Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer. Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his career, including Police Python 357 (1976) and La Menace (1977).
Alain Corneau
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- Name
- Alain Corneau
- Born
- 7 August 1943
- Birthplace
- Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, France
- Died
- 30 August 2010
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Film director, writer
- Full name
- Alain Roger Corneau.
- Nationality
- France.
- Education
- Institut des hautes études cinématographiques.
- Honours
- Louis Delluc Prize, César Award for Best Film, César Award for Best Director and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Biography
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He directed Gérard Depardieu in the screen adaptation of Tous les matins du monde in 1991. Corneau died in Paris on 30 August 2010 from cancer, aged 67 and was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery. In 2024, Corneau was posthumously accused by Sarah Grappin of grooming her at 16.
Alain Corneau studied at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. The recorded working language is French. Work by Alain Corneau is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Louis Delluc Prize, César Award for Best Film, César Award for Best Director and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Name — Alain Corneau • Born — 7 August 1943 • Birthplace — Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, France • Died — 30 August 2010 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Film director, writer
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Alain Corneau, a director and screenwriter, was born on 7 August 1943 and died on 30 August 2010 in Paris. Alain Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Meung-sur-Loire (Loiret). The death is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Filmography
Filmography
• France, Inc. (1973) • Police Python 357 (1976) • La Menace (1977) • Série noire (1979) • Choice of Arms (1981) • Fort Saganne (1984) • ' (1986) • Nocturne Indien (1989) • Tous les Matins du Monde (1991) • New World (1995) • Le cousin (1997) • Le prince du Pacifique (2000) • Stupeur et Tremblements (2003) • Words in Blue (2005) • Le Deuxième souffle (2007) • Love Crime (2010)
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Alain Corneau died at 13th arrondissement of Paris.
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Meung-sur-Loire.
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13th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Acte de naissance sur cineartistes.com
- 2.Article AFP Le réalisateur Alain Corneau est mort Le Monde 30 août 2010 https://www.lemonde.fr/carnet/article/2010/08/30/le-realisateur-alain-corneau-est-mort_1404505_3382.html consulté le=30 août 2010 .
- 3.Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Mémoires tome 2, Seuil/La Découverte, 1998,
- 4.Aujourd'hui devenu La Femis.
- 5.Lien web http://www.franceculture.com/2010-08-30-alain-corneau-l’identite-en-quete.html Alain Corneau : l’identité en quête Hélène Combis 30 août 2010 France Culture consulté le=30 août 2010 .
- 6.Lien web http://www.cinephoto.fr/stupeurettremblementsphotos.html#interview Interview d'Alain Corneau Corneau, mars 2003 cinephoto.fr consulté le=30 août 2010 .
- 7.Article Le cinéaste Alain Corneau est mort Le Parisien 30 août 2010 https://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/le-cineaste-alain-corneau-est-mort-30-08-2010-1048350.php .
- 8.Les Gens du cinéma, consulté le 30 avril 2014.
- 9.Article Agence France-Presse Les proches d'Alain Corneau lui font leurs adieux La Presse (Montréal) La Presse 4 septembre 2010 lire en https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4548356-les-proches-dalain-corneau-lui-font-leurs-adieux.php consulté le=5 septembre 2010 .
- 10.Article Le souffle noir de Corneau La Libre Belgique 24 octobre 2007 https://www.lalibre.be/culture/cinema/2007/10/24/le-souffle-noir-de-corneau-CA32XDDDVZHBNP2KOKUHIGBN2M .
- 11.Article Romain Clergeat Alain Corneau: Nadine Trintignant, la femme de sa vie Paris Match 3 septembre 2010 https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Alain-Corneau-Nadine-Trintignant-la-femme-de-sa-vie-155226 .
- 12.Lien web Jean-Guillaume Lanuque notice BERNARD Claude, Maurice. Pseudonymes : RAOUL, DASSAC Raoul, BLANCHARD Raoul, CHARRIER Christian, GEORGES https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article16389 Le Maitron 20 octobre 2008 consulté le=27 janvier 2025
- 13.Ouvrage auteur1=Bertrand Tavernier Mémoires interrompus Arles Institut Lumière / Actes Sud 2024 pages 534 286 978-2-330-19028-6
- 14.article L’actrice Sarah Grappin accuse le cinéaste Alain Corneau de violences sexuelles Libération (journal) Libération 2024-02-15 lire en https://www.liberation.fr/societe/droits-des-femmes/lactrice-sarah-grappin-accuse-le-cineaste-alain-corneau-de-violences-sexuelles-20240214_VNR5LZXN3JD2DCTY24K3XD2VPU/ consulté le=2024-02-15 .
- 15.Alain Corneau sur JP Box-office, consulté le .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- François Guérif, Le Film noir américain, préface d'Alain Corneau, H. Veyrier, 1979, 286 p. ; nouvelle édition revue, corrigée et augmentée, Denoël, 1999, 413 p.
- Alain Corneau, Projection privée : souvenirs (préface d'Antonio Tabucchi, postface de Nadine Trintignant), Robert Laffont, 2007, 334 p.
- Tous les matins du monde d'Alain Corneau, comprend : Tous les matins du monde de Pascal Quignard, Gallimard, collection Folio cinéma, 2009
- Geneviève Winter, Tous les matins du monde (étude détaillée et comparée du roman et du film; avec un entretien inédit avec Alain Corneau : De la littérature au cinéma),Bréal, collection Connaissance d'une œuvre, 2010, 176 p.
- Louis Gardel, Fort Saganne, Seuil, 1980, 314 p. ; rééd 1997, 344 p.
- Pascal Quignard, Tous les matins du monde, Gallimard, 1991 ; 116 p.
- Pascal Quignard, L'Occupation américaine, Seuil, 1994,
- Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et Tremblements (grand prix du roman de l'Académie française 1999), Albin Michel, 1999, 186 p. ; rééd Gallimard, Livre de poche, 2001
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