FILM DIRECTOR

Francis Veber

1937 - Today

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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. Nine 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 (as The Birdcage), Le Jouet (as The Toy), Les Compères (as Fathers' Day), La chèvre (as Pure Luck), Les Fugitifs (as Three Fugitives), Le dîner de cons (as Dinner for Schmucks) and La Doublure (as The Valet). He also wrote the screenplay for My Father the Hero, the 1994 American remake of the French-language film Mon père, ce héros. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Veber is the 344th most popular film director (down from 322nd in 2019), the 2,072nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,908th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Francis Veber ranks 344 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Feyder, Hideaki Anno, Satoshi Kon, Ub Iwerks, Jean Girault, and Barbet Schroeder. After him are Jim Henson, Samuel Fuller, Leo McCarey, William Kennedy Dickson, Kira Muratova, and Ermanno Olmi.

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Among people born in 1937, Francis Veber ranks 122. Before him are Vittorio Brambilla, Zoltán Horváth, Aleksandr Medved, Cüneyt Arkın, Viacheslav Chornovil, and Franz Vranitzky. After him are Amos Tversky, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Petros Markaris, Olusegun Obasanjo, Billy Meier, and Robert B. Wilson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis Veber ranks 2,072 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Huntziger (1880), Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1498), Pierre Hadot (1922), Julien Gracq (1910), Henri Estienne (1528), and Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746). After him are Madeleine Lebeau (1923), Gabriel Naudé (1600), Paul Cornu (1881), Paul Pogba (1993), Émile Chartier (1868), and Jean Sorel (1934).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Francis Veber ranks 42. Before him are Philippe de Broca (1933), Frank Darabont (1959), François Ozon (1967), Jeannot Szwarc (1937), Germaine Dulac (1882), and Jean Girault (1924). After him are William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Jean Rouch (1917), Alexandre Astruc (1923), Édouard Molinaro (1928), Leos Carax (1960), and Nadine Trintignant (1934).

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