Danièle Thompson

Danièle Claude Renée Tannenbaum, also known as Danièle Thompson (born ) is a Monegasque film director and screenwriter. Thompson is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury, and actress Jacqueline Roman.

Life Thompson was born on 3 January 1942 in Monaco. She moved to New York with her mother in 1960, and married Richard Thompson two years later. Thompson later married producer and agent Albert Koski.

In 2009, Thompson signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case.

In 2010, she joined Isabelle Adjani, Paul Auster, Isabelle Huppert, Milan Kundera, Salman Rushdie, Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Pierre Thiollet and Henri Tisot in signing the petition in support of Roman Polanski when the film director was temporarily arrested by Swiss police at the request of U.S. authorities.

Thompson was for two years an artist's model for American painter Tom Wesselman.

Work From the 1970s to the 1990s, Thompson worked as a screenwriter, before moving into directing. In 2016 she directed a French language film, Cezanne et moi, about the relationship between Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola.

Thompson was the writer and director of a 2023 television series Bardot, about Brigitte Bardot.

Filmography Thompson in 2014, at the premiere of the film Salaud, on t'aime. Film Year Title Director Writer Notes 1966 La Grande Vadrouille 1969 The Brain 1971 Delusions of Grandeur 1973 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob 1975 Cousin Cousine 1978 La Carapate Also soundtrack Va voir maman, papa travaille 1980 The Umbrella Coup La Boum 1982 Ace of Aces La Boum 2 1984 The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent 1987 Malady of Love Lévy et Goliath 1988 L'Étudiante 1989 Vanille fraise 1991 La neige et le feu 1993 Les marmottes 1994 La Reine Margot 1998 Paparazzi Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train 1999 Season's Beatings Belle maman Also soundtrack 2001 Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre 2002 Jet Lag 2004 The Giraffe's Neck 2006 Avenue Montaigne 2009 Change of Plans 2013 Des gens qui s'embrassent 2016 Cézanne and I

Television writer Year Title Notes 1978 Claudine 3 episodes 1992–1998 Une famille formidable 12 episodes;Also creator

TV movies La femme de l'amant (1992) Le Rouge et Le Noir (1997) Des gens si bien élevés (1997) Les grandes occasions (2006)

Miniseries Petit déjeuner compris (1980) Le Tiroir secret (1986) (Also soundtrack) La bicyclette bleue (2000)

Awards and nominations Academy Awards Year Title Category Result 1975 Cousin Cousine Best Original Screenplay

César Awards Year Title Category Result 1975 Cousin CousineBest Screenplay or Adaptation 1994 La Reine Margot 1998 Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train 1999Season's Beatings Best First Film 2006 Avenue Montaigne Best Original Screenplay

Other awards Year Title Award Category Result 1999 Season's Beatings Lumière Awards Best Screenplay 2006 Avenue Montaigne Globe de Cristal Awards Best Film