Henri Verneuil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Verneuil

French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1920

Place of Birth: Tekirdağ, Turkey

Date of Death: 11-Jan-2002

Profession: screenwriter, writer, engineer, film director, film producer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Henri Verneuil, born Ashot Malakian (15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002), was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France.
He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards. According to one obituary: For exactly 40 years, the prolific Verneuil made movies as mainstream and commercial as any to be found in America or Britain.
In his best period – the 1950s and 1960s – he delivered films in the "tradition of quality" so despised by the Nouvelle Vague.
Many of them proved excellent vehicles for old-timers Jean Gabin and Fernandel, and newcomers such as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon.