Jean Lacouture was born on June 9, 1921 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was a director and writer, known for Leclerc le libérateur (1994), In the Year of the Pig (1968) and La république est morte à Diên Biên Phu (1974). He was married to Simonne Miollan. He died on July 16, 2015 in Roussillon, Vaucluse, France.