Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Born: 1932-04-08 in Auxerre, Yonne, France
Known For: Writing
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, Rappeneau won the César Award for Best Director and César Award for Best Film. The 2003 comedy Bon voyage, co-written with Patrick Modiano, again starred Depardieu, this time with Isabelle Adjani. The film was nominated 11 times at the 2004 César Awards. Source: Article "Jean-Paul Rappeneau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2024
- Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand as Self
2023
- Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera as Self (archive footage)
2022
2016
- Belmondo by Belmondo as Self
2015
- Families ... (Director)
2014
- Henri Langlois vu par... as Self
2013
2011
- Il était une fois... « Lacombe Lucien » as Self (cinéaste)
2007
- A City Runs Through the Festival as Self
2004
- Leçon de Cinéma as Self
2003
- Bon Voyage ... (Director)
- Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic as Self
1995
- The Horseman on the Roof ... (Screenplay)
1990
- Cyrano de Bergerac ... (Screenplay)
1982
- All Fired Up ... (Director)
1975
- Lovers Like Us ... (Director)
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
1973
- The Magnificent One ... (Writer)
1971
- The Married Couple of the Year Two ... (Director)
1966
- A Matter of Resistance ... (Director)
1965
- Marco the Magnificent ... (Writer)
1964
- That Man from Rio ... (Writer)
1962
- A Very Private Affair ... (Writer)
- Le Combat dans l’île ... (Writer)
1961
- Saint-Tropez Blues ... (Writer)
1960
- Zazie dans le Métro ... (Screenplay)
1958
- Provincial Chronicle ... (Screenplay)
1957
- Appelez le 17 ... (First Assistant Director)