Henri Verneuil
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Henri Verneuil (October 15, 1920 - January 11, 2002) was a prominent French playwright and filmmaker.
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Biography
Director Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian to Armenian parents on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey. His family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. 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.
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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) (+ playwright)
- 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 son lâchés (1961)
- Un singe en hiver (1962)
- Mélodie en sous-sol (1963) (1964 Edgar Award, Best Foreign Film) with Alain Delon
- Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964) (+ playwright) with Lino Ventura
- Week-end à Zuycoote (1964)
- La Vingt-cinquième heure (The 25th Hour) (1967) (+ playwright) with Anthony Quinn
- La Bataille de San Sebastian (The Battle of San Sebastian) (1968) with Charles Bronson
- Le Clan des Siciliens (1969) (+ playwright)
- Le Casse (1971) (+ playwright) with Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Le Serpent (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 (1992) (+ playwright)
- 588 rue Paradis (1993) (+ playwright)
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