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Covid-19 Francis Veber Le Diner de Cons Francoise Veber (m. 1964) film director Francis Paul Veber 28 July 1937 (age 78) (1937-07-28 ) Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine , France Film director , screenwriter , producer ; theater playwright Academy Award nominee, La cage aux follesCesar Award winner, Le diner de cons, and four-time nomineeLumiere Film Award winner, Le diner de cons Catherine Agadjanian, Pierre-Gilles Veber The Dinner Game, The Closet, La Chevre, Ruby & Quentin, The Valet Pierre Richard , Jacques Villeret , Daniel Auteuil , Richard Berry , Thierry Lhermitte Jean Veber, Gilles Veber
Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Eight French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writer or director or both, have been remade as English-language Hollywood films: Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (as The Man with One Red Shoe L'emmerdeur (as Buddy Buddy La Cage aux Folles The Birdcage Le Jouet (as The Toy Les Compères Fathers' Day La chèvre Pure Luck Les Fugitifs Three Fugitives Le dîner de cons (as Dinner for Schmucks My Father the Hero Mon 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".
Many of his French comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon (a bungler) and François Perrin (a bully).
Veber was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine, the son of a writer mother and Pierre-Gilles Veber, a screenwriter. Veber's father was Jewish and his mother was Armenian -Russian (Veber was baptized at birth). His grand-uncle was writer Tristan Bernard .
1976 : Le Jouet (The Toy ), starring Pierre Richard , Michel Bouquet , Fabrice Greco 1981 : La Chèvre Gérard Depardieu 1983 : Les Compères Gérard Depardieu 1986 : Les Fugitifs 1989 : Three Fugitives Nick Nolte , Martin Short 1992 : Out on a Limb , starring Matthew Broderick , Jeffrey Jones 1996 : Le Jaguar Jean Reno , Patrick Bruel 1998 : Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner Game), starring Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret 2000 : Le placard (The Closet), starring Daniel Auteuil , Gérard Depardieu 2003 : Tais-toi ! , starring Jean Reno , Gérard Depardieu 2006 : La doublure Gad Elmaleh , Alice Taglioni , Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon , Virginie Ledoyen , Kristin Scott Thomas 2008 : L'emmerdeur (A Pain in the Ass), starring Richard Berry, Patrick Timsit , Virginie Ledoyen 1969 : Appelez-moi Mathilde , directed by Pierre Mondy 1972 : Il était une fois un flic , directed by Georges Lautner 1972 : Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire , directed by Yves Robert 1973 : La Valise , directed by Georges Lautner 1973 : L'Emmerdeur , directed by Édouard Molinaro 1973 : Le magnifique , directed by Philippe de Broca 1974 : Peur sur la ville , directed by Henri Verneuil 1974 : Le retour du grand blond , directed by Yves Robert 1975 : Le Téléphone rose , directed by Édouard Molinaro 1975 : Adieu poulet , directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre 1976 : On aura tout vu 1976 : Le Jouet 1978 : La Cage aux Folles 1979 : Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses , directed by Édouard Molinaro 1979 : Coup de tête Jean-Jacques Annaud 1980 : La cage aux folles II , directed by Édouard Molinaro 1980 : Sunday Lovers / Les séducteurs Bryan Forbes , Gene Wilder , Dino Risi and Édouard Molinaro 1981 : Buddy Buddy Billy Wilder 1981 : La Chèvre 1982 : Partners James Burrows 1982 : The Toy , directed by Richard Donner 1983 : Les Compères 1985 : The Man with One Red Shoe Stan Dragoti 1985 : Hold-Up Alexandre Arcady 1986 : Les Fugitifs 1989 : Three Fugitives 1991 : Pure Luck Nadia Tass 1994 : My Father the Hero Steve Miner 1995 : Fantôme avec chauffeur , directed by Gérard Oury 1996 : The Birdcage Mike Nichols 1996 : Le Jaguar 1997 : Fathers' Day Ivan Reitman 1997 : Le Dîner de Cons 1998 : Dead Letter Office John Ruane 2000 : Le placard 2002 : Tais-toi ! 2006 : La doublure 2008 : L'emmerdeur 1982 : Partners James Burrows 1989 : Three Fugitives 1991 : Pure Luck , directed by Nadia Tass 1997 : Fathers' Day , directed by Ivan Reitman 2006 : The Valet 2010 : Dinner for Schmucks He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur on 21 September 1996, and promoted to Officier (Officer) in 2008. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite in 2001. Francis Veber Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
