Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

. In February 1998, his film '' Bernie'' took the Grand Prize at the 9th

Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival The , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Fil ...

which was attended by Dupontel.

One-man shows

Filmography

As actor

As filmmaker

References

External links

official website
* 1964 births Living people People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye French people of Breton descent French male film actors French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French humorists French stand-up comedians 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Best Director César Award winners {{France-actor-stub