Michel Deville
DirectingAlso in Acting, Writing, and Production
Born April 13, 1931·Died February 16, 2023 (at 91)·Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France·Male
Biography
Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and international recognition of some of his contemporaries such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol, possibly because of his more conventional filmmaking style.
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Nevertheless, his films, especially his comedies from the 1970s and 1980s, were popular in his native France.
Known for
the most rated titles across all credits
Filmography
68 credits across 42 titlesDirecting
36 creditsActing
1 creditWriting
23 creditsProduction
2 creditsAs self
6 creditsTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
