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name: "Daniel Pennac"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-pennac"
roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "1 December 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T06:59:49.204423+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 Pennac

Screenwriter. Born 1 December 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 1 December 1944, Casablanca, Morocco
- **Also known as:** Daniel Pennacchioni, دانيال بناك, دانيال, بناك, Daniel, Pennac
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332689, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672032/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1064165

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Ernest & Celestine*](https://film.one/film/ernest-and-celestine.md) (84)

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## Biography

Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni) is a French writer born on 1 December 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco. He is known for his novels, including the Malaussène series, and children's books such as *L'œil du loup* (1984). Pennac wrote the screenplay for the animated film *Ernest & Celestine* (2012), based on books by Gabrielle Vincent.

After studying in Nice, he worked as a teacher before publishing fiction from the early 1980s. His 2007 essay *Chagrin d'école* won the Prix Renaudot. He is also credited with the novel on which *The Scapegoat* (2013) is based.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ernest & Celestine* (2012), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ernest-and-celestine.md)

## Also known for

- *The Scapegoat* (2013), Novel

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