Biography: life and films
Jean-Paul Rappeneau is a French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Auxerre, France on 8th April 1932.His best films as a screenwriter include Louis Malle's comedy Zazie dans le métro (1960), Philippe de Broca's comedy-thriller L'Homme de Rio (1964) and Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), and whose best work as a film director include La Vie de château (1966), Le Sauvage (1975) and Cyrano de Bergerac (1990).
Jean-Paul Rappeneau has so far scripted 14 films and directed 7 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Philippe de Broca (2 films) and Louis Malle (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (6 films), comedy (6), comedy-romance (5), romance (4), history (4), comedy-drama (2) and Thriller (2).
Our average rating for Jean-Paul Rappeneau over all films is: 3.4
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor
Zazie dans le métro (1960) [w]
Le Combat dans l'île (1962) [w]
La Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965) [w]
La Vie de château (1966) [d,w]
Les Mariés de l'an II (1971) [d,w]
Le Sauvage (1975) [d,w]
Tout feu, tout flamme (1982) [d,w]
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) [d,w]
Le Hussard sur le toit (1995) [d,w]
Bon voyage (2003) [d,w]
Claude Sautet ou La magie invisible (2003) [a]
Belles familles (2015) [d,w]
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