Richard Dembo

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Richard Dembo
Born(1948-05-24)24 May 1948
Paris, France
Died11 November 2004(2004-11-11) (aged 56)
Paris, France

Richard Dembo (24 May 1948 – 11 November 2004) was a French director and screenwriter.

Dembo achieved worldwide recognition with his first film: La diagonale du fou , which received an Oscar in 1984 for best foreign film, [1] and also won the César Award for Best First Film for the film. [2] as well as other numerous awards (Prix Louis Delluc). Michel Piccoli starred in the film as a Jewish citizen of the USSR.

In 1993, Dembo directed L'instinct de l'ange with Hélène Vincent, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Cluzet und Lambert Wilson. After a long pause, during which he directed no films, Dembo directed his last film Nina's House .

On 11 November 2004, Dembo unexpectedly died in Paris under the symptoms of an intestinal obstruction. He was buried in Israel.

References

  1. ↑ "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. ↑ "Richard Dembo". Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. Retrieved July 30, 2025.


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