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Didier Decoin

Didier Decoin

Writer · 1945–2026 · Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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Biography

Didier Decoin (born 13 March 1945) is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977. He is the son of filmmaker Henri Decoin. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at France Soir, Le Figaro and VOD, and radio Europe 1. At the same time he started writing. While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films Les Misérables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Balzac and Napoleon). In 1995, he became the Secretary of the Académie Goncourt. Source: Article "Didier Decoin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Wrote 31

2020s

  1. 2022

    The King’s Favorite

    Writer

2010s

  1. 2016
  2. 2015

    Pierre Brossolette ou les passagers de la lune

    Writer

  3. 2012

    One Night

    Novel

  4. 2011

    The King, the Squirrel and the Grass Snake

    Writer

  5. 2010

    Les diamants de la victoire

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2006

    Kronprinz Rudolf

    Writer

  2. 2005

    Louise

    Novel

  3. 2004

    Dans la tête du tueur

    Screenplay

  4. 2002
  5. 2000

    The King Is Dancing

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. Balzac: A Life of Passion

    Writer

  3. Balzac

    Writer

  4. 1998
  5. 1997

    The Chambermaid on the Titanic

    Novel

  6. The Fire That Burns

    Writer

  7. 1994

    Poorly Extinguished Fires

    Writer

  8. 1991

    Out of Life

    Screenplay

  9. 1990

    Dancing Machine

    Adaptation, Dialogue

1980s

  1. 1988

    Memories of You

    Original Story

  2. Un château au soleil

    Dialogue, Writer

  3. Lebanon, the Land of Honey and Incense

    Screenplay

  4. 1987

    Engagements of the Heart

    Writer

  5. The Veiled Man

    Screenplay

  6. 1983

    The Informer

    Writer

  7. 1981

    Cinq-Mars

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1979

    I... for Icarus

    Screenplay

  2. 1977

    The Bible

    Writer

  3. 1974

    The Marvelous Visit

    Dialogue, Screenplay

Produced 1

1990s

  1. 1993

    Morasseix!!!

    Producer

Created 1

2020s

  1. 2022

    The King’s Favorite

    Creator

Appearances6

2020s

  1. 2022

    Simenon et l'affaire du cinéma

    Self - Écrivain

  2. 2020

    Alexandre Dumas: The Flamboyant

    Self

1990s

  1. 1995

    Marcel Carné: My Life in Film

    Self