(FILES) French film director Jean-Paul Rappeneau poses during a photocall for the exhibition "Romy Schneider" at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris on March 14, 2022. French filmmaker Jean-Paul Rappeneau, the multi-César-winning director of eight feature films, including "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1990), died in Paris on September 1, 2026 at the age of 94, one of his sons announced to AFP on September 2, 2026. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)