Didier Decoin

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1945-03-13 (79 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.

Known For

Writer

2022
2016
La face

as Writer

2012
One Night

as Novel

2006
2005
Louise

as Novel

2004
2002
Napoleon

as Scenario Writer

2000
2000
Les Misérables

as Writer

1999
Jakob the Liar

as Screenplay

1999
Balzac

as Writer

1991
Out of Life

as Screenplay

1988
Memories of You

as Original Story

1988
1988
1987
The Veiled Man

as Dialogue

1983
The Informer

as Writer

1981
Cinq-Mars

as Writer

1979
I... For Icarus

as Screenplay

1977
The Bible

as Writer

1974
1974
The Marvelous Visit

as Screenplay

Actor

2022
2009
1976
1975
Apostrophes

as Self

1971
Samedi soir

as Self

Creator

2022