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Didier Decoin

Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn March 13, 1945 (80 years)
Didier Decoin (born 13 March 1945) is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977.

He is the son of filmmaker Henri Decoin. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at France Soir, Le Figaro and VOD, and radio Europe 1. At the same time he started writing.

While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films Les Misérables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Balzac and Napoleon).

In 1995, he became the Secretary of the Académie Goncourt.

Source: Article "Didier Decoin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

  • Jakob the Liar
  • Napoleon (2002)
  • I... For Icarus
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)
  • Les Misérables (2000)
  • The King Is Dancing
  • One Night
  • Balzac: A Passionate Life
  • Kronprinz Rudolf
  • The Chambermaid on the Titanic
  • Out of Life
  • The King’s Favorite
  • L'indic
  • Dancing Machine

Didier Decoin Filmography

2022
2016
2012
One Night · as Novel
2006
Kronprinz Rudolf (TV Series)
2004
Dans la tête du tueur · as Screenplay
2002
Napoleon (2002) (TV Series)
2000
2000
1999
Jakob the Liar · as Screenplay
1999
1999
Balzac (TV Series)
1998
1997
1997
1991
Out of Life · as Screenplay
1987
1987
L'homme voilé · as Screenplay
1983
1979
I... For Icarus · as Screenplay
1974
The Marvelous Visit · as Screenplay

2020
Simenon et l'affaire du cinéma · as Self - Écrivain
2020
2018
Passage des Arts (TV Series) · as Self - Président De L'académie Goncourt
2009
C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self
2008
La Grande Librairie (TV Series) · as Self
2007
One Day, One Fate (TV Series) · as Self
2006
On n'est pas couché (TV Series) · as Self
2000
L'invité (TV Series) · as Self
1998
Roll on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self
1998
ARTE Journal Clips (TV Series) · as Self
1990
Faut pas rêver (TV Series) · as Self
1976
César Awards (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Apostrophes (TV Series) · as Self
1970
Aujourd'hui Madame (TV Series) · as Self

2010
The King, the Squirrel and the Grass Snake (TV Series) · as Dialogues
1990
Dancing Machine · as Adaptation
1983
Un bon petit diable · as Adaptation

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