Danièle Thompson

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Danièle Thompson (born January 3, 1942 in Monaco) is a French film director and screenwriter. She is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury and actress Jacqueline Roma.

Danièle Thompson has written the screenplay for a number of highly successful films including Cousin, cousine, La Boum, Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre, La Reine Margot and Décalage Horaire which she also directed. She was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for Cousin, cousine. Her 2006 film Fauteuils d'orchestre was France's entrant for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

Thompson is a personal friend of American PBS talk show host, Charlie Rose and on February 26, 2007 was a guest on his Charlie Rose Show.

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• Danièle Thompson at IMDb