He was 81 years old. The screenwriter, actor and director Didier Kaminka, known in particular for the comedies “Trop, c’est trop”, “Banzaï” and “Promotion sofa”, died this Tuesday, his son announced to AFP on Saturday. Didier Kaminka died following an illness at his home in Labbeville (Val-d’Oise), where he shot many scenes from his films, and a ceremony to pay tribute to him will be held on Friday in Paris, he said. he clarified.
Born April 22, 1943 in Paris, Didier Kaminka began his career as an actor at the end of the 1960s. In 1973, the actor Pierre Richard asked him to co-write his third feature film “I don’t know anything but I’ll say everything », in which he plays a small role, according to the specialist site Cinécomédies.
Last on-screen appearance in 2017
Many successful comedies of manners followed, for which he wrote the dialogues, often in collaboration with the director Claude Zidi, such as “Les Sous-doués” (1980) with Daniel Auteuil and Michel Galabru, “Banzaï” (1983) with Coluche. or “Les rois du gag” (1985) with Gérard Jugnot and Thierry Lhermitte.
Didier Kaminka places himself both behind the camera, as with “Promotion sofa” (1990) which he directed, and in front with “La Dormeuse Duval” (2017) by Manuel Sanchez, where he plays a painter, for what constitutes his last appearance on screen.
