Michel Drach

Michel Drach (born October 18, 1930 in Paris , † February 14, 1990 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French film director , screenwriter and film producer .

Live and act

The son of a diamond dealer attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts shortly after the end of the Second World War and began to work as a painter. As an assistant director to his cousin, the director Jean-Pierre Melville , he found his way into film and directed his first short films in the early 1950s.

His first full-length film was Man Buried on Sunday not in the style of the Nouvelle Vague . For this work, which is characterized by humanism and anti-racism, Drach was awarded the Prix ​​Louis Delluc . After the melancholy present-day story of Annelie or the time to love , his films became more commercial, with Elise or real life he went back to his origins. In all of his films he was both co-writer and co-producer.

Drach was married to the actress Marie-José Nat .

Filmography (selection)

• 1960: One does not bury on Sunday (On n'enterre pas le dimanche)
• 1961: Annelie or the time to love (Amélie ou le temps d'aimer)
• 1965: Bargain purchase (La bonne occase)
• 1966: For a handful of diamonds (Safari diamants)
• 1966: The secret of the white masks (Les compagnons de Jéhu)
• 1969: Elise or real life (Élise ou la vraie vie)
• 1974: The violins of the ball (Les violons du bal)
• 1977: The simple past (Le passé simple)
• 1979: The red sweater (Le pull-over rouge)
• 1987: My grandpa is awesome (Il est génial papy!)

literature

• Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .

Web links

• Michel Drach in the Internet Movie Database (English)