Michel Deville

Michel Deville

director, writer, second unit director or assistant director

Michel Deville was born on Apr 13, 1931 in France. Michel Deville's big-screen debut came with Ce soir ou jamais directed by Michel Deville in 1961. Michel Deville is known for La maladie de Sachs directed by Michel Deville, Albert Dupontel stars as Docteur Bruno Sachs and Valérie Dréville as Pauline Kasser. Michel Deville has got 14 awards and 10 nominations so far. The most recent award Michel Deville achieved is Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema. The upcoming new movie Michel Deville plays is The Art of Breaking Up which will be released on Apr 27, 2005.

Michel Deville, a singular talent in French cinema. For, except during a short period where he made two or three standard commercial films (but that was to repay the debts of his own film company, due to the defection of a business partner), Deville made pictures which, without being too elitist, show a distinctive talent and personality. The French director-writer-producer managed, all through a career that spanned four decades and a half (from 1958 to 2005), to play a little music of his own, never resting on his laurels but always trying something new. And even if not all of his works are perfect, Deville's taste for research makes the bulk of them at least interesting or challenging. Born on 13 April 1931 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Michel Deville graduated from high school and started studying literature but soon branched out into movies. From 1951 to 1958, he learned the tricks of his future trade by being assistant-director, mainly to

  • Birthday

    Apr 13, 1931
  • Place of Birth

    Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Known For

Awards

14 wins & 10 nominations

Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema
2002
Un monde presque paisible (2002)
Winner - Special Mention
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
2000
Best Film
Winner - Critics Award
1986
Best Film
Winner - Critics Award
1979
Best Film
Winner - Critics Award
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