Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte ( born November 12, 1947 in Paris, France ) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Life
Leconte grew up in Tours and worked from 1970 to 1995 as an author and illustrator of picture stories for the magazine Pilote. In 1975 he made his directorial debut with a comic book movie, 1978, he landed with the satire Les Bronzés about a group holiday in a Mediterranean Club a great success with the public in France. Soon after, he established himself with the amour fou Story The Engagement of Monsieur Hire ( based on a novel by Georges Simenon ) as auteurs. In 1997, Leconte's Ridicule film was nominated for an Oscar. His autobiography, titled Je suis un imposteur appeared in 2000.