JeanPaul Rappeneau born 8 April 1932 is 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 coscreenwriter for LHomme de Rio which starred JeanPaul 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 lan II again starring Belmondo and Marlène Jobert Since 1975 Rappeneau has written only for his own films including Le Sauvage starring Yves Montand and Tout feu tout flamme 1981 again with Montand who costarred with Isabelle Adjani In 1990 Rappeneau directed a deluxe Technicolor film version of Cyrano de Bergerac his adaptation of the classic French play by Edmond Rostand starring Gérard Depardieu Rappeneaus film version is the most elaborate film version of the play ever made and one of the most expensive French films ever produced It is the only rendition of the play in the original French to be released widely At the 1991 César Awards Rappeneau won the César Award for Best Director and César Award for Best Film The 2003 comedy Bon voyage cowritten with Patrick Modiano again starred Depardieu this time with Isabelle Adjani The film was nominated 11 times at the 2004 César Awards Source Article JeanPaul Rappeneau from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30
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