Jean-Paul Rappeneau (born 8 April 1932) is a French film director and screenwriter.
He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le métro in 1960 and Vie privée in 1961. In 1964, he was co-screenwriter for L’Homme de Rio, which starred Jean-Paul Belmondo.
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 Marlène Jobert.
Since 1975, Rappeneau has written only for his own films, including Le Sauvage, starring Yves Montand and Tout feu, tout flamme (1981), again with Montand, who co-starred with Isabelle Adjani.
In 1990, Rappeneau directed a deluxe Technicolor film version of Cyrano de Bergerac, 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 César Award for Best Director and César Award for Best Film.
The 2003 comedy Bon voyage, co-written with Patrick Modiano, again starred Depardieu, this time with Isabelle Adjani. The film was nominated 11 times at the 2004 César Awards.
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Jean-Paul Rappeneau Biography / Wiki
| Name | Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Writing |
| Place of Birth | Auxerre, Yonne, France |
| Date of Birth | 1932-04-08 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 90 |
| Deathday |
Jean-Paul Rappeneau Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Les Aventures d’Adrien: L’Affaire Catalan | Self | 2013-05-15 | Interviews with crew and cast from “That Man from Rio”…. |
| Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness | Self | 1978-09-18 | A documentary interview with the French actress while on the sets of films in production. Several of the directors for whom she has made films are als… |
| Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic | Self | 2003-04-16 | Directed by N.T. Binh… |
| A City Runs Through the Festival | 2007-04-11 | A City Runs Through the Festival is an anatomy of the Festival through the eyes of its own audience…. | |
| Henri Langlois vu par… | Self | 2014-01-01 | Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him…. |
| Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Self | 2022-03-24 | … |
| Belmondo by Belmondo | Self | 2016-05-05 | Jean-Paul Belmondo returns to the settings of a fantastic career, accompanied by his son Paul. Over a career spanning 50 years, Jean-Paul Belmondo’s… |
Jean-Paul Rappeneau Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| A Matter of Resistance | Director | 1966-01-25 | In the countryside near Normandy’s beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It’s 1945, she’s married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the … |
| The Married Couple of the Year Two | Director | 1971-04-07 | Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others tr… |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Director | 1990-03-28 | Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy…. |
| The Horseman on the Roof | Director | 1995-09-20 | In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband…. |
| Bon Voyage | Director | 2003-04-16 | On the eve of World War II four Parisians cope with the impending invasion of their city by German forces. While the French government braces for impa… |
| All Fired Up | Director | 1982-01-13 | Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take a… |
| Lovers Like Us | Director | 1975-11-26 | A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events…. |
| Families | Director | 2015-10-14 | Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, … |
| Henri Langlois vu par… | Director | 2014-01-01 | Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him…. |
| Provincial Chronicle | Director | 1958-11-05 | … |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Zazie dans le Métro | Screenplay | 1960-10-28 | A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle. He and the viewer get more than they bargained for, … |
| A Matter of Resistance | Screenplay | 1966-01-25 | In the countryside near Normandy’s beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It’s 1945, she’s married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the … |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Screenplay | 1990-03-28 | Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy…. |
| The Horseman on the Roof | Screenplay | 1995-09-20 | In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband…. |
| A Very Private Affair | Writer | 1962-01-31 | When Jill becomes a movie star, she soon discovers that her private life is destroyed by persistent fans that won’t leave her alone. Her mother’s ex-l… |
| The Magnificent One | Writer | 1973-11-23 | A writer of pulp fiction imagines himself as the dashing hero and his English neighbor as his love interest…. |
| Lovers Like Us | Writer | 1975-11-26 | A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events…. |
| Le Combat dans l’île | Writer | 1962-05-10 | The charismatic, surly son of a wealthy industrialist, Clément, leads a double life as a member of a right-wing extremist organization. When he’s r… |
| The Married Couple of the Year Two | Writer | 1971-04-07 | Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others tr… |
| Marco the Magnificent | Writer | 1965-08-06 | Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder…. |
| Families | Writer | 2015-10-14 | Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, … |
| Saint-Tropez Blues | Writer | 1961-07-21 | With her parents away, Anne-Marie drops her studies to spend eight days in Saint-Tropez with her friend Jean-Paul. They are soon caught up in the Sain… |
| Bon Voyage | Screenplay | 2003-04-16 | On the eve of World War II four Parisians cope with the impending invasion of their city by German forces. While the French government braces for impa… |
| Bon Voyage | Adaptation | 2003-04-16 | On the eve of World War II four Parisians cope with the impending invasion of their city by German forces. While the French government braces for impa… |
| That Man from Rio | Writer | 1964-02-05 | French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late … |
| All Fired Up | Screenplay | 1982-01-13 | Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take a… |
| Provincial Chronicle | Screenplay | 1958-11-05 | … |
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