Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- April 8, 1932, Auxerre, Yonne, France
- Died
- September 2, 2026
- Movies
- 27
Jean-Paul Rappeneau (8 April 1932 — 2 September 2026) was a French film director and screenwriter.
He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le métro in 1960 and Vie privée in 1961. In 1964, he was co-screenwriter for L'Homme de Rio, which starred Jean-Paul Belmondo.
The first film that he both wrote and directed was A Matter of Resistance in 1965. Although it was a great critical and popular success, he did not make another film until 1971, when he directed Les Mariés de l'an II, again starring Belmondo and Marlène Jobert.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand | Self |
| 2023 | Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Self |
| 2016 | Belmondo by Belmondo | Self |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Self |
| 2013 | Les Aventures d'Adrien: L'Affaire Catalan | Self |
| 2011 | Il était une fois... « Lacombe Lucien » | Self (cinéaste) |
| 2007 | A City Runs Through the Festival | Self |
| 2003 | Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic | Self |
| 1978 | Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2015 | Families | Director, Writer |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Director |
| 2003 | Bon Voyage | Director, Screenplay |
| 1995 | The Horseman on the Roof | Screenplay, Director |
| 1990 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Screenplay, Director |
| 1982 | All Fired Up | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | Lovers Like Us | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | The Magnificent One | Writer |
| 1971 | The Married Couple of the Year Two | Director, Writer |
| 1966 | A Matter of Resistance | Director, Screenplay |
| 1965 | Marco the Magnificent | Writer |
| 1964 | That Man from Rio | Writer |
| 1962 | Le Combat dans l'île | Writer |
| 1962 | A Very Private Affair | Writer |
| 1961 | Saint-Tropez Blues | Writer |
| 1960 | Zazie dans le Métro | Screenplay |
| 1958 | Provincial Chronicle | Screenplay, Director |
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