Michel Lang

Career overview

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Name: Michel Lang (Full name: Michel Jules Jean Marcel Lang).
Birth: June 9, 1939, in Paris, France.
Death: April 22, 2014 (TMDB) or April 24, 2014 (Wikipedia/IMDb) in Saint-Arnoult, Calvados, France.
Profession: French film and television director and writer.
Directing Style/Era: Best remembered for comedy films in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Directing Work:
Known for: All Stars (1980), Let's Get Those English Girls (1976), We're Not Angels... Neither Are They (1981) [TMDB].
Known for: Tous vedettes! (1980), À nous les garçons (1985), Club de rencontres (1987) [IMDb].
Post-1990: Directed predominantly for French television.
Education: Lycée Chaptal, Sorbonne (licence de littérature américaine), Institut des hautes études cinématographiques.
Early Career: Assistant director.
Family: Son of Henri Lang (directeur financier) and Suzanne Monte.
Paragraph 1: Introduction and Early Career.
Michel Lang was a French film and television director and writer born on June 9, 1939, in Paris, France. He was the son of Henri Lang and Suzanne Monte. His education included attending the lycée Chaptal, earning a licence in American literature from the Sorbonne, and graduating from the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. He began his career in cinema in the role of assistant director.
Paragraph 2: Directing Career (Films).
Lang is best remembered for his comedy films produced during the late 1970s and 1980s. His directing credits include Let's Get Those English Girls (1976), All Stars (1980), also known as Tous vedettes! (1980), We're Not Angels... Neither Are They (1981), À nous les garçons (1985), and Club de rencontres (1987). He held 21 known directing credits.
Paragraph 3: Later Career and Death.
After 1990, Lang directed predominantly for French television. He died on April 24, 2014, in Saint-Arnoult, Calvados, France.
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Michel Lang was a French film and television director and writer born in Paris, France, on June 9, 1939. The son of Henri Lang and Suzanne Monte, he was an alumnus of the lycée Chaptal and earned a licence in American literature from the Sorbonne. He also graduated from the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. Lang began his professional career in cinema working as an assistant director.

Lang is best remembered for directing comedy films during the late 1970s and 1980s. His known directing credits include Let's Get Those English Girls (1976), All Stars