Thompson, Danièle

(January 3, 1942, Mo­naco-)

   The daughter of actor and film director Gérard Oury and actress Jacqueline Roman (1920-1981), she made her debut as a screenwriter with her father in 1966 (La Grande Vadrouille / Don't Look Now, We've Been Shot At / USA: Don't Look Now—We're Being Shot At, France / UK). Since then, she has collaborated on movies (1969 Le Cerveau / Il Cervello / UK and USA: The Brain, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, Gérard Oury, France / Italy; 1971 La Folie des Grandeurs / Ma­nia di grandezza / Die dummen Streiche der Reichen / Don Louis der Grôssenwahnsinnige / Delirios de grandeza / UK and USA: Delusions of Grandeur, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Gérard Oury, France / Italy / West Germany / Spain; 1973 Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob / Le folli avventure di Rabbi Jacob / UK: The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob / USA: The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Gérard Oury, France / Italy; 1975 Cousin, Cousine, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Jean-Charles Tacchella; 1978 Va voir Ma­man, Papa travaille / UK and USA: Your Turn, My Turn, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, François Leterrier; La Carapate / USA: Out of It, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, author of songs "Because It's May", "France, France, France", Gérard Oury; 1980 La Boum / USA: The Party, as co-screenwriter, dialogist, Claude Pinoteau; Le Coup du Parapluie, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Gérard Oury; 1982 L'As des As / Das Asse der Asse, as co-screenwriter, dialogist, Gérard Oury, France / Italy; La Boum 2, as co-screenwriter, dialogist, actor, Claude Pinoteau; 1984 La Vengeance du Serpent à Plumes, as co-screenwriter, dialogist, Gérard Oury, France / Mexico; 1987 Lévy et Goliath / UK and USA: Levy and Goliath, as co-screenwriter, dialogist, Gérard Oury; Maladie d'Amour, as screenwriter, dialogist, Jacques Deray; 1988 L'Etudiante, as co-screenwriter, dialogist, Claude Pinoteau, France / Italy; 1991 La Neige et le Feu, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Claude Pino-teau; 1993 Les Marmottes, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Elie Chouraqui; 1994 La Reine Margot / La regina Margot / Die Bartholomausnacht / USA: Queen Mar­got, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist, Patrice Chéreau, France / Italy / Germany; 1998 Paparazzi, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist, Alain Berbérian; Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le Train / USA: Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train, as author of original idea, co-screenwriter, Patrice Chéreau; 1999 Belle Maman / USA: Beautiful Mother, as co-screenwriter, author of song "Joyeux Anniversaire Maman", Gabriel Aghion; 2001 Belphégor—Le Fantôme du Louvre, as co-dialogist, Jean-Paul Salomé; 2004 Le Cou de la Girafe, as adapter, Safy Nebbou). TV credits: 1978 Claudine à l'Ecole (as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, Edouard Molinaro); Claudine à Paris (as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Edouard Molinaro); Claudine s'en va (as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Edouard Molinaro); 1980 Petit Déjeuner compris (6 X 52', as screenwriter, dialogist, Michel Berny); 1986 Le Tiroir secret (6 X 52', as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, Michel Boisrond, Roger Gilioz, Edouard Molinaro, Nadine Trintignant); 1992 Une Famille formidable (as screenwriter; episodes "Tout pour être heureux", "L'Epreuve de Force", "Des Jours ça rit, des Jours ça pleure", Joël Santoni); La Femme et l'Amant (as screenwriter, dialogist, Christopher Frank); 1997 Les Rendez-vous de la Vie (episodes "Des Gens si bien élevés", as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; "La Rivale", Olivier Dutaillis); Le Rouge et le Noir / Il rosso e il nero / USA: The Red and the Black (2 X 100', as dialogist, Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, France / Italy / Germany); 2000 La Bicyclette bleue / USA: The Blue Bicycle (6 X 52' or 3 X 90', as adapter, Thierry Binisti). She authored a novel (1994 La Femme de l'Amant, Grasset). Her son, Christopher Thompson (b. 1969), is also an actor and director.

 Filmography

1999 ◘ La Bûche / UK and USA: Season's Beatings (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2002 ◘ Décalage horaire / Canada: Jet Lag (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / UK)

2006 ◘ Fauteuils d'Orchestre / UK and Canada: Orchestra Seats / USA: Avenue Montaigne (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2009 ◘ Le Code a changé (also screenwriter, dialogist)