# Michel Cournot

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French writer, journalist, screenwriter and film director   (1922-2007)

Michel Cournot Born (1922-05-01)1 May 1922 Paris, France Died 8 February 2007(2007-02-08) (aged 84) Paris, France Occupations Journalist, screenwriter, film director Years active 1961–1988

**Michel Cournot** (French pronunciation: [\[miʃɛl kuʁno\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French); 1 May 1922 – 8 February 2007) was a French [journalist](/source/Journalist), [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter) and [film director](/source/Film_director). As a writer he was awarded the [Fénéon Prize](/source/F%C3%A9n%C3%A9on_Prize) in 1949 for *Martinique*. His only film as a director, *[Les Gauloises bleues](/source/Les_Gauloises_bleues)*, was due to be entered at the [1968 Cannes Film Festival](/source/1968_Cannes_Film_Festival),[1] but the festival was cancelled because of the events of [May 1968 in France](/source/May_1968_in_France).

He received a [Genie Award](/source/Genie_Award) nomination for [Best Original Screenplay](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Screenplay) at the [10th Genie Awards](/source/10th_Genie_Awards) in 1989, as cowriter with [Claude Fournier](/source/Claude_Fournier_(filmmaker)) and Marie-José Raymond of the Canadian television miniseries *[The Mills of Power](/source/The_Mills_of_Power) (Les Tisserands du pouvoir)*.[2]

## Selected filmography

- *[Les Gauloises bleues](/source/Les_Gauloises_bleues)* (1968)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_1-0)** ["Festival de Cannes: Les Gauloises bleues"](http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2678/year/1968.html). *festival-cannes.com*. Retrieved 4 April 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "Genie award nominees: complete list". *[Vancouver Sun](/source/Vancouver_Sun)*, February 14, 1989.

## External links

- [Michel Cournot](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183716/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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