Jean-Paul Rappeneau

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Nationality: French
Birthdate: 04/08/1932
Birthplace: Auxerre, France

biography

Celebrated French director and screenwriter who has been known to take five years or more in between projects and who, while being a national treasure in his native land, does not seem concerned that directors less acclaimed in France have a greater international profile. Jean-Paul Rappeneau began to be a name dropped by cineastes in the U.S. only after his heralded adaptation of de Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1990), and his "The Horseman on the Roof" (1995), which told of heroics during a cholera epidemic. Although he directed a few short films in the late 1950s, Rappeneau broke into Continued

Credits

Director
2004
Screenplay
2004
Director
1996
screenplay adaptation
1996
Director
1975
screenplay
1975
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1962
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milestones

Year
Milestone
1958 
Directed short film, "La Maison dur la place"
1960 
First screenwriting credit, "Zazie"
1964 
Received Academy Award nomination for co-writing "L'Homme de Rio/That Man From Rio"
1967 
Made feature directorial debut with "La Vie de chateau/A Matter of Resistance"
1990 
Adapted and directed a celebrated version of "Cyrano de Bergerac", starring Gerard Depardieu
Continued

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