Danièle Thompson
French screenwriter and director (born 1942)
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- Danièle Claude Renée Tannenbaum , also known as Danièle Thompson (born 3 January 1942) is a Monegasque film director and screenwriter.
- Life Thompson was born on 3 January 1942 in Monaco.
- She moved to New York with her mother in 1960, and married Richard Thompson two years later.
- They have written screenplays together, most notably those of Jet Lag and Season's Beatings .
- In 2009, Thompson signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case.
Danièle Claude Renée Tannenbaum, also known as Danièle Thompson (born 3 January 1942) is a Monegasque film director and screenwriter. Thompson is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury, and actress Jacqueline Roman.
Life
Thompson was born on 3 January 1942 in Monaco. She is the daughter of film director Gérard Oury, and actress Jacqueline Roman. She moved to New York with her mother in 1960, and married Richard Thompson two years later. Thompson's son is the actor Christopher Thompson. They have written screenplays together, most notably those of Jet Lag and Season's Beatings. Thompson later married producer and agent Albert Koski.
In 2009, Thompson signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case.
In 2010, she joined Isabelle Adjani, Paul Auster, Isabelle Huppert, Milan Kundera, Salman Rushdie, Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Pierre Thiollet and Henri Tisot in signing the petition in support of Roman Polanski when the film director was temporarily arrested by Swiss police at the request of U.S. authorities.
Thompson was for two years an artist's model for American painter Tom Wesselman.
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