Danièle Thompson

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Danièle Thompson (2019)

Danièle Thompson (born January 3, 1942 in Monaco ) is a French screenwriter and director .

Life and professional development

Danièle Thompson, daughter of the actress Jacqueline Roman and the actor, screenwriter and director Gérard Oury , wrote the screenplay for the film Drei Bruchpiloten in Paris (1966) together with her father when she was in her mid- twenties . Another nine successful films followed. She was also able to demonstrate her talent for comedic and optimistic writing with the screenwriter and director Jean-Charles Tacchella ; the joint film Cousin, Cousin (1975) was nominated for an Oscar in 1977. Her preferred topic, family, runs like a red thread through her film work, whether in other comedies such as La Boum - Die Fete (1980) or sophisticated film dramas such as Patrice Chéreaus Who Loves Me Takes the Train (1996). At the end of the film, however, the focus of her work is optimism and a close look at the behavior of a certain group of people.

At the 1986 Cannes International Film Festival , Thompson was a member of the jury under jury president Sydney Pollack .

Her son Christopher Thompson (* 1966) has been at her side, as she did with her father, since her directorial debut La Bûche (1999) as a co-writer. The psychologist and author Caroline Thompson (* 1964) is their daughter.

In 2007 her film A Perfect Place was one of 61 films that a committee selected from a total of nine films for the best foreign language film at the Oscar. However, it was not enough for a second Oscar nomination. This was followed by the social comedy Affären à la carte , which was shown in German cinemas in summer 2009.

Filmography (selection)

As a screenwriter

As a director and screenwriter

Awards

  • 1977: Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay with Jean-Charles Tacchella for the film Cousin, Cousin
  • Thompson has been nominated for the César five times :
    • 1995: Best screenplay for The Bartholomew Night together with Patrice Chéreau
    • 1999: Best script for Who Loves Me Takes the Train with Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Trividic
    • 2000: Best first work for La Bûche
    • 2000: Best screenplay for La Bûche with Christopher Thompson
    • 2007: Best Original Screenplay for Fauteuils d'orchestre with Christopher Thompson
  • On April 12, 2009, she was awarded the French Order of Merit Officier de la Légion d'Honneur (O. LH).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. evene.fr
  2. ↑ cf. lemonde.fr
personal data
SURNAME Thompson, Danièle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French screenwriter and film editor
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Monaco