Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French
film director,
screenwriter and producer, and
playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Eight French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writer or director or both, have been remade as English-language
Hollywood films:
Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (as
The Man with One Red Shoe),
L'emmerdeur (as
Buddy Buddy),
La Cage aux Folles (as
The Birdcage),
Le Jouet (as
The Toy),
Les Compères (as
Fathers' Day),
La chèvre (as
Pure Luck),
Les Fugitifs (as
Three Fugitives), and
Le dîner de cons (as
Dinner for Schmucks). He also wrote the screenplay for
My Father the Hero, the 1994 American remake of the French-language film
Mon père, ce héros.