Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau (born August 7, 1943 in Meung-sur-Loire , † August 30, 2010 in Paris ) was a French film director and screenwriter .
biography
After training as a musician, Corneau turned to film and attended the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris. In 1969 he started as assistant director for Costa-Gavras on the film The Confession . Several assistants to various directors followed. 1973 Corneau made his first film as a director with Tödlicher Markt (France société anonyme) . The film flopped; It wasn't until 1975 that he achieved a small success with the police thriller Police Python 357 starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret . For his films in the following years he received César nominations. Corneau had his greatest film success with the historical drama The Seventh String , which won awards in the film and directing categories at the César Awards in 1992. His best-known directorial works also include Wahl der Waffen (1981), Fort Saganne (1985) and Mit Staunen und Zittern (2003).
Filmography (selection)
- 1974: Deadly Market (France société anonyme)
- 1976: Police Python 357
- 1977: The Giants' Wages (La Menace)
- 1979: Series noire
- 1981: Choice of weapons (Le Choix des armes)
- 1984: Fort Saganne
- 1986: Blues Cop (Le Môme)
- 1989: Nocturne Indien (Nocturne india)
- 1991: Amnesty International - Letter Against Forgetting (Contre l'oubli)
- 1991: The seventh string (Tous les matins du monde)
- 1995: Le Nouveau monde
- 1997: Le Cousin - Dangerous Knowledge (Le Cousin)
- 2000: Le Prince du Pacifique
- 2003: With amazement and trembling (Stupeur et tremblements)
- 2005: Words in Blue (Les Mots bleus)
- 2007: Le deuxième souffle
- 2010: love and intrigue (Crime d'amour)
Web links
- Alain Corneau in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Spiegel Online : Director Alain Corneau died , August 30, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corneau, Alain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meung-sur-Loire , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 2010 |
| Place of death | Paris |