actor
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. He has appeared in many
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
television
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shows and films.
His first major role was in the 1994 film '' Le péril jeune''. Elbaz received the 1998
Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), ''La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ( ...
Prize.
Elbaz was born in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
to a
Moroccan Jewish
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family. He is married to Fanny Conquy, with whom he has two children.
Cédric Klapisch
Cédric Klapisch ( ; born 4 September 1961) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Klapisch was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to ...
Didier Haudepin
Didier Haudepin (born 15 August 1951) is a French actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. He has appeared in 44 films and television shows, and plays since 1960. His film ''Those Were the Days'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard sec ...
Tonie Marshall
Tonie Marshall (29 November 1951 – 12 March 2020) was a French-American actress, screenwriter, and film director. In 2000, she became the first female director to win a César award for her film ''Venus Beauty Institute.''
Life and career
Ma ...
Just Do It
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Philippe Harel
Philippe Harel (born 22 December 1956) is a French film director, actor and screenwriter.
Selected filmography
*'' The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed'' (1994)
* ''Une visite'' (1996) (Short)
* ''Les randonneurs'' (1997)
* '' La femme d ...
* 1997 : ''
La Vérité si je mens !
''La Vérité si je mens !'' ( ; English title: ''Would I Lie to You?'') is a 1997 French film, directed by . It was followed by a sequel, ', in 2001, and a third movie ', in 2012.
Plot
In Paris, Eddie Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is an unemployed ...
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Thomas Gilou
Thomas may refer to:
People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the Ap ...
Fabien Onteniente
Fabien Onteniente (born 27 April 1958) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Filmography
* 1989 : '' Bobby et l'aspirateur'' (short film)
* 1992 : ''À la vitesse d'un cheval au galop''
* 1995 : '' Tom est tout seul''
* 1996 : '' Le Tut ...
Quasimodo d'El Paris
''Quasimodo d'El Paris'' is a 1999 French film that is a comedic adaptation of the 1831 novel ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (''Notre-Dame de Paris'') by Victor Hugo.
Plot
The location is the town of El Paris. When ten-year-old boy Quasimodo show ...
'', by
Patrick Timsit
Patrick Timsit () is a French comedian, writer and film director. He has been nominated for four César Awards – three times as an actor and once as a writer. He is best known for the French comedy ''Un indien dans la ville''.
In 2006, he pa ...
Peut-être
''Peut-être'' (''Maybe''; ''Perhaps'') is a 1999 French science fiction comedy film. Directed by Cédric Klapisch with a budget of 75 million franc, the film runs for 109 minutes. It featured Romain Duris, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Géraldine Pailhas a ...
'', by
Cédric Klapisch
Cédric Klapisch ( ; born 4 September 1961) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Klapisch was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to ...
Manuel Boursinhac
Manuel may refer to:
People
* Manuel (name)
* Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''
* Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies
* Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
* M ...
Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet (; born 10 April 1973) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, and show jumper.
Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like ''Joyeux Noël'', '' Love Me If ...
Michel Spinosa
Michel may refer to:
* Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name)
* Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers)
* Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...
* 2001 : ''
Absolument fabuleux
''Absolutely Fabulous'' (french: Absolument fabuleux) is a 2001 French comedy film co-written and directed by Gabriel Aghion. It is an adaptation of the British television sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous'', created by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn Fr ...
'', by
Gabriel Aghion
Gabriel Aghion is a French film director and screenwriter.
Aghion was born in Alexandria, in Egypt on 30 December 1955.
He is openly gay."Bonjour, sweetie darling". '' The Advocate'', 20 November 2001.
Selected filmography
* '' La Scarlatine' ...
* 2002 : ''
Rue des plaisirs
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'', by
Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.
Life and career
Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Insti ...
* 2002 : ''
Embrassez qui vous voudrez
''Summer Things'' (french: Embrassez qui vous voudrez; it, Baciate chi vi pare, also known as ''See How They Run'') is a 2002 French-British-Italian romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Michel Blanc, based on the 1998 novel of t ...
'', by
Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc (born 16 April 1952) is a French actor, writer and director. He is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is frequently associated with Le Splendid, which he co-founded, along with Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, ...
* 2002 : ''
Un monde presque paisible
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizin ...
'', by
Michel Deville
Michel Deville (born 13 April 1931) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and in ...
* 2003 : ''
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
''Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)'' (original title: ''Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)'') is a 2003 French crime drama film directed and co-written by Cédric Klapisch. It stars Marie Gillain and Vincent Elbaz.
Cast
* Marie Gill ...
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Cédric Klapisch
Cédric Klapisch ( ; born 4 September 1961) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Klapisch was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to ...
* 2005 : ''
D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires
Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the F ...
Test
Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to:
* Test (assessment), an educational assessment intended to measure the respondents' knowledge or other abilities
Arts and entertainment
* ''Test'' (2013 film), an American film
* ''Test'' (2014 film), ...
Ma vie en l'air
''Love Is in the Air'' (french: Ma vie en l'air) is a 2005 French comedy film directed by Rémi Bezançon. Synopsis
Yann is a boy full of contradictions. All his life is marked by airplanes. A brilliant engineer from the SUPAERO school, he works ...
'', by
Rémi Bezançon
Rémi Bezançon (born 25 March 1971) is a French director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Rémi Bezançon studied at the École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA) in Paris and the École du Louvre.
In 2005, he released his f ...
* 2005 : ''
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' ( it, Il profumo della signora in nero) is a 1974 giallo-horror film directed by Francesco Barilli. The film had nothing to do with the similarly-titled novel by Gaston Leroux.
Plot
Silvia (Mimsy Farmer) is ...
'', by
Bruno Podalydès
Bruno Podalydès (born 11 March 1961) is a French writer, film director, producer and actor. His brother Denis Podalydès
Denis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent. Podalydès has appeared in more ...
Ariel Zeitoun
Ariel Zeitoun (born 26 September 1949) is a French director, producer, and screenwriter.
Zeitoun started as a producer in 1979 with '. Later, he wrote the script for and directed ''Souvenirs, souvenirs''.
In 2013 Zeitoun directed the historic ...
Alain Berliner
Alain Berliner (born 21 February 1963) is a Belgian film director best known for the 1997 film ''Ma vie en rose'', which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Golden Globe Awards in 1998.
Born in Brussels, he also ...
Ariel Zeitoun
Ariel Zeitoun (born 26 September 1949) is a French director, producer, and screenwriter.
Zeitoun started as a producer in 1979 with '. Later, he wrote the script for and directed ''Souvenirs, souvenirs''.
In 2013 Zeitoun directed the historic ...
Philippe Harel
Philippe Harel (born 22 December 1956) is a French film director, actor and screenwriter.
Selected filmography
*'' The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed'' (1994)
* ''Une visite'' (1996) (Short)
* ''Les randonneurs'' (1997)
* '' La femme d ...
* 2009 : ''
Good Canary
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Park Benches
''Park Benches'' (french: Bancs Publics (Versailles rive droite)) is a 2009 French film directed by Bruno Podalydès, with an all-star cast.
Plot
''Bancs Publics'' tells the story of a lonely man, observed by employees from an office across the ...
'' by
Bruno Podalydès
Bruno Podalydès (born 11 March 1961) is a French writer, film director, producer and actor. His brother Denis Podalydès
Denis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent. Podalydès has appeared in more ...
* 2009 : ''
Tellement proches
''Tellement proches'' () is a 2009 French film directed by Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano, starring Vincent Elbaz, Isabelle Carré, François-Xavier Demaison, Audrey Dana, Omar Sy, and Joséphine de Meaux.
Synopsis
''Tellement proches'' is ...
'' by
Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano are French filmmakers, best known for directing the films '' Those Happy Days'' and ''The Intouchables'' (2011).
Early life
Nakache and Toledano are both Jewish.
Nakache was born to Jewish migrant parents fro ...
Au bas de l'échelle
Au, AU, au or a.u. may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* .au, the internet country code for Australia
* Au file format, Sun Microsystems' audio format
* Audio Units, a system level plug-in architecture from Apple Computer
* Adobe Aud ...
Alexandre Arcady
Alexandre Arcady (born 17 March 1947) is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
Alexandre Arcady was born in Algiers, Algeria. He emigrated to France at the age of fifteen. His son is filmmaker Alexandre Aja.
...
Thomas Gilou
Thomas may refer to:
People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the Ap ...
* 2014 : ''
The Hundred-Foot Journey
''The Hundred-Foot Journey'' is a novel written by Richard C. Morais and published in 2008. It was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 2014.
Plot
It is a story about how the hundred-foot distance between a new Indian restaurant a ...
'' by
Lasse Hallström
Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (; born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director. He first became known for directing almost all the music videos by the pop group ABBA, and subsequently became a feature film director. He was nominated for an Acade ...
* 2016 : ''
Amis publics
''Amis publics'' is a 2016 French comedy film directed by Edouard Pluvieux.
Plot
To make the dream of his young sick brother come true, Leo and his best friends, Franck and Lounès, organize a fake robbery. However, they hold up the wrong bank, ...
'' by Edouard Pluvieux
* 2017 : ''
Primaire
''Primaire'' is a 2016 French drama film directed by Hélène Angel.
Plot
Florence is a school teacher devoted to her students. When she meets little Sasha, a troubled child, she will do everything possible to save him, even if she abandons her l ...
'' by Hélène Angel
* 2017 : ''
Il a déjà tes yeux
''Il a déjà tes yeux'' ( en, He Even Has Your Eyes) is a 2016 Belgian-French comedy film directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste.
Plot
Paul and Sali are a married black couple who are unable to have biological children, and have been struggling to ad ...
Serge Hazanavicius
Serge Hazanavicius ( lt, Hazanavičius), was born 11 September 1963, in Paris. He is an actor and director, working primarily in France.
Personal life and family
His brother is Michel Hazanavicius. Their family is primarily of Jewish ancestr ...
Pierre Salvadori
Pierre Salvadori (born 8 November 1964) is a French film director from Santo-Pietro-di-Venaco, known for works on romantic comedies such as '' Hors de prix'' (2006).
Life and career
In 1989 Salvadori wrote his first screenplay, which would then ...
Good Canary
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'' written by
Zach Helm
Zach Helm (born January 21, 1975) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He wrote the internationally-performed stage play ''Good Canary'', wrote and directed the film '' Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium'' (2007) and has staged ...
, directed by
John Malkovich
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* 2002 : ''
Hysteria
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John Malkovich
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, at
Théâtre Marigny
The Théâtre Marigny is a theatre in Paris, situated near the junction of the Champs-Élysées and the Avenue Marigny in the 8th arrondissement.
It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnier for the display of a panoram ...
in Paris
Nomination Molières 2003 : Meilleur comédien et Révélation théâtrale masculine
* 1995 : COURTELINE + FEYDEAU = LA TÊTE À TOTO, directed by D. CHEKROUNE
* 1995 : '' Gueule de nuit'', directed by P. Aknine
* 1994 TOURNÉE DE THÉÂTRE DE RUE (Compagnie Moctezuma Création Collective)
* 1993: '' Le Bouc'' written by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement.
Fassbinder's main ...
Carlo Goldoni Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to:
*Carlo (name)
*Monte Carlo
*Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
*A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...
Sam Shepard
Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose career spanned half a century. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any write ...
, directed by J.-Y Hadjadj (Théâtre Ecole d'Anjou)