French film director and screenwriter, born in Montpellier, France. He studied lay and he intended to become a painter or poet, but in 1949 he began making documentary films. At the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, he won the Jury Prize for Goha, a Tunisian-French co-production in...Read more which the 20-year-old Claudia Cardinale made her feature debut and launched Omar Sharif to stardom. His most important works include La poupée (1962), Dragées au poivre (1963), La ville-bidon (1971), and Piège (1970). He died on November 27, 2009, in Antony, France, at the age of 91.
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French film director and screenwriter, born in Montpellier, France. He studied lay and he intended to become a painter or poet, but in 1949 he began making documentary films. At...Read more the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, he won the Jury Prize for Goha, a Tunisian-French co-production in which the 20-year-old Claudia Cardinale made her feature debut and launched Omar Sharif to stardom. His most important works include La poupée (1962), Dragées au poivre (1963), La ville-bidon (1971), and Piège (1970). He died on November 27, 2009, in Antony, France, at the age of 91.