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

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- 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.
Life
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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Selected filmography
• Mata Hari's Daughter (1954) • Frou-Frou (1955) • Maid in Paris (1956) • Women's Club (1956) • It Happened in Aden (1956) • Gates of Paris (1957) • Une Parisienne (1957) • Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida (1958) • Le Trou (1960) • Please, Not Now! (1961) • Good Luck, Charlie (1962) • 14-18 (1963) • De l'amour (1964) • Lamiel (1967) • Manon 70 (1968) • Les Femmes (1969) • Vivre ensemble (1973 – actor) • Like a Pot of Strawberries (1974) • Love on the Run (1979) • The Woman Next Door (1981) • Confidentially Yours (aka Finally, Sunday!; 1983)
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1996
Jean Aurel died at Paris.
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