Henri Verneuil

Henri Verneuil
Verneuil on a 2020 stamp of Armenia
Born	Ashot Malakian (1920-10-15)15 October 1920 Rodosto, Ottoman Turkey
Died	11 January 2002(2002-01-11) (aged 81) Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis
Occupation	Director
Years active	1940s – 2000s
Spouse(s)	Françoise Bonnot, Veronique
Children	Patric, Sophie, Sevan, Gayane
Awards	Cannes Film Festival, Golden Palm 1964 Cent mille dollars au soleil Oscar Award (Nominated) 1956 Le Mouton à cinq pattes César Awards 1996 Golden Globe Award 1961 Mélodie en sous-sol (1961)

Henri Verneuil (French: [ɑ̃ʁi vɛʁnœj]; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards.

According to one obituary:

For exactly 40 years, the prolific Verneuil made movies as mainstream and commercial as any to be found in America or Britain. In his best period – the 1950s and 1960s – he delivered films in the "tradition of quality" so despised by the Nouvelle Vague. Many of them proved excellent vehicles for old-timers Jean Gabin and Fernandel, and newcomers such as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon.^[1]