Jacques Deray was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime and thriller films.
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Jacques Deray Biography / Wiki
Name | Jacques Deray |
Also Know | Deray Jacques, Жак Дере, Жак Ð”ÐµÑ€Ñ |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Directing |
Place of Birth | Lyon, Rhône, France |
Date of Birth | 1929-02-19 |
Age(as in 2022) | 74 |
Deathday | 2003-08-09 |
Jacques Deray Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Jacques Deray: J’ai connu une belle époque | Self (archive) | 2018-12-02 | … |
Belmondo, le magnifique | Self (archive footage) | 2017-09-03 | … |
Blood to the Head | Alfred, un conducteur de car | 1956-08-10 | François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves th… |
Crazy for Love | Un journaliste | 1952-11-07 | A comedy about a dimwitted man who must obtain a high-school diploma before he can inherit an inn…. |
One Hundred Francs Per Second | L’autre mauvais garçon (uncredited) | 1953-01-09 | Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss’s daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet launches… |
Jacques Deray Directing Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
The Swimming Pool | Director | 1969-01-31 | Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern… |
Borsalino | Director | 1970-05-19 | In 1930 Marseilles two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to f… |
Flic Story | Director | 1975-10-01 | The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Pari… |
The Outsider | Director | 1983-10-26 | Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of … |
Borsalino and Co. | Director | 1974-10-23 | Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths… “A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man.”… |
The Outside Man | Director | 1972-12-21 | A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed…. |
Against Oblivion | Director | 1991-12-11 | Contre l’Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea … |
To Skin a Spy | Director | 1966-08-24 | A French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna to plug a security leak in this routine spy saga. He is caught in the crossfire… |
The Loner | Director | 1987-03-18 | In Paris , Commissioner Stan Jalard and Inspector Simon Lecache plan to quit the police to go and enjoy a more peaceful life in the West Indies. In a… |
Crime on a Summer Morning | Director | 1965-02-17 | An ill-assorted group of international criminals executes a tightly-planned ransom sting in Spain. Things go along swimmingly until various tensions w… |
Butterfly on the Shoulder | Director | 1978-05-03 | On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering who br… |
Three Men to Destroy | Director | 1980-10-31 | A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped h… |
He Died with His Eyes Open | Director | 1985-10-09 | Police Inspector Staniland is investigating the death of a pianist. While conducting his investigation and looking through the victim’s apartment, he … |
Malady of Love | Director | 1987-09-30 | Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. First, she is with Raoul, the older one; th… |
Une femme explosive | Director | 1990-07-12 | Mr. Muller meets a mysterious woman who apparently knows a few things from his past that he would rather have kept hidden…. |
A Crime | Director | 1993-08-04 | “Un Crime” takes place over a single night, between 10pm and 6am. It takes place in a single setting – a millionaire’s apartment in Lyon. The film is … |
The Gang | Director | 1977-01-19 | In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as “the fr… |
Rififi in Tokyo | Director | 1963-03-29 | Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond…. |
Dark Woods | Director | 1989-08-23 | In this gothic romance based on a 1950s novel by Robert Margerit, after a whirlwind romance, Violette (Beatrice Dalle), a Parisian girl, has married G… |
Easy Down There! | Director | 1971-08-30 | A priest gets a little hot under the collar when the wife he thought was dead unexpectedly returns…. |
Le Gigolo | Director | 1960-10-18 | … |
A Little Sun in Cold Water | Director | 1971-10-29 | Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Realising that neither his friend Jean nor his girlfrien… |
Letter from an Unknown Woman | Director | 2001-01-01 | Vienna, in the 1930s. The attractive and famous writer Albert Rank receives the letter from a stranger. He discovers that she devoted her entire life … |
Netchaïev est de retour | Director | 1991-01-23 | Freshly landed in Paris, Daniel Laurençon, who calls himself Netchaïev, who was believed dead five years ago in Gibraltar, warns a commercial center… |
Symphony for a Massacre | Director | 1963-08-02 | A band of gangster devises a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems … |
That Is the Dawn | Second Assistant Director | 1956-05-09 | In a small town in southern France, on the seafront and not far from Italy, Dr. Valerio is working to heal the poor. His young wife, could no longer s… |
Clarissa | Director | 1998-07-01 | Vienna before the First World War: Clarissa Schuhmeister grows up in the monastery. Strict discipline determines her life until she meets the Frenchma… |
L’homme de Marrakech | Director | 1966-04-24 | Set in the South Moroccan Desert and Portugal, story of an American adventurer’s involvement in a gold bullion robbery…. |
The Teddy Bear | Director | 1994-08-10 | Doctors at a rejuvenation clinic discover a formula that will prevent aging…. |
Credo | Director | 1983-01-26 | Based on an actual Cold War incident in which a Ukrainian prisoner of conscience was forced to defend his Christian faith while under Soviet interroga… |
April Fools’ Day | Assistant Director | 1954-07-28 | Emile is a good mechanic whose clientele is very loyal. A bit naive, he is bamboozled by a seller who manages to sell him the full trappings of the pe… |
Lettre d’une inconnue | Director | 1996-01-01 | … |
Slightly Ahead | Assistant Director | 1956-10-10 | … |
Writing
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
The Swimming Pool | Author | 1969-01-31 | Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern… |
The Outsider | Screenplay | 1983-10-26 | Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of … |
Rififi in Tokyo | Adaptation | 1963-03-29 | Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond…. |
Borsalino | Writer | 1970-05-19 | In 1930 Marseilles two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to f… |
Flic Story | Writer | 1975-10-01 | The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Pari… |
Easy Down There! | Writer | 1971-08-30 | A priest gets a little hot under the collar when the wife he thought was dead unexpectedly returns…. |
A Little Sun in Cold Water | Screenplay | 1971-10-29 | Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Realising that neither his friend Jean nor his girlfrien… |
The Teddy Bear | Writer | 1994-08-10 | Doctors at a rejuvenation clinic discover a formula that will prevent aging…. |
Borsalino and Co. | Writer | 1974-10-23 | Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths… “A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man.”… |
A Crime | Writer | 1993-08-04 | “Un Crime” takes place over a single night, between 10pm and 6am. It takes place in a single setting – a millionaire’s apartment in Lyon. The film is … |
He Died with His Eyes Open | Screenplay | 1985-10-09 | Police Inspector Staniland is investigating the death of a pianist. While conducting his investigation and looking through the victim’s apartment, he … |
Crime on a Summer Morning | Writer | 1965-02-17 | An ill-assorted group of international criminals executes a tightly-planned ransom sting in Spain. Things go along swimmingly until various tensions w… |
The Outside Man | Screenplay | 1972-12-21 | A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed…. |
Three Men to Destroy | Writer | 1980-10-31 | A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped h… |
The Loner | Screenplay | 1987-03-18 | In Paris , Commissioner Stan Jalard and Inspector Simon Lecache plan to quit the police to go and enjoy a more peaceful life in the West Indies. In a… |
Symphony for a Massacre | Writer | 1963-08-02 | A band of gangster devises a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems … |
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