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Jean Aurel

Illustration — Jean Aurel (leftmost) in Helsinki, Finland in 1968 Jean Aurel (6 November 1925 in Rastolita, Romania – 24 August 1996 in Paris) was a Romanian-born French film director and scriptwriter. Notably, he co-wrote La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door) with François Truffaut and Suzanne Schiffman.

Jean Aurel

Photograph of movie people promoting their films: Jean Aurel (to the left), Lasse Mårtenson, Kristiina Halkola, Titta Karakorpi, and Lars Åberg.

Pentti Koskinen · Helsingin Sanomat · Public domain

Full name
Aurel Kupferman.
Born
1925.
Died
1996. · 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Nationality
France.
Occupation
screenwriter, actor and director.
Education
Institut des hautes études cinématographiques.
Languages
French.

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Jean Aurel (6 November 1925 – 24 August 1996) is described as a director and screenwriter in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.

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Jean Aurel was born on 6 November 1925 and died on 24 August 1996 in Paris. Jean Aurel was born in Rasvolitza, Romania, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

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