How tall is Jacques Demy?

Jacques Demy's listed height was 169 cm (5'7"). He was taller than about 39% of men in France.

Where 169 cm sits among men in France

Taller than about 39% of men in France born in 1931 (average 170.9 cm).

Demy next to his co-stars

Jean-Paul Belmondo is 9 cm taller than Jacques Demy (178 cm), The 400 Blows co-star.

Catherine Deneuve is 1 cm shorter than Jacques Demy (168 cm), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg co-star.

Michel Legrand is 18 cm taller than Jacques Demy (187 cm), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg co-star.

About Jacques Demy

Jacques Demy was a French director, screenwriter and lyricist, born on 5 June 1931 in Pontchâteau. He emerged at the height of the French New Wave, alongside contemporaries such as Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. He died on 27 October 1990. He was married to Agnès Varda, another prominent director of the French New Wave.

Demy's films drew on classic Hollywood musicals, fairy tales, jazz, Japanese manga and opera. They are known for overlapping continuity, with characters crossing from one film to another, and for lush musical scores, typically composed by Michel Legrand. Recurring motifs include teenage love, labor rights and chance encounters. He is best known for two musicals directed in the mid-1960s, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg in 1964 and The Young Girls of Rochefort in 1967.

Demy stood a listed 169 cm (5'7"). Jean-Paul Belmondo, listed at 178 cm (5'10"), was 9 cm taller than him, and they were known together for The 400 Blows. Catherine Deneuve, listed at 168 cm (5'6"), was 1 cm shorter than Demy, and they were known together for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

Frequently asked

How tall is Jacques Demy in feet and inches? Jacques Demy was 5'7" tall, which is 169 cm, 66.5 inches or 1.69 m.

How tall is Jacques Demy compared to Jean-Paul Belmondo? Jean-Paul Belmondo is 9 cm taller than Jacques Demy: 178 cm (5'10") vs 169 cm (5'7").

How tall is Jacques Demy compared to Catherine Deneuve? Catherine Deneuve is 1 cm shorter than Jacques Demy: 168 cm (5'6") vs 169 cm (5'7").

How tall is Jacques Demy compared to Michel Legrand? Michel Legrand is 18 cm taller than Jacques Demy: 187 cm (6'2") vs 169 cm (5'7").

Is Jacques Demy tall for men in France? At 169 cm he was taller than about 39% of men in France born in 1931, whose average height is 170.9 cm.

Sources

• Jacques Demy on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Jacques Demy on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 169 cm.
• Jacques Demy on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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