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Kad Merad
Kad Merad (born Kaddour Merad, ar, قدور ميراد, link=no; 27 March 1964) is a French-Algerian filmmaker and actor who has acted both on stage and on screen. Life and career Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on 27 March 1964 to an Algerian father and a French mother. During his teens, he played drums and sang with various rock bands. Soon afterwards, he started playing roles at Club Med alongside the Gigolo Brothers troupe. In 1990, he was hired by Ouï FM, the Paris rock radio station where he met Olivier Baroux. The duet most known as Kad & Olivier began working together and started their own show, the ''Rock'n Roll Circus'', introducing some of their most famous sketches (Pamela Rose, Teddy Porc Fidèle...). The early success of the show allowed them to meet Jean-Luc Delarue who brought their act to TV. In 1999, they began appearing on the French Satellite TV channel Comédie+ on their own show, ''La Grosse Emission''. At the same time, Merad started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Petit Nicolas (film)
''Little Nicholas'' (french: Le Petit Nicolas), also known as ''Petit Nicolas'' (UK), is a 2009 French-Belgian family comedy film directed by Laurent Tirard, who co-wrote with Grégoire Vigneron and Alain Chabat. It is based on a Le Petit Nicolas, series of children's books by René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé. The film features an ensemble cast led by Maxime Godart in the title role of Nicolas. The film was theatrically released in France on 30 September 2009 by Wild Bunch (film company), Wild Bunch Distribution, Central Film, and EOne Films. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and earned $100.8 million on a $22.7 million budget. It won the French Television of Ontario (TFO) Prize for Best Youth Film at the Cinéfranco in 2010 and also received nominations for the César Award for 35th Cesar Awards, Best Writing – Adaptation, the European Film Awards, European Film Award for 23rd European Film Awards, People's Choice Award for Best European Film, and the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Farrugia
Dominique Farrugia (born 2 September 1962) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, humorist and comedian. He is a member and founder of the group of comedians ''Les Nuls'' alongside Alain Chabat, Chantal Lauby and Bruno Carette. Life and career Farrugia was born in Vichy, France, to a Jewish pied-noir and Maltese family.Statement on the 8 March 2011 ''Les Grosses Têtes'' show Since the launching of Canal+, in 1984, he works in editing trailers and as a broadcast production assistant on the ''Tous en scène'' show. Thus he meets Canal+ first weatherman, Alain Chabat, with whom he would form the group of comedians ''Les Nuls'' alongside Chantal Lauby and Bruno Carette in 1986. In 1987 he is included in the writing of the TV series '' Objective: nul'' (7 d'Or for best comedy TV show), the first parody by ''Les Nuls''. He hosts a parodic weather forecast in the ' JTN' of ' Nulle part ailleurs' from 1987 to 1988. Initially, he did not want to act, but rath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Braoudé
Patrick Braoudé (born 25 September 1954) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. Selected filmography Producer * 1990: ''Génial, mes parents divorcent'' * 1993: ''Neuf mois'' * 1996: ''Amour et confusions'' * 2000: ''Deuxième vie'' * 2004: ''Iznogoud'' Actor * 1983: ''Ballade sanglante'' (short-film) * 1984: ''Femmes de personnes'' * 1985: ''Train d'enfer'' * 1986: ''Je hais les acteurs'' * 1990: ''L'Œil au beur(re) noir'' * 1987 : '' L'été en pente douce'' * 1990 : ''Génial, mes parents divorcent'' * 1993 : ''Neuf mois'' * 1994: '' Grossesse nerveuse'' * 1995: ''Dis-moi oui'' * 1996: ''XY'' * 1996: ''Amour et confusions'' * 1997: ''Que la lumière soit'' * 1999: ''Quasimodo d'El Paris'' * 1999 : ''Je veux tout'' * 2000 : ''Deuxième vie'' * 2001: '' And now... Ladies and Gentlemen'' * 2003: ''La Carpe dans la baignoire'' * 2003: ''Les Clefs de bagnole'' * 2003: ''Tout pout l'oseille'' * 2006: '' Girlfriends'' * 2014: ''The Missionaries'' * 2016: '' José ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Haïm
Philippe Haïm (born 2 September 1967, in Paris) is a French film director, writer and composer. He sometimes is also actor, as in ''Comme un poisson hors de l'eau'' (1999). Filmography * 1986 : '' Maine Océan'' * 1991 : '' Les Naufragés'' * 1992 : '' Voyage à Rome'' * 1994 : '' Carences'' * 1994 : ''Descente'' * 1995 : '' Double Express'' * 1995 : '' L'Appât'' * 1995 : '' Entre ces mains-là '' * 1995 : '' Mademoiselle Pompom'' * 1997 : ''Barracuda'' * 1997 : '' Zardock ou les malheurs d'un suppôt'' * 1997 : '' Haine comme normal'' * 1997 : '' Il faut que ça brille'' * 1999 : ' * 2000 : ''Bluff Bluff or The Bluff may refer to: Places Australia * Bluff, Queensland, Australia, a town * The Bluff, Queensland (Ipswich), a rural locality in the city of Ipswich * The Bluff, Queensland (Toowoomba Region), a rural locality * Bluff River (New ...'' * 2004 : '' Les Dalton'' * 2008 : '' Secret Defense'' External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haim, Philippe 1967 births Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Dalton (film)
is a 2004 French-German-Spanish Western comedy film directed by Philippe Haïm. It was inspired by the characters The Daltons in the comic ''Lucky Luke''. It was filmed in France, Germany, and Spain. It was released 8 December 2004. The comic had previously inspired several films, in particular (1978). The film's budget of $26 million makes it one of the most expensive non-English language films. The film was presented at the 7th AlmerÃa Western Film Festival on October 11, 2017. Plot Joe and Averell are respectively the oldest and youngest of the four Dalton brothers, the most dangerous bandits in the history of the Far West, and their failures are of such calibre that their own mother is turning against them. But they react when Mama Dalton kicks them out of their own home and they decide to make her proud of them by robbing the Gulch City Bank, where security is so high that even employees are trained in martial arts. They fail in the robbery of the bank and Joe and Aver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chorus (2004 Film)
''The Chorus'' (french: Les Choristes, literally "The Choristers" or "The Choirboys") is a 2004 French musical drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and , it is an adaptation of the 1945 film ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (''La Cage aux rossignols''). The story is inspired by the origin of the boys' choir The Little Singers of Paris. At the 77th Academy Awards, ''The Chorus'' was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Song (the latter for "''Vois sur ton chemin''", listed as "Look to Your Path", composed by Bruno Coulais). Plot In 2003, Pierre Morhange (Jacques Perrin), a French conductor performing in the United States, is informed before a concert that his mother has died. After the performance he returns to his home in France for her funeral. An old friend named Pépinot (Didier Flamand) arrives at his door with a diary which belonged to their teacher, Clément Mathieu. They proceed to read it together. In 1949, fifty-four yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Walker (animator)
Robert Walker (1961 – April 1, 2015) was a Canadian-born American animator who co-directed the Academy Award-nominated ''Brother Bear'' with Aaron Blaise. Career Walker was born in Toronto, Ontario, and raised in Ottawa, where he attended Gloucester High School. He had an older sister Sandra, and a younger brother, Jim. Walker studied animation at Sheridan College. Upon his graduation, he was hired by Atkinson Film-Arts and worked on the animated shows '' Dennis the Menace'' and ''The Raccoons.'' Walker joined Walt Disney Animation Studios at their Florida location in 1989. His first project with Disney was the ''Roger Rabbit'' short film ''Roller Coaster Rabbit''. He also worked on ''The Rescuers Down Under'' (1990), ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), ''Aladdin'' (1992), ''The Lion King'' (1994), ''Mulan'' (1998), and ''Lilo & Stitch ''Lilo & Stitch'' is a 2002 American animated science fiction comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother Bear
''Brother Bear'' is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 44th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker (in their feature directorial debuts) and produced by Chuck Williams, from a screenplay written by Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, and the writing team of Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman. The film stars the voices of Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Jason Raize, and D.B. Sweeney. ''Brother Bear'' follows an Alaska native boy named Kenai as he pursues a bear and kills it, but the Spirits, incensed by this unnecessary death, change Kenai into a bear himself as punishment. In order to be human again, Kenai must travel to a mountain where the Northern lights touch the earth. The film was the third and final Disney animated feature produced primarily by the Feature Animation studio at Disney-MGM St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Lartigau
Eric Lartigau (born 20 June 1964) is a French director and screenwriter. Personal life His wife Marina Foïs Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Life and career Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian, Jewish Egyptian, German and Italian ancestry, Marina Foïs was discove ... gave birth to their son, named Lazare, born 3 December 2004 and their Second son, Georges, born, September 25, 2008. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lartigau, Eric 1964 births French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Baffie
Laurent Baffie (born 18 April 1958 in Montreuil) is a French author, short film director and humorist. Baffie (often only called by his last name ‘ugly frenchman’) is famous for his funny hidden cameras, sense of repartee, biting humour as well as musical and animal culture. Theater His 2005 play ''TOC TOC'' (which alludes to OCD) was translated into Spanish by Julián Quintanilla in 2010 and has been a box office hit in Spain, where it has been on stage for eight seasons and more than 1500 shows, in Argentina where it ran for nine years and was viewed by more than 1.7 million people, and in Mexico where more than 1000 shows were performed. Biography Childhood and the beginning of his career Son of a battered wife, Laurent Baffie gave up school in Year 9 ("classe de 4ème"), to start an accountant training before moving to theatre. He started earning money as an extra in the variety shows of Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier.Isabelle Morizet, « Laurent Baffie » dans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Car Keys
''The Car Keys'' (french: Les Clefs de bagnole) is a 2003 French mockumentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Laurent Baffie. Plot It's hard to make a good movie. Laurent Baffie understands this and takes Daniel Russo on a quirky adventure in search of the car keys he lost. In reality, his keys are in his left pocket, but all of this is just an allegory of life, friendship, and adventure. An adventure in which Baffie plays himself, while at the same time directing, screenwriting, and producing. Cast and characters * Laurent Baffie as Laurent * Daniel Russo as Daniel * Alexandra Sarramona as Lucie * Pascal Sellem as Pascal * Bruno Moynot as Zadko Preskovic * Dani as The Bourgeois * Gérard Depardieu as Cheese maker * Alain Chabat as Dog seller * Michel Galabru as Teacher * Jean-Marie Bigard as Bank director * Mado Maurin as Woman in white * Chantal Ladesou as Bank teller * Chantal Lauby as clingy woman * Claire Maurier as Old lady * François Rollin as Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Barratier
Christophe Barratier (born 17 June 1963) is a French film producer, director and screenwriter, and lyricist. Early life and education Barratier is the son of the actress Eva Simonet and M. Barratier. He is the nephew of the film director Jacques Perrin, who was an influence on his choice of career. Before being a filmmaker, Barratier studied a university course in classical music and guitar lessons. He graduated from the prestigious French public school ''École normale de Paris'' and won several international competition prizes. Career In 1991, Barratier got into his uncle Jacques Perrin's production firm, Galatée Films, where he learned the profession of producer. As line producer, he participated in making the films ''Microcosmos'' (1995), ''Himalaya'' (1999) and ''Winged Migration'' (2001). In 2001, he directed his first short film, ''Les tombales'', adapted from the Guy de Maupassant novel. Starring Lambert Wilson and Carole Weiss, the film, whose soundtrack was composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
