René Gainville Explained

René Gainville
Birth Name:	René Jacques Froc de Géninville
Birth Date:	2 December 1931
Birth Place:	Budapest, Hungary
Death Date:	5 August 2014
Death Place:	Paris, France
Nationality:	Hungarian
Citizenship:	French
Occupation:	Film director and film producer, screenwriter and actor
Spouse:	Edith Vignaud (stage name: Anne Vernon)

René Gainville (Budapest, 2 December 1931^[1] – Paris, 5 August 2014) was a Hungarian-born French screenwriter and film director, film producer and actor.^[2]

Biography

René Gainville was born René Jacques Froc de Géninville on 2 December 1931 in Budapest, Hungary.^[3] Graduated from Budapest High School.^[4]

After World War II, he moved with his family to Paris, where he began his film career after graduating as a film director.^[5]

His wife was the actress Edith Vignaud, under the stage name of Anne Vernon.^{[6] [7]}

They had a daughter, Catherine de Geninville.

He died on 5 August 2014 in Paris.^[8]

Filmography

Director

• 1964: Tambi (short film)
• 1964: Libérez-nous du mal (short film)
• 1964: Le père (short film)
• 1966: L'Homme de Mykonos
• 1968: Le Démoniaque / The Woman Is a Stranger
• 1969: Un jeune couple / A Young Couple
• 1970: Alyse et Chloé / Alyse and Chloé
• 1973: Le Complot
• 1974: Le Bon Samaritain (TV)
• 1975: Le Pensionnat et ses inimitiés (as Catherine Balogh)
• 1975: ... Et tu n'auras d'autres adversaires que toi (TV)

Assistant director

• 1965: Mission spéciale à Caracas / Mission to Caracas

Producer

• 1966: L'Homme de Mykonos
• 1968: Le Démoniaque
• 1970: Alyse et Chloé / Alyse and Chloé
• 1973: Le Complot
• 1975: Le Pensionnat et ses inimitiés
  • 1979: L'associé / The Associate 1996: The Associate (continued from L'Associé)
• 2001: Mikor siel az oroszlán? (Hungarian)^[9]

Screenwriter

• 1966: L'Homme de Mykonos
• 1968: Le Démoniaque
• 1979: L'Associé
• 1996: The Associate

Actor

• 1989: Thank You Satan (André Farwagi's film)
• 1996: Kisváros / Tengerparti végjáték (TV, Hungarian)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Family tree of René FROC de GÉNINVILLE. 2 September 2021. Geneanet. en.
2. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

   p.376

3. Web site: René Gainville. 2 September 2021. IMDb.
4. Web site: Elhunyt René Gainville. 2 September 2021. hirado.hu. hu-HU.
5. Elhunyt a budapesti születésű francia filmes, René Gainville

   Life.hu

   2014.08.07. 19:10

   https://www.life.hu/kultura/20140807-meghalt-a-budapesti-szuletesu-francia-filmes-rene-gainville.html

6. Web site: Anne VERNON. 2 September 2021. www.lesgensducinema.com.
7. Web site: Family tree of Edith VIGNAUD. 2 September 2021. Geneanet. en.
8. Dans Nos Ceurs

   https://www.dansnoscoeurs.fr/rene-gainville/1121277

9. Web site: Mikor síel az oroszlán? stáblista . 2022-06-23 . FilmKatalogus.hu.