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Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil
Born	Ashod Malakian; 15 October 1920; Rodosto, Turkey
Died	11 January 2002 (aged 81);
Occupation	Director
Years active	1940's - 2000's

Henri Verneuil (15 October 1920, Rodosto, Turkey - 11 January 2002, Bagnolet, France) was a prominent French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who enjoyed a successful career in France.

[edit] Biography

Director Henri Verneuil was born Achod (Ashod) Malakian to Armenian parents on 15 October 1920, in Rodosto, East Thrace, Turkey. In the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide when Achod was a little child his family fled to France and settled in Marseille. 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.

[edit] 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) (director + screenwriter)
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 sont lâchés (1961)
Un singe en hiver (1962)
Mélodie en sous-sol (1963) (Any Number Can Win) (1964 Edgar Award, Best Foreign Film) with Alain Delon and Jean Gabin
Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964) (+ playwright) with Lino Ventura
Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
La Vingt-cinquième heure (The 25th Hour) (1967) (+ playwright) with Anthony Quinn
La Bataille de San Sebastian (Guns for San Sebastian) (1968) with Charles Bronson
Le Clan des Siciliens (The Sicilian Clan) (1969) (+ playwright), starring Delon, Gabin and Ventura
Le Casse (1971) (+ playwright) with Jean-Paul Belmondo
Le Serpent (Night Flight from Moscow) (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 (Mother) (1992) (+ playwright)
588 rue Paradis (1993) (+ playwright)

[edit] External links

Henri Verneuil at the Internet Movie Database