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Gérard Oury
Directing
29 Apr 1919
† 19 Jul 2006
Paris, France
Biography
Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. He is best known for a number of comedies he directed and co-wrote between the 1960s and 1980s, most notably The Sucker (1965), Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966), The Brain (1969), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973), and Ace of Aces (1982). Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish origin, and French Je...
Also Known As
Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum, Gerard Oury, Жерар Ури, Max-Gérard Houry Tenenbaum
































