FILM DIRECTOR

Francis Veber

1937 - Today

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Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Nine French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writer or director or both, have been remade as English-language Hollywood films: Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (as The Man with One Red Shoe), L'emmerdeur (as Buddy Buddy), La Cage aux Folles (as The Birdcage), Le Jouet (as The Toy), Les Compères (as Fathers' Day), La chèvre (as Pure Luck), Les Fugitifs (as Three Fugitives), Le dîner de cons (as Dinner for Schmucks) and La Doublure (as The Valet). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Veber has received more than 224,290 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Francis Veber is the 322nd most popular film director, the 1,907th most popular biography from France (down from 1,844th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Film Director.

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  • 30

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  • 4.09

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  • 3.36

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Francis Veber ranks 322 out of 2,041. Before him are George Miller, Jack L. Warner, Adolph Zukor, Dušan Makavejev, Yuen Woo-ping, and Marc Allégret. After him are Anatole Litvak, King Vidor, Steven Soderbergh, Garry Marshall, Leo McCarey, and George Roy Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Francis Veber ranks 98. Before him are Boris Pugo, Bruce McCandless II, Billy Dee Williams, Ronald Venetiaan, Neeme Järvi, and Keizō Obuchi. After him are Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Shirley Bassey, John Horton Conway, Kōichirō Matsuura, Baden Powell, and Vittorio Brambilla.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis Veber ranks 1,907 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Pelliot (1878), Herleva (1003), Alphonse Allais (1854), Edward, Count of Savoy (1284), Marcabru (1200), and Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (1693). After him are Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800), Guy Roux (1938), Berengar of Tours (998), Michel Hidalgo (1933), Paul Abadie (1812), and Hugh Magnus (1007).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Francis Veber ranks 37. Before him are Patrice Chéreau (1944), Frank Darabont (1959), Julien Duvivier (1896), Germaine Dulac (1882), Just Jaeckin (1940), and Philippe de Broca (1933). After him are William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Jean Rouch (1917), Claude Sautet (1924), Jean Girault (1924), Guy Hamilton (1922), and François Ozon (1967).

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Filmography

The Dinner Game
Director
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
Apr 15o 19987.787 / 10
Dinner for Schmucks
Director
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.
Jul 30o 20105.7 / 10
The Birdcage
Director
Middle-aged gay life partners, Armand Goldman, a Jewish drag club owner, and Albert, the club's flamboyant star attraction, live in the eclectic community of South Beach and have raised a straight son. Now, their newly engaged son, 20-year-old Val, wants to bring his fiancée, Barbara, and her ultraconservative parents home to meet his family for the first time. By Val's request, Armand pretends to be straight, not Jewish and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert, in order to please Barbara's father, controversial right-wing Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley.
Mar 8o 19967 / 10