Michel Deville

Michel Deville

Born 1931-04-13
Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, Île de France, France

Died 2023-02-16 (91 years old)
Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, Île de France, France

Biography

Michel Deville (1931) is a screenwriter and director belonging to the French New Wave of filmmakers. Prior to his independent feature debut Tonight or Never (Ce soir ou jamais, 1961) he worked for other directors. Among his most interesting films include The Diary of an Innocent Boy (Benjamin ou Les mémoires d'un puceau, 1968), Dossier 51 (Le Dossier 51, 1979), Death in a French Garden (Péril en la demeure, 1985), The Reader (La lectrisse, 1988) and Sachs' Disease (La Maladie de Sachs, 1999).

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