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{{Short description|French director and screenwriter}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Richard Dembo
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|5|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|11|11|1948|5|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = Paris, France
}}

''' Richard Dembo''' (24 May 1948 &ndash; 11 November 2004) was a French [[film director|director]] and [[screenwriter]].

Dembo achieved worldwide recognition with his first film: ''[[La diagonale du fou]]'', which received an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] in 1984 for best foreign film,<ref name="Oscars1985">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985 |title=The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2013-10-30 |work=oscars.org}}</ref> as well as other numerous awards (César, Prix Louis Delluc). [[Michel Piccoli]] starred in the film as a Jewish citizen
of the USSR.

In 1993, Dembo directed ''L'instinct de l'ange'' with [[Hélène Vincent]], [[Jean-Louis Trintignant]], [[François Cluzet]] und [[Lambert Wilson]]. After a long pause, during which he directed no films, Dembo directed his last film ''[[Nina's House]]''.

On 11 November 2004, Dembo unexpectedly died in Paris under the symptoms of an [[Ileus|intestinal obstruction]]. He was buried in Israel.