Francis Veber was born in France, in the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine on July 28, 1937. His Russian parents emigrated to France immediately after the revolution. Francis' father, a Jew by birth, a well-known journalist, fearing arrest, hid at home throughout the war. Weber’s mother, Ekaterina Aghajanyan, was an Armenian by birth and was born in Armavir. She supported the whole family and wrote sentimental and romantic female novels. At school, Francis studied not very brilliantly and did not immediately
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Francis Veber was born in France, in the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine on July 28, 1937. His Russian parents emigrated to France immediately after the revolution. Francis' father, a Jew by birth, a well-known journalist, fearing arrest, hid at home throughout the war. Weber’s mother, Ekaterina Aghajanyan, was an Armenian by birth and was born in Armavir. She supported the whole family and wrote sentimental and romantic female novels. At school, Francis studied not very brilliantly and did not immediately find his purpose in life. After dropping out of the institute, Francis joined the army, where he worked as a military reporter for the army newspaper Bled in Algeria. After leaving the army, Weber worked for RTL radio for several years.
While working as a radio presenter, Weber began writing plays. His first musical, Petit Patapon, co-written with his friend Jacques Martin, was a failure. But some of his initial projects saw the light of day as television series. It is during this difficult period of failure that Weber comes up with the image of the “man from the crowd”, the sweet romantic François Pignon. In 1973, the world saw the famous film “Boresome” with Jacques Brel and Lino Ventura in the lead roles, which was a resounding success.
Weber became a director, and his first comedy film “Toy” starring Pierre Richard was released in 1976. However, the success of this film was not so high-profile, so Weber continued to write screenplays for films. In 1981, Francis Weber decided to return to directing. The film “Unlucky” with Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu collected huge box office at the box office. This tape was a resounding success not only in France, but all over the world. Depardieu and Richard starred together several times in Weber’s films: “Daddy” (1983) and “Runaways” (1986).
The most famous films of Francis Weber are
"Dinner with a jerk" "Partners," "Three Fugitives,"
Chameleon "Unlucky / Tais-toi,"
What I did this summer "Doubler,"
Jaguar "In a dangerous position", etc. In the mid-90s, Weber moved to permanent residence in America. In 2010, Francis Weber published his memoir, Let It Stay Between Us.