Alain Berbérian (, ; 2 July 1953 – 22 August 2017) was a French film director and writer of

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descent.

Biography

Born in Beirut to an Armenian father and a Greek mother, Berbérian spent his youth in Lebanon before finishing his studies in France. He was the brother of cartoonist Charles Berberian. He began his career in the audiovisual field, working as an editor at Canal+. His first feature film was the comedy , which was hit in France. Based on a script by Les Nuls, the film describes a series of murders in

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. Berbérian returned in 1998 with ''

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'', starring Vincent Lindon and Patrick Timsit. The film follows the life of a night watchman (Timsit) who is fired after being photographed at a soccer game, instead of being at his job. He then meets Michel (Lindon), who teaches him how to be a paparazzo. In 2000, Berbérian directed ''Six-Pack'', a thriller with Richard Anconina who stalks a serial-killer to the four corners of Paris. Returning in 2002 with the comedy '' Le Boulet'', starring Gérard Lanvin and Benoît Poelvoorde, a prison guard (Poelvoorde) has to team up with a convict (Lanvin) to retrieve a lotto ticket from the latter. Then in 2004, Berbérian paired Christian Clavier and

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in the comedy, '' The Corsican File'', based on a comic book of the same name by René Pétillon, in which a detective is responsible for locating a man living in

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who is owed an inheritance. In 2007, he reunited Gérard Jugnot and Jean-Paul Rouve in ''L'Île aux trésors''.

Death

Berbérian died in Paris, France, on 22 August 2017, at the age of 64.

Filmography

Director

* 1989 : ''ABCD Nuls'' (TV series), with Les Nuls * 1990 : ''Histoire(s) de la télévision'' (TV series), with Les Nuls * 1990 : ''Les Nuls L'émission'' (TV series), with Les Nuls * 1994 : , with Les Nuls * 1998 : ''

'', with Vincent Lindon * 2000 : ''Six-Pack'', with Richard Anconina * 2002 : '' Le Boulet'' (Dead Weight), with Gérard Lanvin * 2004 : '' L'Enquête Corse'' (The Corsican File), with Christian Clavier * 2007 : ''L'Île aux trésors'' (Treasured Island), with Gérard Jugnot

Writer

* 1998 : ''Six-Pack'', with Richard Anconina * 1997 : ''Paparazzi'', with Vincent Lindon

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berberian, Alain 1953 births 2017 deaths Writers from Beirut French film directors French people of Armenian descent French people of Greek descent