
Known for
Writing
Born
April 8, 1932
Birthplace
Auxerre, Yonne, France
Died
September 2, 2026 (aged 94)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau (8 April 1932 — 2 September 2026) was a French film director and screenwriter.
He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le métro in 1960 and Vie privée in 1961. In 1964, he was co-screenwriter for L'Homme de Rio, which starred Jean-Paul Belmondo.
The first film that he both wrote and directed was A Matter of Resistance in 1965. Although it was a great critical and popular success, he did not make another film until 1971, when he directed Les Mariés de l'an II, again starring Belmondo and Marlène Jobert.
Since 1975, Rappeneau has written only for his own films, including Le Sauvage, starring Yves Montand and To...
TBA
Original Film Writer
2024
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2022
2016
as Self
2015
Director, Writer
2014
as Self, Director
2013
2011
as Self (cinéaste)
2007
2004
2003
2003
Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
1995
Screenplay, Director
1990
Screenplay, Director
1982
Director, Screenplay
1978
1978
1975
Director, Writer
1974
1973
Writer
1971
Director, Writer
1966
Director, Screenplay
1965
Writer
1964
Writer