Danièle Thompson
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Danièle Thompson | |
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 Thompson at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | Danièle Claude Renée Tannenbaum 3 January 1942 |
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| Years active | 1966–present |
Danièle Claude Renée Tannenbaum, also known as Danièle Thompson (born 3 January 1942)[1] is a Monegasque film director and screenwriter. Thompson is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury, and actress Jacqueline Roman.
Life
[edit]Thompson was born on 3 January 1942 in Monaco.[1] She is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury, and actress Jacqueline Roman.[2] She moved to New York with her mother in 1960, and married Richard Thompson two years later.[1] Thompson's son is the actor Christopher Thompson. They have written screenplays together, most notably those of Jet Lag and Season's Beatings.[3] Thompson later married producer and agent Albert Koski.[4]
In 2009, Thompson signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case.[5]
In 2010, she joined Isabelle Adjani, Paul Auster, Isabelle Huppert, Milan Kundera, Salman Rushdie, Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Pierre Thiollet and Henri Tisot in signing the petition in support of Roman Polanski when the film director was temporarily arrested by Swiss police at the request of U.S. authorities.[6]
Thompson was for two years an artist's model for American painter Tom Wesselman.[7]
Work
[edit]From the 1970s to the 1990s, Thompson worked as a screenwriter, before moving into directing.[1] Thompson has written screenplays for a number of highly successful films including Cousin, cousine, La Boum, Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre, La Reine Margot, and Jet Lag, which she also directed. She was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for Cousin, cousine. Her 2006 film, Fauteuils d'orchestre was France's entrant for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. and was on the 1986 Cannes Film Festival jury.[8] In 2016 she directed a French language film, Cezanne et moi, about the relationship between Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola.[9]
Thompson was the writer and director of a 2023 television series Bardot, about Brigitte Bardot.[10]
Filmography
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Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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| 1966 | La Grande Vadrouille | No | Yes | |
| 1969 | The Brain | No | Yes | |
| 1971 | Delusions of Grandeur | No | Yes | |
| 1973 | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | No | Yes | |
| 1975 | Cousin Cousine | No | Yes | |
| 1978 | La Carapate | No | Yes | Also soundtrack |
| Va voir maman, papa travaille | No | Yes | ||
| 1980 | The Umbrella Coup | No | Yes | |
| La Boum | No | Yes | ||
| 1982 | Ace of Aces | No | Yes | |
| La Boum 2 | No | Yes | ||
| 1984 | The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent | No | Yes | |
| 1987 | Malady of Love | No | Yes | |
| Lévy et Goliath | No | Yes | ||
| 1988 | L'Étudiante | No | Yes | |
| 1989 | Vanille fraise | No | Yes | |
| 1991 | La neige et le feu | No | Yes | |
| 1993 | Les marmottes | No | Yes | |
| 1994 | La Reine Margot | No | Yes | |
| 1998 | Paparazzi | No | Yes | |
| Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | No | Yes | ||
| 1999 | Season's Beatings | Yes | Yes | |
| Belle maman | No | Yes | Also soundtrack | |
| 2001 | Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre | No | Yes | |
| 2002 | Jet Lag | Yes | Yes | |
| 2004 | The Giraffe's Neck | No | Yes | |
| 2006 | Avenue Montaigne | Yes | Yes | |
| 2009 | Change of Plans | Yes | Yes | |
| 2013 | Des gens qui s'embrassent | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | Cézanne and I | Yes | Yes |
Television writer
[edit]| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Claudine | 3 episodes |
| 1992–1998 | Une famille formidable | 12 episodes; Also creator |
TV movies
- La femme de l'amant (1992)
- Le Rouge et Le Noir (1997)
- Des gens si bien élevés (1997)
- Les grandes occasions (2006)
Miniseries
- Petit déjeuner compris (1980)
- Le Tiroir secret (1986) (Also soundtrack)
- La bicyclette bleue (2000)
Awards and nominations
[edit]Academy Awards
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Cousin Cousine | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
César Awards
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Cousin Cousine | Best Screenplay or Adaptation | Nominated |
| 1994 | La Reine Margot | Nominated | |
| 1998 | Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Season's Beatings | Nominated | |
| Best First Film | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Avenue Montaigne | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
Other awards
| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Season's Beatings | Lumière Awards | Best Screenplay | Won |
| 2006 | Avenue Montaigne | Globe de Cristal Awards | Best Film | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Daniele Thompson". Monaco Tribune. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ^ "Gérard Oury est décédé" [Gérard Oury has died]. lefigaro.fr (in French). 20 July 2006. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ Janis L. Pallister; Ruth A. Hottell (2005). Francophone Women Film Directors: A Guide. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. pp. 195–196. ISBN 978-0-8386-4046-3. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "The Collector as Muse: 'Those Are My Big Red Lips' (Published 2017)". 20 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Signez la pétition pour Roman Polanski !". La Règle du jeu (in French). 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Polanski : La pétition". La regle du jeu. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Tom Wesselmann by Danièle Thompson". Fondation Luis Vuitton. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ^ Pollack, Sydney (19 May 1986). "Juries 1986". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
- ^ Hopewell, Elsa Keslassy,John (17 January 2016). "Daniele Thompson's 'Cezanne' Highlighted With Paris Exhibit, Sells For Pathe". Variety. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Alberge, Dalya (20 August 2023). "Brigitte Bardot: 'I don't understand why the whole world is still talking about me'". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
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