Jean-Paul Rappeneau

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Jean-Paul Rappeneau (born April 8, 1932 in Auxerre ) is a French film director and screenwriter .

Life

Rappeneau started out as an assistant and screenwriter. In 1958 he developed a screenplay for the Three Musketeers for Jacques Becker , which became obsolete after his death. In 1959, his screenplay for Signé Arsene Lupine was made into a film by Yves Robert . In 1960 he wrote the screenplay for Zazie with Louis Malle and in 1964 for Philippe de Broca with others the book for Jean-Paul Belmondo's hit film Adventure in Rio . In 1966 he shot his first major film, Leben im Schloß . Although the film was well received by both audiences and critics and won the Louis Delluc Prize , it took a five-year hiatus thereafter.

In 1971 he reported back with the turbulent comedy Musketeer with blow and stab (again with Belmondo and with Marlène Jobert ). He then continued to make his own films, in 1975 Die Schöne Wilden with Yves Montand , in 1982 Fire and Flame with Montand and Isabelle Adjani and finally in 1990 Cyrano von Bergerac with Gérard Depardieu for which he was awarded the César in the categories of film and direction. Another five César nominations followed for the novel adaptation The Hussar on the Roof (with Olivier Martinez and Juliette Binoche ) based on Jean Giono and in 2003 for Bon Voyage (with Isabelle Adjani).

He is the brother of the screenwriter Élisabeth Rappeneau and the father of the director and screenwriter Julien Rappeneau and the composer and singer Martin Rappeneau .

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SURNAME Rappeneau, Jean-Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Auxerre