Henri Verneuil
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| Born |
Ashot Malakian 15 October 1920 Rodosto, Ottoman Turkey |
| Died | 11 January 2002 (aged 81) Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1940s – 2000s |
| Spouse(s) | Françoise Bonnot, Veronique |
| Children | Patric, Sophie, Sevan, Gayane |
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival, Golden Palm César Awards 1996 Golden Globe Award 1961 Mélodie en sous-sol (1961) |
Cannes Film Festival, Golden Palm
1964 Cent mille dollars au soleil
Oscar Award (Nominated)
Henri Verneuil, born Ashot Malakian (15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002), was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards.
According to one obituary:
For exactly 40 years, the prolific Verneuil made movies as mainstream and commercial as any to be found in America or Britain. In his best period - the 1950s and 1960s - he delivered films in the "tradition of quality" so despised by the Nouvelle Vague. Many of them proved excellent vehicles for old-timers Jean Gabin and Fernandel, and newcomers such as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon.
Verneuil was born Ashot Malakian (Armenian: Աշոտ Մալաքեան) to Armenian parents in Rodosto, East Thrace, Turkey. In 1924, when Ashot was a little child his family fled to Marseille in France, to escape persecution after the Armenian Genocide. 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.
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