Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French movie director and writer.
Corneau was born inMeung-sur-Loire,Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his career, includingPolice Python 357 (1976) andLa Menace (1977). He directedGérard Depardieu in the screen adaptation ofTous les matins du monde in 1991.
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