Michel Deville

Director

Born: April 13, 1931
Died: February 16, 2023 (age 91)
From: Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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. Nevertheless, his films, especially his comedies from the…

Filmography (36)

Lesson movie from Michel Deville: Nude in the town and village
Lesson movie from Michel Deville: Nude in the town and village (2009)
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The Art of Breaking Up (2005)
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Almost Peaceful (2002)
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A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002)
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Sachs' Disease (1999)
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The Gods Must Be Daring (1997)
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Son of Gascogne (1995)
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Life's Little Treasures (1994)
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Sweetheart (1992)
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Lest We Forget (1991)
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Summer Night in Town (1990)
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La Lectrice (1988)
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The Nonentity (1986)
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Death in a French Garden (1985)
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Les Capricieux (1984)
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The Little Bunch (1983)
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Deep Water (1981)
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A Sweet Journey (1980)
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Dossier 51 (1978)
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The Apprentice Heel (1977)
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Love at the Top (1974)
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The Woman in Blue (1973)
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Raphael or the Debauched One (1971)
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The Bear and the Doll (1970)
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Bye Bye Barbara (1969)
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The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968)
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Tender Sharks (1967)
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Soldier Martin (1966)
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The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966)
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Lucky Jo (1964)
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