François Reichenbach

Known for: Directing
Born: July 3, 1921, Paris, France
Died: February 2, 1993
Movies: 52

François Arnold Reichenbach (3 July 1921 – 2 February 1993) was a French film director, cinematographer producer and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1954 aEarly life

François Reichenbach was born in 1921 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. His father Bernard Reichenbach was a successful businessman and his mother Germaine Angèle Sarah Monteux had a passion for music, which she passed on to young François.

His maternal grandfather Gaston Monteux was a wealthy industrialist: he was one of the first to buy paintings by Chagall, Braque, Picasso, Soutine, Utrillo and Modigliani. In his memoirs François Reichenbach says: "At the age of five I was terrified by all the faces in the paintings. And I became a forger. I added mustaches and hairs to the nudes of Modigliani. This hoax takes on another dimension when you know that I made a film with Orson Welles about the forger Elmyr de Hory in 1973.

Best-Known Movies

7.4

F for Fake

1973

6.8

The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

1968

4.6

Repeated Absences

1972

5.5

Life Love Death

1969

6.9

America as Seen by a Frenchman

1960

7.3

Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?

1974

6.7

13 Days in France

1968

5.9

The Marines

1957

6.4

The Right of the Maddest

1973

6.9

Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life

1969

Filmography

2018	Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure	Self (archive footage)
1981	Houston, Texas	Self
1974	L’Indiscret	François Reichenbach
1973	F for Fake	Self
1972	J'ai tout donné	Self
1969	Life Love Death	Self
1966	Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

1992	Michel Legrand	Director
1983	Le Japon insolite	Director
1981	Houston, Texas	Director
1981	Violence et Beaute	Director
1980	Tant qu'il y aura des enfants il y aura des clowns	Director
1976	Sex O’Clock USA	Director
1974	L’Indiscret	Director, Screenplay
1974	Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?	Director, Writer
1973	F for Fake	Writer, Director
1973	The Right of the Maddest	Writer, Director
1972	Repeated Absences	Producer
1972	J'ai tout donné	Director
1971	Medicine Ball Caravan	Director
1970	Yehudi Menuhin, chemin de lumière	Director, Writer
1969	Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life	Director
1969	Decameron '69	Director
1969	Images, rythmes et percussions	Director
1968	Mexico Mexico	Director
1968	13 Days in France	Director
1968	The Sixth Side of the Pentagon	Director
1968	Spécial Bardot	Director
1968	Portrait: Orson Welles	Director, Writer
1966	Voyage de Brigitte Bardot aux USA	Director
1965	Le Carnaval de la Nouvelle-Orléans	Director
1964	Village Sweetness	Director, Writer
1964	The Lovers of the France	Director
1964	Lomelin	Director
1964	Dunoyer de Ségonzac	Director
1963	Le Paris des mannequins	Director
1963	Lunar America	Director
1963	The Little Café	Director, Writer
1963	In Memory of Rock	Writer, Director
1963	Illuminations	Director
1961	The Winner	Director
1960	America as Seen by a Frenchman	Director, Writer
1958	L'américain se détend	Director, Writer
1957	The Marines	Director
1957	Au pays de Porgy and Bess	Director
1957	L'été Indien	Director
1956	Impressions de New York	Director, Writer
1956	Houston Texas	Director
1956	Le grand sud	Director
1955	Visages de Paris	Director
1954	Last Spring	Director
1954	Nus Masculins	Director

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