Danièle Thompson
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She has written screenplays for a number of highly successful films including ''Cousin, cousine'', ''La Boum'', ''Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre'', ''La Reine Margot'' and ''Jet Lag'', which she also directed. She was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for ''Cousin, cousine''. Her 2006 film, ''Fauteuils d'orchestre'' was France's entrant for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. She is half Jewish from her father,[https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lefigaro.fr%2Fculture%2F20060720.WWW000000313_gerard_oury_est_mort.html&act=url] and was on the 1986 Cannes Film Festival jury.[http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1986/juryLongFilm.html]
In 2009, Thompson signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case
In 2010, she joined Isabelle Adjani, Paul Auster, Isabelle Huppert, Milan Kundera, Salman Rushdie, Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Pierre Thiollet and Henri Tisot in signing the petition in support of Roman Polanski when the film director was temporarily arrested by Swiss police at the request of U.S. authorities.
Thompson's son is the actor Christopher Thompson. They have written screenplays together, most notably those of ''Jet Lag'' and ''Season's Beatings''. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Danielle Thompson, Ben Guenther, Darly Manayani, Jason Mendy, Jonathan Smith, Diego A Espinosa, Eva Harris, Jeff Alexander, Lo Vang, Christopher S MorelloGet access
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