Henri Verneuil was born on October 15, 1920 in Rodosto, Ottoman Empire as Achod Malakian. He was a director and writer, known for Der Spürhund (1979), The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) and Mother (1991). He was married to Véronique Sedro and Françoise Bonnot. He died on January 11, 2002 in Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.