Jacques Deray
Jacques Deray | |
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Born | Jacques Desrayaud 19 February 1929 |
Died | 10 August 2003[1] Boulogne-Billancourt, France | (aged 74)
Occupation(s) | Film director screenwriter |
Years active | 1952–1995 |
Jacques Deray (born Jacques Desrayaud, February 19, 1929 – August 9, 2003) was a French
Biography
Born Jacques Desrayaud in Lyon, France, in 1929 to a family of Lyon industrialists.[1]At the age of 19 he went to Paris to study drama under René Simon.[1][4]Deray played minor roles on the stage and in films from the age of 19. From 1952, Deray worked as assistant to a number of directors, including Luis Buñuel, Gilles Grangier, Jules Dassin, and Jean Boyer.[1][4]
Deray's first film was the drama
Deray became dedicated to the genre that won him favor with audiences and continued to make thrillers, action films, and spy films throughout the rest of his career adapting works of both French and English authors including Georges Simenon, Jean-Patrick Manchette, and Derek Raymond.[1]In 1981, Deray served as president of the jury of the 34th Cannes Film Festival.[5]Deray's last theatrical release was The Teddy Bear in 1994. Deray worked professionally in television until his death in 2003.[1]On his death, French President Jacques Chirac praised Deray, noting his "innate sense of storytelling and action" and adding that "France has lost one of its most talented filmmakers."[2]
Jacques Deray Prize
Created by in 2005 to honor Deray,
Filmography
- 1960 : The Gigolo
- 1963 : Rififi in Tokyo
- 1963 : Symphonie pour un massacre
- 1965 : Crime on a Summer Morning
- 1966 : To Skin a Spy
- 1966 : That Man George
- 1969 : La Piscine
- 1970 : Borsalino
- 1971 : Doucement les basses
- 1971 : Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide
- 1972 : The Outside Man
- 1974 : Borsalino & Co.
- 1975 : Flic Story
- 1977 : Le Gang
- 1978 : Butterfly on the Shoulder
- 1980 : Three Men to Kill
- 1983 : Le Marginal
- 1985 : He Died with His Eyes Open
- 1987 : Le Solitaire
- 1987 : Maladie d'amour
- 1989 : Les Bois noirs
- 1991 : Contre l'oubli (film collection)
- 1991 : Netchaïev est de retour
- 1993 : Un crime
- 1994 : 3000 scénarios contre un virus (segment « Arnaud et ses copains »)
- 1994 : The Teddy Bear
- 1998 : Clarissa (TV movie)
- 2000 : On n'a qu'une vie (TV movie)
- 2002 : Lettre d'une inconnue (TV movie)
References
- ^ Allmovie. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ^ a b "Jacques Deray, 74, Directed French Thrillers, Crime Dramas". Los Angeles Times. August 11, 2003. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ^ "'French Hitchcock' Deray dies". BBC. August 10, 2003. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Vallance, Tom (August 13, 2003). "Jacques Deray". The Independent. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ^ Prial, Frank J. (May 23, 1981). "Gilles Jacob, the Man Behind the Films at the Cannes Festival". The New York Times. p. 11. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- 20 Minutes. February 8, 2005. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ "La Nuit du 12 remporte le Prix Jacques-Deray 2023". France Télévisions (in French). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Le Prix Jacques-Deray 2016 à "L'enquête" avec Gilles Lellouche". RTBF (in French). AFP Relaxnews. January 29, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
External links
- Jacques Deray at IMDb