Josée Dayan

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Josée Dayan (born October 6, 1943 in Toulouse , France ) is a French film director .

Life

Josée Dagnant grew up in Algiers , Algeria , where her father, who came from a Jewish family from Algeria, worked as a television director and her grandmother owned a cinema. Since 1974 she has directed, mainly for TV films. In 1979 she directed a documentary about Simone de Beauvoir . Her most successful works are the TV miniseries about the Count of Monte Christo from 1998 with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role and the work Les Misérables - Prisoners of Fate (2000), in which Depardieu also played the lead role. Her last big success so far was dangerous love affairs with Catherine Deneuve and Nastassja Kinski in the leading roles.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1979: Simone de Beauvoir ( documentary )
  • 1990: Commissioner Navarro - Caviar, Vodka and Spies ( Le système Navarro - Salade russe )
  • 1990: Brighter Stahl ( Plein fer ) - with Serge Reggiani
  • 1990: The dance of the scorpion ( La danse du scorpion )
  • 1990: Commissioner Navarro - Counterfeit money and orchids ( Le système Navarro - Billets de sang )
  • 1991: A Corrupt Bull ( Un Flic pourri )
  • 1992: Deadly Wine
  • 1992: The Chocolate Princess ( Hot Chocolate ) - with Bo Derek
  • 1992: The Voice of the Blood ( L'enfant en héritage )
  • 1993: Julie Lescaut 5: Carole's secret ( Julie Lescaut: Ville haut, ville basse )
  • 1995: La Rivière Espérance - literary film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Christian Signol
  • 1996: L'enfant du secret
  • 1996: Les Liens du cœur
  • 1998: The Count of Monte Christo ( Le comte de Monte Christo )
  • 1999: Balzac - A life full of passion ( Balzac )
  • 2003: The terrible parents ( Les parents terribles ) - based on the play by Jean Cocteau
  • 2000: Les Misérables - Prisoners of Fate ( Les Misérables )
  • 2001: This love ( Cet amour-là )
  • 2003: Dangerous Liaisons ( Les liaisons dangéreuses ) - with Rupert Everett
  • 2009: At nightfall (2009) ( L'homme à l'envers ) - with Jean-Hugues Anglade , Tobias Moretti , Jacques Spiesser
  • 2010: Un Lieu incertain , director. Screenplay by Emmanuel Carrère based on a crime novel by Fred Vargas .
  • 2011: Rasputin - Clairvoyant of the Tsarina ( Raspoutine )

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personal data
SURNAME Dayan, Josée
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film director
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Toulouse , France