1966Nominee
Best Director
The Defector
Raoul Lévy
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium
April 14, 1922
Biography
Raoul Levy (14 April 1922 – 31 December 1966) was a French film producer, writer and director best known for a series of movies he made starring Brigitte Bardot. He was born in Antwerp. He committed suicide after losing most of his fortune making a film about the life of Marco Polo. He shot himself in the chest outside the front door of the St Tropez house of Isabelle Pons, who had recently ended a two-year affair with Levy. Levy was survived by a wife and fifteen-year-old son. Source: Article "Raoul Lévy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1956Nominee
Best Performance
...And God Created Woman
1953Nominee
Best Picture
The Proud and the Beautiful
Career Highlights
1960Highlight
Best Picture
The Truth
1959Highlight
Best Picture
Babette Goes to War
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The Defector
...And God Created Woman
The Truth