Gerard Oury
About
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Also Known As
Max-Gerard Houry Tannenbaum
Birth Place
Paris, FR
Born
April 29, 1919
Died
July 20, 2006
Biography
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Spruce character player who began directing light entertainments in the late 1950s and, within a decade, was making some of France's highest-grossing films. Oury is best known to English-speaking audiences for the superb slapstick of "The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob" (1973), starring Louis De Funes. Oury's daughter, scenarist Danielle Thompson, has worked frequently with her father as ...
Biography
Spruce character player who began directing light entertainments in the late 1950s and, within a decade, was making some of France's highest-grossing films. Oury is best known to English-speaking audiences for the superb slapstick of "The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob" (1973), starring Louis De Funes. Oury's daughter, scenarist Danielle Thompson, has worked frequently with her father as well on productions such as Jean-Charles Tacchella's "Cousin, Cousine" (1975) and Claude Pinoteau's "La Boum" (1980).
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Le Schpountz
(1999)
Director
Fantome avec chauffeur
(1996)
Director
La Soif d'or
(1993)
Director
Vanille Fraise
(1989)
Director
Levy et Goliath
(1988)
Director
Le Vengeance du serpent a plumes
(1984)
Director
Ace of Aces
(1982)
Director
Le Coup du Parapluie
(1980)
Director
La Carapate
(1978)
Director
The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
(1973)
Director
La Folie des grandeurs
(1971)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
Back to the Wall
(1959)
Jacques
Woman of the River
(1958)
Enzo Cinti
Heroes and Sinners
(1955)
The Heart of the Matter
(1954)
Yusef
They Who Dare
(1954)
Daptain George Two
The Loves of Three Queens
(1954)
Napoleon Bonaparte
The River Girl
(1954)
Sea Devils
(1953)
Napoleon
The Sword and the Rose
(1953)
[Francis,] Dauphin of France
Antoine Et Antoinette
(1947)
Writer (Feature Film)
The Mirror Has Two Faces
(1996)
Adaptation From ("Le Miroir A Deux Faces" (France/1958))
Fantome avec chauffeur
(1996)
Screenwriter
The Mirror Has Two Faces
(1996)
Screenplay
La Soif d'or
(1993)
Screenwriter
Vanille Fraise
(1989)
Screenplay
Levy et Goliath
(1988)
Screenwriter
Le Vengeance du serpent a plumes
(1984)
Screenplay
Ace of Aces
(1982)
Screenwriter
Le Coup du Parapluie
(1980)
Screenplay
The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
(1973)
Screenplay
Babette Goes to War
(1959)
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Life Events
Family
Danielle Thompson
Daughter
Screenwriter, director. Has collaborated with father.
