Josée Dayan

Biography

Josée Dayan is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer born on October 6, 1943, in Toulouse, France. Growing up in Algiers, Algeria, she was influenced by her family's creative pursuits - her father was a television director and her grandmother owned a cinema. Notable among her works are adaptations of classic literature, including The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) and Les Misérables (2002), starring Gérard Depardieu in two critically acclaimed mini-series.