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

Career

He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with

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on ''

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'' in 1960 and '' Vie privée'' in 1961. In 1964, he was co-screenwriter for '' L'Homme de Rio'', which starred

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor and producer. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward. His best known credits ...

. The first film that he both wrote and directed was '' A Matter of Resistance'' in 1965. Although it was a great critical and popular success, he did not make another film until 1971, when he directed '' Les Mariés de l'an II'', again starring Belmondo and

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. Since 1975, Rappeneau has written only for his own films, including '' Le Sauvage'', starring

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and ' (1981), again with Montand, who co-starred with

Isabelle Adjani Isabelle Yasmina Adjani ; born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She is the only performer in history to win five César Awards for acting; she won the Best Actress award for '' Possession'' (1981), '' ...

. In 1990, Rappeneau directed a deluxe

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film version of ''

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'', his adaptation of the classic French play by Edmond Rostand, starring Gérard Depardieu. Rappeneau's film version is the most elaborate film version of the play ever made, and one of the most expensive French films ever produced. It is the only rendition of the play in the original French to be released widely. At the 1991 César Awards, Rappeneau won the

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and

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. The 2003 comedy '' Bon voyage'', co-written with

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, again starred Depardieu, this time with Isabelle Adjani. The film was nominated 11 times at the

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Filmography

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* 1932 births Living people People from Auxerre French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Best Director César Award winners {{France-actor-stub