1984Winner
Best Director
Les Capricieux
Michel Deville
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
April 13, 1931
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. Nevertheless, his films, especially his comedies from the 1970s and 1980s, were popular in his native France.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1974Nominee
Best Director
Love at the Top
1955Nominee
Best Director
Razzia
Career Highlights
1978Highlight
Best Director
Dossier 51
1964Highlight
Best Director
Lucky Jo