La Piscine
1970
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Jacques Deray (born Jacques Desrayaud, February 19, 1929 – August 9, 2003) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime and thriller films.
Jacques Deray was born on 19 February 1929 in Lyon, Rhône, France. He was a director and writer, known for He Died with His Eyes Open (1985), A Bigger Splash (2015) and Borsalino (1970). He was married to Agnès Vincent-Deray and Nicole Jones. He died on 9 August 2003 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
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- Lyon, Rhône, France
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- Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
The films for which Deray is best known are his tough crime thrillers (Borsalino , Flic Story, Le Marginal, amongst others), which continued France's long tradition of classy films policiers well into the 1980s. Jacques Deray was born in Lyons, France, on 19th February 1929, the son of an industrialist.
Jacques Deray, né Jacques Desrayaud le 19 février 1929 à Lyon 3 e [1], et mort le 9 août 2003 à Boulogne-Billancourt, est un réalisateur de cinéma français. Spécialiste des films policiers, il connaît son âge d'or dans les années 1970 en faisant tourner Alain Delon ou Jean-Paul Belmondo.
May 11, 2021 · It’s a simple, perhaps even cliched premise for a suspense film. But Jacques Deray’s 1969 “La Piscine” (playing New York’s Film Forum in a new 4K restoration starting May 14 th, and released on Blu-ray and DVD by Criterion in July) has the impossibly beautiful Romy Schneider and Alain Delon as the couple
Aug 23, 2021 · Richard Brody writes about how the unnecessary praise for the 1969 film “La Piscine” (“The Swimming Pool”), by Jacques Deray, starring Romy Schneider and Alain Delon, drowns out the ...
Aug 12, 2003 · Aug. 12, 2003. The French director Jacques Deray, a master of classic thrillers and crime films, died on Saturday night at his home in Boulogne-Billancourt, his family said on Sunday. He was 74.
