René Gainville (Budapest, 2 December 1931[1]– Paris, 5 August 2014) was a Hungarian-born French screenwriter and film director, film producer and actor.
[2] René Gainville was born René Jacques Froc de Géninville on 2 December 1931 in Budapest, Hungary.
[1][3] Graduated from Budapest High School.
[4] After World War II, he moved with his family to Paris, where he began his film career after graduating as a film director.
[5] His wife was the actress Edith Vignaud, under the stage name of Anne Vernon.