Henri Verneuil (October 15, 1920 - January 11, 2002) was a prominent French playwright and filmmaker.
Biography
Director Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian to Armenian parents on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey. His family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, which he dedicated to his mother and made into a 1991 film with the same name, which was followed by a sequel, 588 Rue Paradis, the following year.
Filmography
- Pipe chien (1950)
- On demande un bandit (1950)
- Maldonne (1950)
- La Légende de Terre-Blanche (1950)
- L'Art d'être courtier (1950)
- La Table-aux-Crevés (1995) (+ playwright)
- Le Fruit défendu (1952) (+ playwright)
- Brelan d'As (1952)
- Le Boulanger de Valorgue (1953)
- Carnaval (Carnival) (1953)
- L'Ennemi Public n°1 (Public Enemy No.1) (1953)
- Le mouton à cinq pattes (The Sheep Has Five Legs) (1954) (+ playwright)
- Les Amants du Tage (1955)
- Des gens sans importance (1955) (+ playwright)
- Paris, Palace Hôtel (1956) (+ playwright)
- Une manche et la belle (1957) (+ playwright)
- Sois belle et tais-toi (1958)
- Maxime (1958) (+ playwright)
- Le Grand chef (1959)
- La Vache et le prisonnier (1959) (+ playwright) with Fernandel
- L'Affaire d'une nuit (1960)
- La Française et l'amour (1960)
- Le Président (The President) (1961) (+ playwright) with Jean Gabin
- Les lions son lâchés (1961)
- Un singe en hiver (1962)
- Mélodie en sous-sol (1963) (1964 Edgar Award, Best Foreign Film) with Alain Delon
- Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964) (+ playwright) with Lino Ventura
- Week-end à Zuycoote (1964)
- La Vingt-cinquième heure (The 25th Hour) (1967) (+ playwright) with Anthony Quinn
- La Bataille de San Sebastian (The Battle of San Sebastian) (1968) with Charles Bronson
- Le Clan des Siciliens (1969) (+ playwright)
- Le Casse (1971) (+ playwright) with Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Le Serpent (1973) (+ playwright)
- Peur sur la ville (1975) (+ playwright)
- Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976) (+ playwright)
- I comme Icare (I as in Icarus) (1979) (+ playwright) with Yves Montand
- Mille milliards de dollars (1982) (+ playwright)
- Les Morfalous (1984) (+ playwright)
- Mayrig (1992) (+ playwright)
- 588 rue Paradis (1993) (+ playwright)
