Michel Lang (9 June 1939 – 24 April 2014) was a French film and

television director A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the pro ...

, best remembered for his

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

s in the late 1970s and 1980s. After 1990, he directed predominantly for French television.

Filmography

* 1964 : '' Un tout autre visage'' * 1976 : '' À nous les petites Anglaises'' with Sophie Barjac and

Rémi Laurent Rémi Laurent (12 October 1957, Suresnes – 14 November 1989, Paris) was a French actor, best known for playing the son Laurent in ''La Cage aux Folles (film), La Cage aux Folles''. He died from an HIV related illness in 1989. Biography Lauren ...

* 1977 : ''

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'' with Aude Landry and

Serge Reggiani Serge Reggiani (2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-French actor and singer. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. After studying acting at the Conservatoire des arts cinématog ...

* 1978 : '' L'Hôtel de la plage'' with Sophie Barjac and Myriam Boyer * 1980 : ''

Tous vedettes Tous may refer to: * Tous (company), a Spanish jewelry designer * Tous, Iran * Tous, Valencia, a municipality of the province of Valencia, Valencia Community, Spain * Tous son of Nowzar * Trotskyist Organization of the United States The Trotskyist ...

'' with

Leslie Caron Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (; born 1 July 1931) is a French-American actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. She is one ...

* 1981 : '' On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus'' with

Sabine Azéma Sabine Azéma (born 20 September 1949) is a French stage and film actress and director. Born in Paris, she graduated from the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Career Her film career began in 1975. Azéma appeared in '' A Sunday in the ...

and Georges Beller * 1982 : ''

Le Cadeau ''Le Cadeau'', released in Italy as ''Il regalo'', is a 1982 French and Italian film. It stars Claudia Cardinale. It is based upon the play written by Italo Terzoli and Enrico Vaime. Plot Gregoire is retiring after many years with the same b ...

'' with

Pierre Mondy Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

and

Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. She has starred in some of the most iconic European films of the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English. Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...

* 1984 : '' L'Étincelle'' * 1985 : '' À nous les garçons'' with Sophie Carle and

Franck Dubosc Franck Dubosc (; born 7 November 1963) is a French actor, comedian and stand-up artist. Dubosc occupies 94th place in the list of the most profitable actors of French cinema.

* 1987 : '' Club de rencontres'' with Francis Perrin and Jean-Paul Comart * 1991 : ''

Duplex Duplex (Latin, 'double') may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Duplex'' (film), or ''Our House'', a 2003 American black comedy film * Duplex (band), a Dutch electronic music duo * Duplex (Norwegian duo) * Duplex!, a Canadian children's music ...

'' (TV) * 1991 : '' Mascarade'' (TV) * 1992 : '' Le Fils d'un autre'' (TV) * 1992 : ''

Softwar "''Softwar - La Guerre Douce"'' (in English "''Sotfwar, the soft war''") is a technothriller novel by Thierry Breton and Denis Baldwin-Beneich published 1984 in French and translated in 10 languages. The English version was published in 1986. Th ...

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'') (TV) * 1992 : '' Un mort très convenable'' (TV) * 1994 : '' Les Faucons'' (TV) * 1995 : '' Baldipata'' (TV) with

Annie Cordy Léonie Juliana, Baroness Cooreman (16 June 1928 – 4 September 2020), also known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1954 and staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coq ...

and

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...

* 1995 : '' Bébé coup de foudre'' (TV) * 1997 : '' Sans cérémonie'' (TV) with

and

* 2002 : '' Louis et les enfants perdus'' (TV)

External links

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