François Morel 14 March 1926 – 14 January 2018 was a Canadian composer, pianist, conductor, and music educator. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 1994 and was awarded the Prix Denise-Pelletier in 1996. He has had his works premiered by the CBC Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Contents
Jules Gabriel Verne 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905 was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). Verne is considered to
Henri Attal 1936 in Paris – 2003 was a French actor. Selected filmography[edit] Asphalte (1959) – Bit Part (uncredited) Les Bonnes Femmes (1960) – Un ami de Jane et Jacqueline (uncredited) Les godelureaux (1961) – Un consommateur Goodbye Again (1961) – Man at Concert (uncredited) A Woman Is a Woman (1961) – Faux aveugle #2 (uncredited) Saint-Tropez Blues (1961) – Un marin (uncredited)
Catherine (“Cathy“) Tanvier born 28 May 1965 is a former tennis player from France. She peaked at number 20 in 1984, and won one singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Contents 1Career 2WTA Tour career finals 2.1Singles (1–4) 2.2Doubles (9–12) 3ITF finals 3.1Singles (3–1) 3.2Doubles (11–6) 4Notes 5References 6External links Career In 1982, Tanvier became Wimbledon
Mathieu Amalric born 25 October 1965 is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known internationally for his performance as the lead villain in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, his performance in Steven Spielberg’s Munich, and for his role in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, for which he drew critical acclaim. He has also won several César
André Maurois French: ; born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967 was a French author. Contents 1Biography 2Family 3Quotations 4Bibliography 4.1Books 4.2Short stories 5References 6Further reading 7External links Biography Maurois was born on 26 July 1885 in Elbeuf and educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen, both in Normandy. A member of the Javal family, Maurois was the
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE born 14 December 1946 is an English actress, singer, songwriter, and model. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career as an actress in British and French cinema. A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing
Michèle Morgan 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016 was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered to have been one of the great French actresses of the 20th century. Morgan was the inaugural winner of the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963 was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. Contents 1Works 2Biography 2.1Early life 2.2Early career 2.3Friendship with Raymond Radiguet 2.4Further works 2.51940–1944 2.6Later years 2.7Private life 2.8Death 3Honours and awards 4Filmography 5Works 5.1Literature 5.2Film 5.3Artworks 5.4Recordings 5.5Journals 5.6Stamps
Jean-Luc Godard born 3 December 1930 is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the 1960s French New Wave film movement, and is arguably the most influential French filmmaker of the post-war era. According to AllMovie, his work “revolutionized the motion picture form” through its experimentation with narrative, continuity, sound, and camerawork. During his early