international recognition of some of his contemporaries such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol, possibly because of his more conventional filmmaking style. Nevertheless, his films, especially his comedies from the 1970s and 1980s, were popular in his native France.

Directed

1. Death in a French Garden (1985) — Director
2. Love at the Top (1974) — Director
3. Dossier 51 (1978) — Director
4. Deep Water (1981) — Director
5. La Lectrice (1988) — Director
6. The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968) — Director
7. Sachs' Disease (1999) — Director
8. The Nonentity (1986) — Director
9. Raphael or the Debauched One (1971) — Director
10. The Art of Breaking Up (2005) — Director
11. Summer Night in Town (1990) — Director
12. A Sweet Journey (1980) — Director
13. Lucky Jo (1964) — Director
14. Sweetheart (1992) — Director
15. Almost Peaceful (2002) — Director
16. The Bear and the Doll (1970) — Director
17. Because, Because of a Woman (1963) — Director
18. Life's Little Treasures (1994) — Director
19. Adorable Liar (1962) — Director
20. A Bullet in the Gun Barrel (1958) — Director
21. The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966) — Director
22. The Gods Must Be Daring (1997) — Director
23. The Apprentice Heel (1977) — Director
24. The Woman in Blue (1973) — Director
25. Tonight or Never (1961) — Director
26. Girl's Apartment (1963) — Director
27. The Little Bunch (1983) — Director
28. Lest We Forget (1991) — Director
29. Soldier Martin (1966) — Director
30. Bye Bye Barbara (1969) — Director
31. Les Capricieux (1984) — Director
32. Tender Sharks (1967) — Director
33. Lesson movie from Michel Deville: Nude in the town and village (2009) — Director
34. The Little Misses (1964) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Son of Gascogne (1995) — Self
2. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
3. Lesson movie from Michel Deville: Nude in the town and village (2009) — Narrator
4. A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002) — Self
5. Discorama (1959) — Self
6. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
7. Midi trente (1972) — Self