Richard Dembo

Richard Dembo (born the May 24th 1948 with Paris and dead the November 11th 2004 with Paris) was a Réalisateur and Scénariste French.

Biography

It is by carrying out its first film in 1984, the Diagonal of insane the , that he is success with in particular obtaining the César of best first film and the Oscar of best foreign film.

After having obtained his baccalaureat option Philosophy in 1964, Richard Dembo prepares IDHEC and is the same year assisting realizer near Jean Schmidt for three court-measurings, then training with ORTF. He continues his training with Paulina from goes away (1969) of Andre Techine or with the companions of Baal (1970) of Pierre Prévert. He founds About fifteen the realizers, section parallel of the Cannes festival, with Pierre-Henri Deleau and becomes the principal organizer as from 1970 about it. He collaborates in various scenarios and becomes assistant realizer in 1969.

Assisting during years, Richard Dembo takes his take-off in 1984 with the exit of its first feature-length film, the Diagonal of insane the , greeted by the critic. After years of eagerness, it has finally " impression to revive " : this film receives the Grand Prix of the national Academy of the cinema, the Prix Louis-Delluc, three nominations in Césars and a nomination with the Oscars for best foreign film! Subtle and demanding, Richard Dembo respects the sensitivity of his public and remains faithful to the cinema of the dream and the feeling. They is only eight years later that it carries out its second film, the Instinct of the angel .

Richard Dembo was also Director, in particular for the Opéra of Paris ( the Tales of Hoffman ; Mrs Butterfly ). In 2001, it published a novel entitled Diva Divina .

Catalog of films

Realizer and scenario writer

1984 : the Diagonal of insane the
1992: Instinct of the angel on the pioneers of aviation in 1914-1918
2003: the Carp in the bath-tub only with the state of scenario not published and noncarried out
2005: the House of Nina

Scenario writer

1997 : Palms of Mr. Schutz

Others

DVD of the Diagonal of insane the , published in 2003 by the Montparnasse Editions, was completely carried out by a team of students of the International institute of multi-media the (IIM), directed by Eric Axelson. Richard Dembo was then professor of scenario and synopsis at the Institute.

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