Josée Dayan
Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television director; her grandmother was the owner of a cinema. Since 1974 she directed mainly movies for television. In 1979, under her direction, a documentary about Simone de Beauvoir appeared. Her most successful works are the 1998 TV mini-series The Count of Monte Cristo with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role, and the 2002 mini-series Les Misérables with Depardieu and John Malkovich. Then there is Balzac: A Passionate Life (1999) and Cet amour-là (2001), both with Jeanne Moreau,[5] and Raspoutine (2011) with Depardieu. A major success was Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) with Catherine Deneuve and Nastassja Kinski in the leading roles. Source: Article "Josée Dayan" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
October 6, 1943Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
53Place of birth
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, FranceAlso known as
Josée DagnantCast credits
Crew credits
Hot Chocolate
DirectorL'Étrange monsieur Joseph
DirectorSous les vents de Neptune
DirectorRasputin
DirectorL'Ex-femme de ma vie
DirectorFrame Up Blues
DirectorLe Deuxième Couteau
DirectorMarie-Octobre
DirectorUne clinique au soleil
Director, WriterL'Enfant du secret
Writer, DirectorLe Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
Director, AdaptationThe Chalk Circle Man
Director, ProducerChâteau en Suède
DirectorNeptunes Thunder
DirectorA Dubious Place
Director, ProducerSeeking Whom He May Devour
DirectorThe Lanzac Clan
DirectorBalzac: A Life of Passion
DirectorA Cursed Monarchy
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