FILM DIRECTOR

Henri Verneuil

1920 - 2002

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Henri Verneuil (French: [ɑ̃ʁi vɛʁnœj]; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards. According to one obituary: For exactly 40 years, the prolific Verneuil made movies as mainstream and commercial as any to be found in America or Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Verneuil has received more than 184,652 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Henri Verneuil is the 259th most popular film director (up from 267th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 495th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Henri Verneuil ranks 259 out of 2,041. Before him are Frank Darabont, Assi Dayan, Julien Duvivier, Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Fleischer, and Menahem Golan. After him are Frank Lloyd, Robert Aldrich, John Frankenheimer, Hideaki Anno, Joseph Losey, and David Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Henri Verneuil ranks 86. Before him are Frank Sheeran, Gottfried Böhm, Mehdi Ben Barka, Peter D. Mitchell, Mario Benedetti, and Hans Blumenberg. After him are José López Portillo y Pacheco, Jaan Kross, Franklin J. Schaffner, Karl Albrecht, John Harsanyi, and Ben Ferencz. Among people deceased in 2002, Henri Verneuil ranks 56. Before him are Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Laurent Schwartz, César Milstein, Eduardo Chillida, Mauro Ramos, and Stephen Jay Gould. After him are Hugo Banzer, Agatha Barbara, John Frankenheimer, Joe Strummer, Chico Xavier, and Shigeo Sugimoto.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Henri Verneuil ranks 410 out of 1,347. Before him are Ziya Gökalp (1876), Pelagia (400), Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Paisios of Mount Athos (1924), Prusias I of Bithynia (-300), and Basil Zaharoff (1849). After him are Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), Barış Manço (1943), Parrhasius (-500), Joe Strummer (1952), Emine Erdoğan (1955), and Kâtip Çelebi (1609).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Türkiye

Among film directors born in Türkiye, Henri Verneuil ranks 3. Before him are Elia Kazan (1909), and Yılmaz Güney (1937). After him are Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959), Ferzan Özpetek (1959), Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967), Semih Kaplanoğlu (1963), Sırrı Süreyya Önder (1962), Yeşim Ustaoğlu (1960), Zeki Demirkubuz (1964), and Deniz Gamze Ergüven (1978).

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Filmography

The Sicilian Clan
Director
An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
Dec 5th 19697.616 / 10
The Night Caller
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A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and he has hard work with the maniac.
Apr 9th 19757.2 / 10
A Monkey in Winter
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During World War II, an innkeeper vows to abstain from alcohol for the sake of his family. Years later, as they thrive in Normandy, his resolve is tested by a charming advertising professional who loves to drink.
Jul 29th 19627.6 / 10