Danièle Thompson
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Danièle Thompson is a French film director
and screenwriter
. She is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury
and actress Jacqueline Roma.
She has written the screenplay for a number of highly successful films including Cousin, cousine
, La Boum
, Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre
, La Reine Margot
and Jet Lag which she also directed. She was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for Cousin, cousine. Her 2006 film Fauteuils d'orchestre
was France's entrant for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. She is half Jewish from her fatherhttp://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lefigaro.fr%2Fculture%2F20060720.WWW000000313_gerard_oury_est_mort.html&act=url and was on the 1986 Cannes Film Festival
jury.http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1986/juryLongFilm.html
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. She is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum.- A commercially successful French filmmaker :...
and actress Jacqueline Roma.
She has written the screenplay for a number of highly successful films including Cousin, cousine
Cousin, cousine
Cousin, cousine is a 1975 French film which tells the story of cousins-by-marriage who have an affair when they discover that their spouses have been unfaithful. It stars Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux and Marie-France Pisier....
, La Boum
La boum
La boum is a 1980 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau, and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, and Sophie Marceau appearing in her film début. The movie was an international box-office hit. The music was written by Vladimir Cosma, with Richard Sanderson singing...
, Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre
Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre is a 2001 French feature film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé. It is based on a novel by Arthur Bernède...
, La Reine Margot
La Reine Margot (1994 film)
La Reine Margot is a 1994 French period film directed by Patrice Chéreau, based on the 1845 historical novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père. It stars Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Virna Lisi and Vincent Pérez...
and Jet Lag which she also directed. She was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for Cousin, cousine. Her 2006 film Fauteuils d'orchestre
Fauteuils d'orchestre
Fauteuils d'orchestre is a French film released in 2006 directed by Danièle Thompson, which she co-scripted with her son, Christopher Thompson.-Release:...
was France's entrant for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. She is half Jewish from her fatherhttp://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lefigaro.fr%2Fculture%2F20060720.WWW000000313_gerard_oury_est_mort.html&act=url and was on the 1986 Cannes Film Festival
1986 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Sydney Pollack*Alexandre Mnouchkine*Alexandre Trauner*Charles Aznavour*Danièle Thompson*István Szabó*Lino Brocka*Philip French*Sonia Braga*Tonino Delli Colli-Feature film competition:* After Hours by Martin Scorsese...
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Partial filmography
- Le code a changé (2008) written, directed
- Fauteuils d'orchestreFauteuils d'orchestreFauteuils d'orchestre is a French film released in 2006 directed by Danièle Thompson, which she co-scripted with her son, Christopher Thompson.-Release:...
(2006) written, directed - Jet LagJet Lag (film)Jet Lag is a 2002 film starring Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno. It is the second film directed by Danièle Thompson, after the 1999 release La Bûche.-Plot:...
(2002) written, directed - Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre written
- Season's BeatingsSeason's BeatingsLa bûche is a French film directed by Danièle Thompson, released in 1999.-Synopsis:Following the recent death of her second husband, for Christmas, Yvette tries to meet the three daughters from her first marriage with Stanislas, the gypsy violinist, again...
(1999) written, directed - La Reine MargotLa Reine Margot (1994 film)La Reine Margot is a 1994 French period film directed by Patrice Chéreau, based on the 1845 historical novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père. It stars Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Virna Lisi and Vincent Pérez...
(1994) written - Le Tiroir secretLe Tiroir secretLe Tiroir secret is a 1986 French family drama TV mini-series directed by Michel Boisrond, Edouard Molinaro, Nadine Trintignant and Roger Gillioz. The screenplay was written by Danièle Thompson, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Patrick Besson and Roger Grenier...
(1986) TV, written - La Boum 2La boum 2La boum 2 is a 1982 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, and Lambert Wilson. La boum 2 is the sequel to La boum...
(1982) written - L'as des asL'as des asL'as des as is a 1982 French-German comedy film starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Gérard Oury.-Plot:...
(1980) written - La BoumLa boumLa boum is a 1980 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau, and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, and Sophie Marceau appearing in her film début. The movie was an international box-office hit. The music was written by Vladimir Cosma, with Richard Sanderson singing...
(1980) written - Cousin, cousineCousin, cousineCousin, cousine is a 1975 French film which tells the story of cousins-by-marriage who have an affair when they discover that their spouses have been unfaithful. It stars Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux and Marie-France Pisier....
(1975) written - Owen's Greatness (1985) written