Michel Deville
Directing · Director · Assistant Director · Writer
Born Apr 13, 1931 · Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Active 1954–2023 · Awards: Louis Delluc Prize, César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation, César Award for Best Director, Louis Delluc Prize
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…
Filmography
Razzia (1955) — Second Assistant DirectorDeath in a French Garden (1985) — Director · WriterDossier 51 (1978) — Director · WriterLove at the Top (1974) — DirectorLa Lectrice (1988) — Director · WriterDeep Water (1981) — Director · ScreenplaySachs' Disease (1999) — Director · Writer · CastingThe Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968) — Writer · DirectorLucky Jo (1964) — Director · ScreenplayA Sweet Journey (1980) — Director · WriterThe Nonentity (1986) — Director · ScreenplayRaphael or the Debauched One (1971) — DirectorTender Sharks (1967) — DirectorSweetheart (1992) — DirectorThe Bear and the Doll (1970) — Director · WriterLes Capricieux (1984) — DirectorSummer Night in Town (1990) — DirectorAlmost Peaceful (2002) — DirectorThe Apprentice Heel (1977) — Writer · DirectorThe Art of Breaking Up (2005) — DirectorLest We Forget (1991) — DirectorAdorable Liar (1962) — Director · WriterThe Little Bunch (1983) — DirectorBecause, Because of a Woman (1963) — Director · Writer · Producer