Danièle Heymann (16 May 1933 – was a French journalist and film critic. She was the former head of the Culture Department at ''

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'', a film critic for ''

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'' and '' L'Express'', and was a participant in the show ''Le Masque et la Plume'' on

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. She was a recipient of the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur and Officer of the National Order of Merit.

Biography

Danièle Heymann was born in

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on 16 May 1933. She was the daughter of filmmaker

Claude Heymann Claude Heymann (13 November 1907 – 13 April 1994) was a French screenwriter and film director.Frey p.78 Selected filmography * '' American Love'' (1931) * '' Idylle au Caire'' (1933) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * ''Paris-New York'' (1 ...

, and was the second wife of singer

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. Her first salaried job was at the

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. After starting at ''

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'', she was quickly dismissed because of a very negative review of a film with Roger Pierre and

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. She was a cinema critic at ''L'Express'' and Marianne, and head of the Culture Department at ''Le Monde''. From 1989 to 2019, she served as a cinema columnist on the radio show ''Le Masque et la Plume''. She was a member of the jury of the

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in 1987. From 1977 to 2006 she directed L'Année du cinéma, which she wrote alone or with

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or Alain Lacombe. Heymann was a friend of

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and Françoise Arnoul during her youth. She died on 25 July 2019.

Awards and honors

* 1993, Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur * 2019, Officer of the National Order of Merit * 2014, prix Bernard Chardère remis from

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References

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