Michel Deville

Director, Writer, Producer

April 13, 1931 — February 16, 2023 (91 years)
Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and international recognition of some of his contemporaries such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol, possibly because of his more conventional filmmaking style. Nevertheless, his films, especially his comedies from the 1970s and 1980s, were popular in his native France.

Known For

  • Love at the Top
    Love at the Top1974
  • Death in a French Garden
    Death in a French Garden1985
  • The Reader
    The Reader1988
  • Dossier 51
    Dossier 511978
  • Deep Water
    Deep Water1981
  • A Sweet Journey
    A Sweet Journey1980
  • Sachs' Disease
    Sachs' Disease1999
  • The Diary of an Innocent Boy
    The Diary of an Innocent Boy1968
  • The Art of Breaking Up
    The Art of Breaking Up2005
  • Summer Night in Town
    Summer Night in Town1990
  • The Bear and the Doll
    The Bear and the Doll1970
  • Raphael or the Debauched One
    Raphael or the Debauched One1971
  • Razzia
    Razzia1955
  • Almost Peaceful
    Almost Peaceful2002
  • The Nonentity
    The Nonentity1986
  • Sweetheart
    Sweetheart1992
  • The Woman in Blue
    The Woman in Blue1973
  • Lucky Jo
    Lucky Jo1964
  • Adorable Liar
    Adorable Liar1962
  • Tonight or Never
    Tonight or Never1961

Filmography

2025
2022
2022
2016
1995
1982
Cinéma cinémas · as Self
1976
César Awards · as Self - Winner
1975
Sunday meetings · as Self
1972
Midi Trente · as Self

1999
La maladie de Sachs · as Casting
1969
Bye bye, Barbara · as Adaptation
1966
Soldier Martin · as Adaptation
1955
Razzia · as Second Assistant Director
1954
The Bed · as Assistant Director