Didier Decoin

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-03-13 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Didier Decoin

Biography

Didier Decoin (born 13 March 1945) is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977. He is the son of filmmaker Henri Decoin. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at France Soir, Le Figaro and VOD, and radio Europe 1. At the same time he started writing. While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films Les Misérables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Balzac and Napoleon). In 1995, he became the Secretary of the Académie Goncourt. Source: Article "Didier Decoin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Production

1999

Jakob the Liar

as Screenplay

1979

I... For Icarus

as Screenplay

2012

One Night

as Novel

2004

2005

Louise

as Novel

1983

The Informer

as Writer

1981

Cinq-Mars

as Writer

1988

Memories of You

as Original Story

2016

La face

as Writer

1977

The Bible

as Writer

1974

The Marvelous Visit

as Screenplay

1974

2000

1991

Out of Life

as Screenplay

1997

1987

The Veiled Man

as Screenplay

1990

Dancing Machine

as Adaptation

1990

Dancing Machine

as Dialogue

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