Francis Veber

Francis Paul Veber is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and theater playwright. Many of his French comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon and François Perrin . Several of them have been remade as Hollywood products with his participation , or adapted . Some of his screenplays started as theater plays . This theatrical experience contributes to his films' tight structure, making them "marvels of economy". Veber was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, the son of a writer mother and Pierre-Gilles Veber, a screenwriter. Veber's... father was Jewish and his mother was Armenian-Russian . His grand-uncle was writer Tristan Bernard.
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