Henri Verneuil
| Henri Verneuil | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ashot Malakian 15 October 1920 Rodosto, Turkey |
| Died | 11 January 2002 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1940's - 2000's |
| Spouse | Françoise Bonnot |
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival, Golden Palm |
Henri Verneuil (15 October 1920 - 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who enjoyed a successful career in France.
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[edit] Biography
Henri Verneuil was born Ashod Malakian to Armenian parents in Rodosto, East Thrace, Turkey. In the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide when Ashod was a little child his family fled to France[1] and settled in Marseille. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, which he dedicated to his mother and made into a 1991 film with the same name, which was followed by a sequel, 588 Rue Paradis, the following year.[2]
In 1947 Henri Verneuil managed to convince the established European film actor Fernandel to appear in his first film.[3] Later he also directed other movie stars including Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura (all together acting for him in "Le clan des siciliens" in 1969 [4]), Jean-Paul Belmondo ("Le Corps de mon ennemi" in 1976[5] and other films), Omar Sharif, Claudia Cardinale[6] and Michèle Morgan.
He was awarded a César[7] in 1996.
He died at Bagnolet in 2002.
[edit] Filmography
- Pipe chien (1950)
- On demande un bandit (1950)
- Maldonne (1950)
- La Légende de Terre-Blanche (1950)
- L'Art d'être courtier (1950)
- La Table-aux-Crevés (1995) (+ playwright)
- Le Fruit défendu (1952) (+ playwright)
- Brelan d'As (1952)
- Le Boulanger de Valorgue (1953)
- Carnaval (Carnival) (1953)
- L'Ennemi Public n°1 (Public Enemy No.1) (1953)
- Le Mouton à cinq pattes (The Sheep Has Five Legs) (1954) (director + screenwriter)
- Les Amants du Tage (1955)
- Des gens sans importance (1955) (+ playwright)
- Paris, Palace Hôtel (1956) (+ playwright)
- Une manche et la belle (1957) (+ playwright)
- Sois belle et tais-toi (1958)
- Maxime (1958) (+ playwright)
- Le Grand chef (1959)
- La Vache et le Prisonnier (1959) (+ playwright) with Fernandel
- L'Affaire d'une nuit (1960)
- La Française et l'amour (1960)
- Le Président (The President) (1961) (+ playwright) with Jean Gabin
- Les Lions sont lâchés (1961)
- Un singe en hiver (1962)
- Mélodie en sous-sol (1963) (Any Number Can Win) (1964 Edgar Award, Best Foreign Film) with Alain Delon and Jean Gabin
- Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964) (+ playwright) with Lino Ventura
- Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
- La Vingt-cinquième heure (The 25th Hour) (1967) (+ playwright) with Anthony Quinn
- La Bataille de San Sebastian (Guns for San Sebastian) (1968) with Charles Bronson
- Le Clan des Siciliens (The Sicilian Clan) (1969) (+ playwright), starring Delon, Gabin and Ventura
- Le Casse (1971) (+ playwright) with Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Le Serpent (Night Flight from Moscow) (1973) (+ playwright)
- Peur sur la ville (1975) (+ playwright)
- Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976) (+ playwright)
- I comme Icare (I as in Icarus) (1979) (+ playwright) with Yves Montand
- Mille milliards de dollars (1982) (+ playwright)
- Les Morfalous (1984) (+ playwright)
- Mayrig (Mother) (1992) (+ playwright)
- 588 Rue Paradis (1993) (+ playwright)
[edit] References
- ^ "To avoid persecution, his Armenian family fled to France when he was an infant in 1924.". http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_hverneuil.html. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ "Towards the end of his career Verneuil made two more movies - labors of love - which reflect his own childhood and upbringing, MAYRIG (1991) and 588 RUE PARADIS (1992)". http://www.cultmovies.info/directors/verneuil/verneuil.html. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ "He made his first film, a documentary on Marseilles, in 1947. He persuaded Fernandel to appear in it and read the commentary.". The Independent (London). 2002-01-15. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/henri-verneuil-729667.html. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ "Le Clan Des Siciliens - 1969 - Henri Verneuil". http://www.archive.org/details/LeClanDesSiciliens-1969-HenriVerneuil. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ "Le corps de mon ennemi". http://www.nndb.com/films/517/000204902/. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ "Henri Verneuil very gentle and warm person, Claudia Cardinale says". http://news.am/eng/news/24695.html. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ "In 1996, Verneuil was awarded an honorary Cesar, France's equivalent of the Oscar, for lifetime achievement in film.". Los Angeles Times. 2002-01-12. http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/12/local/me-22246. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
