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Didier Decoin

Writer, Director, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn March 13, 1945 (79 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
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)
  • Napoleon
  • I... For Icarus
  • The King Is Dancing
  • Les Misérables (2000)
  • One Night
  • Balzac: A Passionate Life
  • Kronprinz Rudolf
  • The Chambermaid on the Titanic
  • Out of Life
  • The King’s Favorite
  • L'indic
  • Dancing Machine

Filmography

2022
2016
2012
One Night · as Novel
2006
Kronprinz Rudolf (TV Series)
2004
Dans la tête du tueur · as Screenplay
2000
2000
1999
Jakob the Liar · as Screenplay
1999
1998
1997
1997
1991
Out of Life · as Screenplay
1987
1983
1981
1979
I... For Icarus · as Screenplay
1974
The Marvelous Visit · as Screenplay

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