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French film director (born 1937)

Person · Open Library

Works
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Film & TV

Writing · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Many of his comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon and François Perrin. Veber was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine to a Jewish father and an Armenian mother. His grand uncle was writer Tristan Bernard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Veber,…

Known for

  • Pierre Richard... en mode Veber — Self2022
  • À la recherche de... Pierre Richard — Self - Screenwriter, director, producer (archive footage)2017
  • Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite — Self2015
  • A Pain in the Ass — L'homme bousculé par Milan (uncredited)2008
  • Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre — Self2005
  • Vivement dimanche — Self1998
  • Champs-Elysées — Self1982
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
  • Spécial cinéma — Self1974
  • Cadet Rousselle — Self1971

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
hip hop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
88
Total plays
161

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Key facts

Born
Francis Paul Veber , ( 1937-07-28 ) 28 July 1937 (age 88) , Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
Occupations
Director screenwriter producer theater playwright
Spouse
Francoise Veber
Awards
Academy Award nominee, La cage aux folles , César Award winner, Le dîner de cons , and four-time nominee, Lumière Film Award winner, Le dîner de cons

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Encyclopedic overview

Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Nine French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writer or director or both, have been remade as English-language Hollywood films: Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (as The Man with One Red Shoe), L'emmerdeur (as Buddy Buddy), La Cage aux Folles (as The Birdcage), Le Jouet (as The Toy), Les Compères (as Fathers' Day), La chèvre (as Pure Luck), Les Fugitifs (as Three Fugitives), Le dîner de cons (as Dinner for Schmucks) and La Doublure (as The Valet). He also wrote the screenplay for My Father the Hero, the 1994 American remake of the French-language film Mon père, ce héros.

Some of his screenplays started as theater plays (for instance, Le dîner de cons). This theatrical experience contributes to his films' tight structure, resulting in what has been called "marvels of economy".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Francis Veber” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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