Robert Ménégoz
Robert Ménégoz (* 17th June 1926 in Saint-Contest , Calvados , France ; † 18th May 2013 in the Gard ) was a French film director and screenwriter , who at the Academy Awards in 1971 for the Oscar for best documentary short film was nominated and in addition received both a Golden Shell for the best short film at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián and a German Film Prize for the best short film.
Life
Ménégoz made his first short film as a director with Commune de Paris in 1951 and received a golden shell for the best short film for Fin d'un désert (1960) at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián in 1960. In 1967 he and Wolfgang Ochs received the film tape in silver of the German Film Prize for the short film Mr. Kekulé, I don't know you (1967).
At the 1971 Academy Awards, he and Horst Dallmayr were nominated for the Oscar for best documentary short film, namely for Time Is Running Out (1970).
Ménégoz, who was married to the film producer Margaret Ménégoz and only directed fifteen films, also wrote some scripts and templates for films and, among other things, provided the idea for the comedy film Didi in full swing (1986).
Web links
- Robert Ménégoz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
supporting documents
- ^ Obituary notice , accessed on June 5, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ménégoz, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Contest , Calvados department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 2013 |
| Place of death | Gard department |