Jean-Paul Rappeneau - Filmography

Film-maker, born in Auxerre, C France. He was scriptwriter of Zazie dans le Métro, Vie Privée (director L Malle) and L'Homme de Rio (director Philippe de Broca). His first film La Vie de Château (1966) won the prix Louis Delluc. His meticulous approach, style, and ability to direct great actors was displayed in his adaptation of Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac starring Gerard Dépardieu, which won best film, best director, and best actor Césars in 1990.

Since 1975, Rappeneau has written only for his own films, including Le Sauvage, starring Yves Montand and Tout feu tout flamme (1981), again with Montand, who co-starred with Isabelle Adjani.

In 1990, Rappeneau directed a deluxe Technicolor film version of Cyrano de Bergerac, his adaptation of the classic French play by Edmond Rostand, starring Gérard Depardieu in what may become known as his greatest role.

Filmography

Writer - Signé Arsène Lupin (1959), with Robert Lamoureux and Alida Valli Writer - Zazie dans le métro (1960), with Catherine Demongeot and Philippe Noiret Writer - Vie privée (1962), with Brigitte Bardot and Marcello Mastroianni Writer - Le combat dans l'île (1962), with Romy Schneider and Jean-Louis Trintignant Writer - L'homme de Rio (1964), with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac Writer - La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965), with Horst Buchholz and Anthony Quinn Writer - Les survivants (television) (1965), with Frédéric de Pasquale and Catherine Diamant Writer - La vie de château (1966), with Catherine Deneuve and Pierre Brasseur Writer - Les mariés de l'an II (1971), with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Marlène Jobert Writer - Le magnifique (1973), with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jacqueline Bisset Director and writer - Le sauvage (1975), with Yves Montand and Catherine Deneuve Director and writer - Tout feu, tout flamme (1982), with Yves Montand and Isabelle Adjani Director and writer - Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), with Gérard Depardieu Director and writer - Le hussard sur le toit (The Horseman on the Roof) (1995), with Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez Director and writer - Bon voyage (2003), with Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu