Francis Veber

Francis Veber

1937-07-28 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France 49 Credits

Biography

Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Many of his comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon and François Perrin. Veber was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine to a Jewish father and an Armenian mother. His grand uncle was writer Tristan Bernard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Veber, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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El sopar dels idiotes

El sopar dels idiotes

2023

Writer

Writing
The New Toy

The New Toy

2022

Idea

5.9

Samy lives happily with his wife, Alice, in a poor urban housing project amongst friends and neighbours. For his son’s birthday, the richest man in Fr...

Pierre Richard... en mode Veber

Pierre Richard... en mode Veber

2022

as Self

Acting

Great actors have interpreted, in the theater or in the cinema, the roles of François Pignon or François Perrin. But the one who, without any doubt, k...

The Valet

The Valet

2022

Original Film Writer

7.5
Writing

World famous movie star Olivia faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent. The hard-working valet Anton...

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

2017

as Self - Screenwriter, director, producer (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Follow in the footsteps of burlesque actor Pierre Richard, a key figure in French cinema in the 1970s and 1980s.

Le Placard

Le Placard

2015

Stage Director, Theatre Play, Original Story

5.5
Directing Writing

François Pignon, an accountant in a condom factory, learns that he is going to be fired. Already overwhelmed by personal problems, he decides to throw...

Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite

Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite

2015

as Self

8.0
Acting
Cher Trésor

Cher Trésor

2014

Director, Author

4.8
Directing
Dinner for Schmucks

Dinner for Schmucks

2010

Original Film Writer, Executive Producer

5.7
Writing Producing

Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim pla...

A Pain in the Ass

A Pain in the Ass

2008

as L'homme bousculé par Milan (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons.

A Pain in the Ass

A Pain in the Ass

2008

Director, Writer, Theatre Play

5.2
Directing Writing

An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons.

Bheja Fry

Bheja Fry

2007

Original Story

6.5
Writing

Ranjeet Thadani is a bored and arrogant music producer who along with his friends hosts a party every Friday where they invite an 'idiot' to ridicule ...

Terminus

Terminus

2006

Director, Screenplay

9.0
Directing Writing
The Valet

The Valet

2006

Director, Writer

6.0
Directing Writing

Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by in...

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

2005

as Self

7.0
Acting

This documentary brings a lighting on the originality and the specificity of the actor-author Pierre Richard, improbable synthesis of the talking ant ...

Ruby & Quentin

Ruby & Quentin

2003

Director, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing

After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, brooding outlaw Ruby befriends Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant. After Quentin botches a so...

The Closet

The Closet

2001

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.

The Dinner Game

The Dinner Game

1998

Director, Screenplay

7.8
Directing Writing

For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the m...

Fathers' Day

Fathers' Day

1997

Executive Producer

5.5
Producing

A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.

Jaguar

Jaguar

1996

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

A shaman from the South American rain forest visits France for a public relations campaign. In a hotel's elevator in Paris he meets a French good-for-...

Ghost with Driver

Ghost with Driver

1996

Writer

5.0
Writing

A chauffeur for a corrupt CEO, and a few hours later, his boss himself, are killed by the industrialist's associate. But their ghosts remain on Earth,...

The Birdcage

The Birdcage

1996

Original Film Writer

7.0
Writing

Middle-aged gay life partners, Armand Goldman, a Jewish drag club owner, and Albert, the club's flamboyant star attraction, live in the eclectic commu...

My Father the Hero

My Father the Hero

1994

Screenplay

5.3
Writing

A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lo...

Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb

1992

Director

5.4
Directing

While heading to the town where his sister, Marci, lives, big-city banker Bill Campbell is robbed by a woman who takes everything he has, including hi...

Three Fugitives

Three Fugitives

1989

Writer, Director, Executive Producer

6.7
Writing Directing Producing

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decide...

The Fugitives

The Fugitives

1986

Director, Writer

6.8
Directing Writing

Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained ro...

Hold-up

Hold-up

1985

Dialogue, Writer

6.2
Writing

Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police...

The Man with One Red Shoe

The Man with One Red Shoe

1985

Original Film Writer

5.7
Writing

A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.

The ComDads

The ComDads

1983

Screenplay, Director, Producer

6.6
Writing Directing Producing

Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the...

Partners

Partners

1982

Writer, Executive Producer

5.3
Writing Producing

Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as hi...

La Chèvre

La Chèvre

1981

Writer, Director

7.1
Writing Directing

When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detecti...

Buddy Buddy

Buddy Buddy

1981

Theatre Play

6.2

During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants ...

La Cage aux Folles II

La Cage aux Folles II

1980

Screenplay, Dialogue

6.0
Writing

In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe - dressed as a woman - hoping to be picked up. But Albin ge...

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses

1979

Writer

6.3
Writing

François Perrin is a journalist who reads the news on RTL radio. Alone in life, his only "amusement" is his neighbor from Africa, who makes mildly fun...

Hothead

Hothead

1979

Writer

7.1
Writing

François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the ...

La Cage aux Folles

La Cage aux Folles

1978

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try to conce...

The Toy

The Toy

1976

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needin...

The Bottom Line

The Bottom Line

1976

Writer

5.4
Writing

An advertising photographer, François, has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his friends to a porn-maker without his knowledge. But Christine...

The French Detective

The French Detective

1975

Writer

6.8
Writing

When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty a...

The Pink Telephone

The Pink Telephone

1975

Dialogue, Screenplay

4.7
Writing

A small industrialist from Toulouse, goes to Paris to negotiate the buyout of his company from an American financial group. During his stay, the repre...

The Night Caller

The Night Caller

1975

Dialogue

7.2

A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent...

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1974

Dialogue, Screenplay

6.5
Writing

With "little captain" Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy," Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Fra...

The Magnificent One

The Magnificent One

1973

Writer

7.0
Writing

A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time a...

Man in the Trunk

Man in the Trunk

1973

Writer

6.4
Writing

Bloch, an Israeli secret agent, seeks refuge in the French embassy in Libya to escape being killed. Augier, his French opposite number, has to get him...

A Pain in the Ass

A Pain in the Ass

1973

Theatre Play, Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic...

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1972

Writer

7.0
Writing

A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identif...

There Once Was a Cop

There Once Was a Cop

1972

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the id...

Call Me Mathilde

Call Me Mathilde

1969

as TV presenter (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Mathilde de Blanzac is abducted on her way home from an evening at the opera with her wealthy industrialist husband. Her pathetic pieds-nickelés kidna...

Call Me Mathilde

Call Me Mathilde

1969

Writer

7.3
Writing

Mathilde de Blanzac is abducted on her way home from an evening at the opera with her wealthy industrialist husband. Her pathetic pieds-nickelés kidna...