Richard Dembo

Richard Dembo (24 May 1948 – 11 November 2004) was a French director and screenwriter.

Richard Dembo
Born	(1948-05-24)24 May 1948 Paris, France
Died	11 November 2004(2004-11-11) (aged 56) Paris, France

Dembo achieved worldwide recognition with his first film: La diagonale du fou, which received an Oscar in 1984 for best foreign film,^[1] as well as other numerous awards (César, Prix Louis Delluc). Michel Piccoli starred in the film as a Jewish citizen of the USSR.

In 1993, Dembo directed L'instinct de l'ange with Hélène Vincent, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Cluzet und Lambert Wilson. After a long pause, during which he directed no films, Dembo directed his last film Nina's House.

On 11 November 2004, Dembo unexpectedly died in Paris under the symptoms of an intestinal obstruction. He was buried in Israel.