Francis Veber
Francis Veber | |
---|---|
![]() Veber in 2012 | |
Born | Francis Paul Veber 28 July 1937 |
Occupation(s) | Film director,screenwriter,producer;theaterplaywright |
Spouse | Francoise Veber |
Awards | Academy Awardnominee,La cage aux folles César Awardwinner,Le dîner de cons,and four-time nominee Lumière Film Awardwinner,Le dîner de cons |
Francis Paul Veber(born 28 July 1937) is a Frenchfilm director,screenwriterand producer, andplaywright.[1]He has written and directed both French and American films. Nine French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writer or director or both, have been remade as English-languageHollywoodfilms:Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire(asThe Man with One Red Shoe),L'emmerdeur(asBuddy Buddy),La Cage aux Folles(asThe Birdcage),Le Jouet(asThe Toy),Les Compères(asFathers' Day),La chèvre(asPure Luck),Les Fugitifs(asThree Fugitives),Le dîner de cons(asDinner for Schmucks) andLa Doublure(asThe Valet). He also wrote the screenplay forMy Father the Hero,the 1994 American remake of the French-language filmMon père, ce héros.
Some of his screenplays started as theater plays (for instance,Le dîner de cons). This theatrical experience contributes to his films' tight structure, resulting in what has been called "marvels of economy".[2]
Many of his French comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon (a bungler) and François Perrin (a bully).
Biography
[edit]![]() | This sectionneeds expansion.You can help byadding to it.(November 2014) |
Veber was born inNeuilly-sur-Seine,Hauts-de-Seine,[3]the son of a writer mother andPierre-Gilles Veber,a screenwriter. Veber's father wasJewishand his mother wasArmenian-Russian (Veber was baptized at birth).[4][5]His grand-uncle was writerTristan Bernard.[6]
His parents were both authors: his father writer and journalist Pierre-Gilles Véber and his mother novelist Catherine Agadjanian, who wrote under the name Georgette Paul (1901-1990). He is the great-nephew of playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyerTristan Bernard,grandson of playwrightPierre Véberand nephew of screenwriter, director and hit songwriterSerge Veber.He is the uncle ofSophie Audouin-Mamikonian,young adult author of theTara Duncan series.His son, Jean Véber, is also a screenwriter.
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | Appelez-moi Mathilde | No | Yes | No |
1972 | Il était une fois un flic | No | Yes | No |
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | No | Yes | No | |
1973 | La Valise | No | Yes | No |
L'Emmerdeur | No | Yes | No | |
Le Magnifique | No | Yes | No | |
1974 | Fear Over the City | No | Yes | No |
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | No | Yes | No | |
1975 | Le Téléphone rose | No | Yes | No |
The French Detective | No | Yes | No | |
1976 | On aura tout vu | No | Yes | No |
The Toy | Yes | Yes | No | |
1978 | La Cage aux Folles | No | Yes | No |
1979 | Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses | No | Yes | No |
Coup de tête | No | Yes | No | |
1980 | La cage aux folles II | No | Yes | No |
Sunday Lovers | No | Yes | No | |
1981 | Buddy Buddy | No | Yes | No |
La Chèvre | Yes | Yes | No | |
1982 | Partners | No | Yes | Executive |
The Toy | No | Yes | No | |
1983 | Les Compères | Yes | Yes | Uncredited |
1985 | The Man with One Red Shoe | No | Yes | No |
Hold-Up | No | Yes | No | |
1986 | Les Fugitifs | Yes | No | No |
1989 | Three Fugitives | Yes | Yes | Executive |
1991 | Pure Luck | No | Yes | Executive |
1992 | Out on a Limb | Yes | Yes | No |
1994 | My Father the Hero | No | Yes | No |
1995 | Fantôme avec chauffeur | No | Yes | No |
1996 | The Birdcage | No | Yes | No |
Le Jaguar | Yes | Yes | No | |
1997 | Fathers' Day | No | Yes | Executive |
1998 | The Dinner Game | Yes | Yes | No |
2000 | The Closet | Yes | Yes | No |
2003 | Ruby & Quentin | Yes | Yes | No |
2006 | The Valet | Yes | Yes | Associate |
2008 | L'emmerdeur | Yes | Yes | No |
2010 | Dinner for Schmucks | No | No | Executive |
Honors
[edit]- He was madeChevalier(Knight) of theLégion d'honneur[7]on 21 September 1996,[8]and promoted toOfficier(Officer) in 2008.[8]
- He was madeChevalier(Knight) of theOrdre national du Méritein 2001.[9]
References
[edit]- ^New York Times
- ^Terry Keefe (2008-01-19)."Francis Veber: The Hollywood Interview".The Hollywood Interview.Retrieved2011-06-03.
- ^Schneider, Steven Jay, ed. (2007).501 Movie Directors.London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 402.ISBN9781844035731.OCLC1347156402.
- ^Insdorf, Annette (1985-07-28)."French Films, American Style".The New York Times.
- ^"Humour with a trademark French twist".
- ^"INTERVIEW: The Cruel Comedy of Francis Veber's" The Dinner Game "".IndieWire.July 9, 1999.RetrievedMarch 31,2022.
- ^ "ORDRE DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR Décret du 3 avril 1996 portant promotion et nomination".JORF.1996(84): 5438. 1996-04-07. PREX9610753D.Retrieved2009-03-22.
- ^ab "Décret du 21 mars 2008 portant promotion et nomination".JORF.2008(71): 5024. 2008-03-23. PREX0804596D.Retrieved2009-03-22.
- ^ "Décret du 14 mai 2001 portant promotion et nomination".JORF.2001(112): 7695. 2001-05-15. PREX0104833D.Retrieved2009-03-22.