Gabriel Aghion is a French film director and screenwriter.
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Aghion was born in Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...
, in Egypt on 30 December 1955.
He is openly gay.["Bonjour, sweetie darling". '' The Advocate'', 20 November 2001.]
Selected filmography
* '' La Scarlatine'' (1983)
* '' Bras de Fer'' (1985)
* ''Rue du Bac
Rue du Bac is a street in Paris situated in the 7th arrondissement. The street, which is 1150 m long, begins at the junction of the quais Voltaire and Anatole-France and ends at the rue de Sèvres.
Rue du Bac is also the name of a station on ...
'' (1990)
* ''Pédale douce
''Pédale douce'' (Soft Pedal) is a 1996 French comedy film directed by Gabriel Aghion. Fanny Ardant won the 1997 César Award for Best Actress for her performance as Eva.
Plot
Adrien works in an advertising agency in the day and at night he b ...
'' (1996)
* ''Belle maman
''Belle maman'' (Step Mother) is a 1999 comedic French film starring Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Lindon, Line Renaud, Stéphane Audran, Idris Elba (in his debut), Françoise Lépine and directed by Gabriel Aghion
Gabriel Aghion is a French fi ...
'' (1999)[
* '' Le Libertin'' (1999)
* '']Absolument fabuleux
''Absolutely Fabulous'' (french: Absolument fabuleux) is a 2001 French comedy film co-written and directed by Gabriel Aghion. It is an adaptation of the British television sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous'', created by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn Fr ...
'' (2001)
* '' Pédale dure'' (2004)
* ''Un autre monde'' (TV) (2011)
* ''Manon Lescaut'' (TV) (2013)
* ''Avec le temps'' (TV) (2014)
References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
Writers from Alexandria
French film directors
French male screenwriters
French LGBT screenwriters
LGBT film directors
Gay screenwriters
Egyptian LGBT people
French gay writers
Egyptian emigrants to France
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