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Michel Deville

Film Director / Screenwriter / Poet | * 04/13/1931 († 91, 02/16/2023) | Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine (France)
Michel Deville (13 April 1931 – 16 February 2023) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and international recognition of some of his contemporaries such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol, possibly because of his more conventional filmmaking style. Nevertheless, his films, especially his comedies from the 1970s and 1980s, were popular in his native France. One of Deville's comedies, La Lectrice (The Reader) was probably his biggest success with international audiences. La Lectrice is about a woman (played by Miou-Miou), who finds work reading novels for the blind but gradually finds herself unwittingly attracting a clientele of fetishists who enjoyed being read to. At one time his films were difficult to find in North America but presently (2007) seven of his films are available in DVD in the U.S. His 1980 film Le Voyage en douce was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. Five years later, his film ()
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Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and international recognition of some of his contemporaries such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol, possibly because of his more conventional filmmaking style. Nevertheless, his films, especially his comedies from the 1970s and 1980s, were popular in his native France.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Michel Deville

2x Louis Delluc Prize César Award for Best Writing César Award for Best Director 5x César Award for Best Director 4x César Award for Best Writing 3x César Award for Best Film
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Movies with Michel Deville as Actor(1)

as himself1995 Son of Gascogne

TV Shows/Series with Michel Deville as Actor(3)

as himself1972 Midi trente
as himself1959 Discorama

Movies with Michel Deville as Crew(56)

Directing/Director2005 The Art of Breaking Up
Directing/Director2002 Almost Peaceful
Directing/Director1999 Sachs' Disease
Directing/Director1997 The Gods Must Be Daring
Writing/Writer1997 The Gods Must Be Daring
Directing/Director1994 Life's Little Treasures
Directing/Director1992 Sweetheart
Directing/Director1991 Against Oblivion
Directing/Director1990 Summer Night in Town
Directing/Director1988 La Lectrice
Writing/Writer1988 La Lectrice
Directing/Director1986 The Nonentity
Writing/Screenplay1986 The Nonentity
Directing/Director1985 Death in a French Garden
Writing/Writer1985 Death in a French Garden
Directing/Director1984 Les capricieux
Directing/Director1983 The Little Bunch
Directing/Director1981 Deep Water
Writing/Screenplay1981 Deep Water
Directing/Director1980 A Sweet Journey
Writing/Writer1980 A Sweet Journey
Directing/Director1978 Dossier 51
Writing/Writer1978 Dossier 51
Directing/Director1977 The Apprentice Heel
Writing/Writer1977 The Apprentice Heel
Directing/Director1974 Love at the Top
Directing/Director1973 The Woman in Blue
Writing/Writer1973 The Woman in Blue
Directing/Director1971 Raphael or the Debauched One
Directing/Director1970 The Bear and the Doll
Writing/Writer1970 The Bear and the Doll
Directing/Director1969 Bye Bye Barbara
Writing/Adaptation1969 Bye Bye Barbara
Directing/Director1968 The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Writing/Writer1968 The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Directing/Director1967 Tender Sharks
Directing/Director1966 The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen
Writing/Screenplay1966 The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen
Directing/Director1966 Soldier Martin
Writing/Adaptation1966 Soldier Martin
Directing/Director1964 Lucky Jo
Writing/Screenplay1964 Lucky Jo
Directing/Director1964 The Little Misses
Writing/Writer1964 The Little Misses
Directing/Director1963 Girl's Apartment
Writing/Writer1963 Girl's Apartment
Directing/Director1963 Because, Because of a Woman
Production/Producer1963 Because, Because of a Woman
Writing/Writer1963 Because, Because of a Woman
Directing/Director1962 Adorable Liar
Writing/Writer1962 Adorable Liar
Directing/Director1961 Tonight or Never
Writing/Writer1961 Tonight or Never
Directing/Director1958 A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Writing/Screenplay1958 A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Directing/Assistant Director1954 The Secrets of the Bed

Full Name: Michel Deville
Citizenship: France
Born: Monday, 04/13 1931 (April) in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine (France)
Died: Thursday, 02/16 2023 (February) in Boulogne-Billancourt (aged: 91)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: French (FR)
Michel Deville frequently works together with these people:
Nina Companéez (25x, Crew)
Rosalinde Deville (14x, Crew)
Claude Lecomte (14x, Crew)
Raymonde Guyot (10x, Crew)
Michel Piccoli (6x, Actor)
Jean-Pierre Darras (5x, Actor)
Marina Vlady (4x, Actress)
André Hervée (4x, Crew)
Albert Simonin (4x, Crew)
Thierry Leproust (4x, Crew)
Cécile Balme (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:82150, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 03/17/2024