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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-03-13 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Didier Decoin

Biography:

Didier Decoin (born 13 March 1945) is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977.

He is the son of filmmaker Henri Decoin. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at France Soir, Le Figaro and VOD, and radio Europe 1. At the same time he started writing.

While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films Les Misérables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Balzac and Napoleon).

In 1995, he became the Secretary of the Académie Goncourt.

Source: Article "Didier Decoin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

2022

2020

2009

1995

1976

1975

Apostrophes as Self

1971

Samedi soir as Self

Writing

2022

2016

La face as Writer

2012

One Night as Novel

2006

2005

Louise as Novel

2004

2002

Napoleon as Scenario Writer
Napoleon as Writer

2000

1999

Jakob the Liar as Screenplay
Balzac as Writer

1991

Out of Life as Screenplay

1987

1983

The Informer as Writer

1981

Cinq-Mars as Writer

1979

I... For Icarus as Screenplay

1977

The Bible as Writer

1974

The Marvelous Visit as Screenplay

Creator

2022