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Henri Verneuil
Henri VerneuilHenri Verneuil

Henri Verneuil

French director


Dead at 81 years
Birthday
Friday
He is born 103 years, 5 months and 14 days ago
Death date
Friday

He is dead since 22 years, 2 months and 18 days

Cause of death: heart attack

Birthplace
Tekirdağ, Turkey
Nationality: french France
Birth sign: Libra
Chinese birth sign: Monkey

Henri Verneuil (French: [ɑ̃ʁi vɛʁnœj]; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards.

According to one obituary:

For exactly 40 years, the prolific Verneuil made movies as mainstream and commercial as any to be found in America or Britain. In his best period – the 1950s and 1960s – he delivered films in the "tradition of quality" so despised by the Nouvelle Vague. Many of them proved excellent vehicles for old-timers Jean Gabin and Fernandel, and newcomers such as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon.

Source : Wikipedia