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name: "Daniel Boulanger"
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fi1m_id: "daniel-boulanger"
imdb_id: "nm0099429"
tmdb_id: 3573
wikidata_id: "Q685277"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 January 1922"
died: "27 October 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T12:24:23.743802+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Daniel Boulanger

## Identity

Daniel Boulanger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-boulanger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-boulanger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0099429
- **TMDB ID:** 3573
- **Wikidata ID:** Q685277
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boulanger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q685277, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0099429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3573

Actor. Born 24 January 1922 in Compiègne, Oise, France. Died 27 October 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 January 1922, Compiègne, Oise, France
- **Died:** 27 October 2014
- **Also known as:** Daniel Michel Auguste Boulanger
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boulanger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q685277, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0099429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3573

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Breathless*](https://film.one/film/breathless.md) (86)

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## Biography

Daniel Boulanger (24 January 1922 – 27 October 2014) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, screenwriter and occasional actor. Born in Compiègne, Oise, he appeared in supporting roles in several French New Wave films, including as Police Inspector Vital in Jean-Luc Godard’s *Breathless* (1960) and in François Truffaut’s *Shoot the Piano Player* (1960).

As a screenwriter he contributed dialogue and scenarios to numerous films, among them *Cartouche* (1962), *That Man from Rio* (1964), *Up to His Ears* (1965), *King of Hearts* (1966), *The Thief of Paris* (1967) and *Police Python 357* (1976). He was elected to the Académie Goncourt in 1983 and served until 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, universalis.fr, lemonde.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Breathless* (1960), Fi1m 86, as Police Inspector Vital — [page](https://film.one/film/breathless.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Dessert for Constance* (2026), Writer
- *Unleaded* (2015), as The manager
- *Two Men in Town* (2014), Screenplay
- *Les Jupons de la révolution* (1989), series, Scenario Writer
- *The French Revolution* (1989), Screenplay
- *Chouans !* (1988), Scenario Writer
- *The Horsemen of the Storm* (1984), Writer
- *The Horse of Pride* (1980), Adaptation, Dialogue
- *These Kids Are Grown-Ups* (1979), Writer
- *The Discord* (1978), as Le directeur du Crédit Agricole
- *La Menace* (1977), Screenplay
- *Game of Seduction* (1976), Screenplay, Dialogue
- *Police Python 357* (1976), Screenplay, Dialogue
- *And Now My Love* (1974), as General
- *The Dominici Affair* (1973), Screenplay, Story
- *Not Dumb, the Bird* (1972), Writer
- *The Legend of Frenchie King* (1971), Screenplay
- *The Deadly Trap* (1971), Adaptation
- *The Married Couple of the Year Two* (1971), Writer
- *Sortie de secours* (1970), Actor
- *Bed and Board* (1970), as Le Voisin Ténor
- *Give Her the Moon* (1970), Dialogue, Screenplay
- *The Devil by the Tail* (1969), Writer, Adaptation
- *Spirits of the Dead* (1968), Dialogue
- *The Bride Wore Black* (1968), as Delvaux
- *The Road to Corinth* (1967), Writer
- *The Oldest Profession* (1967), Writer
- *Shock Troops* (1967), Dialogue
- *The Thief of Paris* (1967), Dialogue
- *King of Hearts* (1966), as Colonel Helmut von Krack (uncredited) · Writer
- *Tender Scoundrel* (1966), Writer
- *Funny Money* (1966), Dialogue
- *A Matter of Resistance* (1966), Screenplay
- *Up to His Ears* (1965), Writer, Scenario Writer
- *The Blue Panther* (1965), Dialogue
- *Angelique* (1964), Dialogue
- *Backfire* (1964), Writer
- *That Man from Rio* (1964), Writer
- *People in Luck* (1963), Writer
- *Banana Peel* (1963), Screenplay
- *The Third Lover* (1962), as Un policier
- *The Little Boy from the Lift* (1962), Adaptation
- *Cartouche* (1962), Writer
- *The Seven Deadly Sins* (1962), Dialogue, Screenplay
- *La Gourmandise* (1962), Writer
- *Five Day Lover* (1961), Screenplay
- *Playtime* (1961), Writer
- *The Joker* (1961), Musician, Dialogue, Scenario Writer
- *Shoot the Piano Player* (1960), as Ernest
- *Danger in the Middle East* (1960), Writer, Dialogue
- *The Love Game* (1960), as Un danseur au cabaret, l'homme à la Citroën · Dialogue
- *Breathless* (1960), as Police Inspector Vital — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/breathless.md)
- *That Man from Rio*, Original Film Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1965: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *That Man from Rio*

### Other awards — 8 won

- Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL 2001: Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL (won)
- Officer of the Legion of Honour 1994: Officer of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Kléber-Haedens Prize 1983: Kléber-Haedens Prize (won)
- Prix du Livre Inter 1978: Prix du Livre Inter (won)
- Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle 1974: Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle (won)
- Prix de la nouvelle 1971: Prix de la nouvelle (won)
- Max Jacob Prize 1970: Max Jacob Prize (won)
- Prix Sainte-Beuve 1966: Prix Sainte-Beuve (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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