Michel Piccoli
1925-12-27 ( 99 years old ) in Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Michel Jacques Daniel Piccoli was the son of Henri Piccoli, violinist and Marcelle Expert-Bezançon (1892-1990), pianist and daughter of the French industrialist and politician Charles Expert-Bezançon. In 1954, Michel Piccoli married actress Éléonore Hirt with whom he had a daughter, Anne-Cordélia Piccoli. In 1966, he married the singer Juliette Gréco, then in 1978 the screenwriter Ludivine Clerc, with whom he adopted two children of Polish origin, Inord and Missia. Placed in an establishment for problem children, the commitments of the young Piccoli, are made in opposition to his maternal grandfather, senator of the Third Republic, financier of the Radical Party, and important industrial painter, accused by the trade union left and by Georges Clemenceau, of having intoxicated his workmen through lead white which causes lead poisoning. Michel Piccoli then trained as an actor first with Andrée Bauer-Théraud and then during Simon. After an appearance as an extra in "Sortilèges" by Christian-Jaque in 1945, Michel Piccoli made his film debut in "Le Point Du Jour" by Louis Daquin. In the theater he distinguished himself with the Renaud-Barrault and Grenier-Hussot companies as well as at the Théâtre de Babylone. Noticed in the film "French Cancan" in 1954, he continued on stage and worked with directors Jacques Audiberti, Jean Vilar, Jean-Marie Serreau, Peter Brook, Luc Bondy, Patrice Chéreau and André Engel, and became also know in popular TV movies. Having become an atheist after a family bereavement, he met Luis Buñuel in 1956, and ironically took on the role of a priest in "La Mort En Ce Jardin". In 1959, he shot "Le Rendez-Vous De Noël", a short film by André Michel based on the short story by Malek Ouary "Le Noël Du Petit Cireur", in Algiers. The 1960s sounded his consecration, noticed in "Le Doulos" by Jean-Pierre Melville, he was revealed internationally with "Le Mépris" by Jean-Luc Godard alongside Brigitte Bardot. From then on, he toured with the greatest French and international filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Youssef Chahine, Manoel de Oliveira... He began the 1980s with the interpretation prize at the Cannes festival in 1980, with "Le Saut Dans Le Vide" by Marco Bellocchio, and that of the Berlin festival in 1982, with "Une Étrange Affaire" by Pierre Granier-Deferre. . He worked with Jacques Doillon, Leos Carax, before trying his hand at directing. In 2001 he received the IX Europe Prize for Theatre. He was part of the jury of the 60th Cannes Film Festival in 2007, chaired by Stephen Frears. In 2011, he played in "Habemus Papam" by Nanni Moretti. The last film in which Michel Piccoli appears is the film "Le Goût Des Myrtilles", by Thomas de Thiers in 2013. Politically committed to the left, member of the Peace Movement (communist), Michel Piccoli distinguished himself by his positions against the National Front, and mobilized for Amnesty International. Michel Piccoli died on May 12, 2020 following a stroke in his mansion in Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle in Eure. His funeral takes place in Évreux on May 19, 2020, where he is cremated, his ashes are scattered within the family property.

Movies

Film Study 01 2025-04-01
It's Not Me 2024-06-12
Godard by Godard 2023-05-17
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président 2022-01-07
Marx Can Wait 2021-07-15
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story 2021-05-16
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick 2019-01-25
Dios de monoambiente 2018-01-01
Coming Apart 2017-12-28
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres 2017-11-12
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli 2017-05-28
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary 2017-05-09
Our Lady of Hormones 2015-09-02
The Taste of Blueberries 2014-10-08
Lines of Wellington 2012-10-04
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 2012-09-01
Holy Motors 2012-07-02
Agnès Varda: From Here to There 2011-10-01
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres 2011-05-13
We Have a Pope 2011-04-15
Portrait Of My Father 2010-10-27
Le Bel Âge 2009-12-30
Once Upon a Time… Contempt 2009-05-21
The Beaches of Agnès 2008-12-17
The Dust of Time 2008-11-22
On War 2008-10-01
To Each His Own Cinema 2007-10-31
Le Roi Lear 2007-09-19
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris 2007-08-10
Boxes 2007-06-06
The Duchess of Langeais 2007-03-28
Belle Toujours 2006-09-08
Gardens in Autumn 2006-09-06
Magic Mirror 2006-03-09
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur 2006-01-01
Everything's Connected 2005-07-07
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli 2004-01-01
Raining Cats and Frogs 2003-12-03
Little Lili 2003-08-27
That Day 2003-06-04
A Man, a Real One 2003-05-28
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère 2002-09-18
Il bambino di Betlemme 2002-01-01
I’m Going Home 2001-05-13
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving 2000-06-27
Speaking of Buñuel 2000-06-09
Actors 2000-04-05
Kiarostami in Close up 2000-01-01
París-Tombuctú 1999-09-10
Libero Burro 1999-09-10
The Happiest Place on Earth 1999-04-28
Nothing About Robert 1999-02-24
Passion in the Desert 1997-08-31
Genealogies of a Crime 1997-05-04
Tykho Moon 1996-11-28
Party 1996-06-27
Traveling Companion 1996-05-26
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel 1996-03-20
The World of Jacques Demy 1995-09-22
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema 1995-05-26
One Hundred and One Nights 1995-01-25
Tödliches Geld 1995-01-01
The Black Angel 1994-11-11
The Emigrant 1994-09-26
Train de nuit 1994-08-01
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad 1994-06-15
Bête de scène 1994-02-02
Rupture(s) 1993-10-26
Loonies at Large 1993-08-11
The Young Girls Turn 25 1993-05-19
Archipel 1993-03-17
The Supper 1992-12-23
Le bal des Casse-pieds 1992-02-12
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento 1992-01-01
Against Oblivion 1991-12-11
The Children Thief 1991-09-25
La Belle Noiseuse 1991-09-04
Walking a Tightrope 1991-09-01
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg 1991-03-30
Martha and I 1990-09-01
May Fools 1990-01-24
The Monkey Folk 1989-05-26
Un coupable 1988-12-18
La Ruelle au clair de lune 1988-11-10
Blanc de Chine 1988-04-20
How Good the Whites Are 1988-01-20
Malady of Love 1987-09-30
The Veiled Man 1987-09-16
La Rumba 1987-02-18
The Distant Land 1987-01-01
The Prude 1986-12-03
Mauvais Sang 1986-11-26
The Nonentity 1986-08-13
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister 1986-03-05
Adieu Bonaparte 1985-05-17
Going and Coming Back 1985-03-27
Death in a French Garden 1985-02-13
La Lune 1985-01-01
Le Matelot 512 1984-12-19
Success Is the Best Revenge 1984-05-26
Long Live Life 1984-04-18
Dangerous Moves 1984-04-15
The General of the Dead Army 1983-10-19
The Prize of Peril 1983-01-25
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! 1982-11-03
A Room in Town 1982-10-27
The Eyes, the Mouth 1982-09-10
Beyond the Door 1982-09-05
Godard's Passion 1982-05-26
The Night of Varennes 1982-05-15
The Passerby 1982-04-14
La Cerisaie 1982-01-31
Scénario du film Passion 1982-01-28
Spy, Stand Up 1982-01-27
Strange Affair 1981-12-23
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts. 1981-08-20
Confused Feelings 1981-06-10
The Prodigal Daughter 1981-03-25
Atlantic City 1980-09-03
The Price of Survival 1980-02-18
A Leap in the Dark 1980-02-14
The Bit Between the Teeth 1979-09-01
Le divorcement 1979-08-22
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death 1979-04-12
Sugar 1978-10-15
Little Girl in Blue Velvet 1978-08-23
The Savage State 1978-04-18
Strauberg ist da 1978-02-25
Fire's Share 1978-01-04
The Accuser 1977-09-07
Spoiled Children 1977-09-06
Rene the Cane 1977-02-16
Mado 1976-10-27
F as in Fairbanks 1976-05-05
One Way or Another 1976-04-30
The Last Woman 1976-04-20
Seven Deaths by Prescription 1975-12-03
Leonor 1975-09-01
Weak Spot 1975-01-01
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others 1974-10-23
The Phantom of Liberty 1974-09-10
Life Size 1974-08-21
The Infernal Trio 1974-05-22
Don't Touch the White Woman! 1974-01-23
Un amour de pluie 1974-01-10
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun 1974-01-01
Far West 1973-05-31
La Grande Bouffe 1973-05-16
Wedding in Blood 1973-04-12
Themroc 1973-02-22
The Woman in Blue 1973-01-14
Cesar and Rosalie 1972-10-11
The Assassination 1972-10-04
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972-09-15
Liza 1972-08-11
The Audience 1972-03-31
Ten Days' Wonder 1971-12-01
Touch and Go 1971-09-01
Max and the Junkmen 1971-02-17
Invasion 1970-04-23
The Things of Life 1970-03-13
Topaz 1969-12-17
The Uninvited 1969-10-31
The Milky Way 1969-02-28
Dillinger Is Dead 1969-01-24
Délire à deux 1968-12-22
Woman in Chains 1968-11-20
Heartbeat 1968-10-30
Danger: Diabolik 1968-01-24
The Diary of an Innocent Boy 1968-01-12
My Love, My Love 1967-06-08
Belle de Jour 1967-05-24
Shock Troops 1967-04-05
The Dinosaur and the Baby 1967-03-15
The Young Girls of Rochefort 1967-03-08
Romy: Anatomy of a Face 1967-01-21
Is Paris Burning? 1966-10-26
Elsa the Rose 1966-10-23
The Creatures 1966-09-03
La Voleuse 1966-08-26
The Game Is Over 1966-06-22
The Devil's Tricks 1966-06-15
The War Is Over 1966-05-11
Le Coup de grâce 1966-05-08
Lady L 1965-12-17
The Sleeping Car Murder 1965-11-17
Dom Juan 1965-11-06
Masquerade 1965-04-13
Café tabac 1964-12-31
All About Loving 1964-12-28
Marie Soleil 1964-12-19
Chance at Love 1964-10-30
Paparazzi 1964-09-22
Bardot et Godard 1964-04-30
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps 1964-04-21
Diary of a Chambermaid 1964-03-04
L'Été en hiver 1964-01-04
Hello Cubans 1963-11-26
Contempt 1963-10-29
The Day and the Hour 1963-04-05
Le Doulos 1962-12-13
Adieu Philippine 1962-09-25
Climates of Love 1962-04-11
Parisienne... Parisiennes 1962-01-01
Le Temps des assassins 1962-01-01
Rendezvous 1961-11-10
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie 1961-08-23
Hauteclaire 1961-06-13
Amazons of Rome 1961-03-24
La Chevelure 1961-01-01
Quarante fontaines 1961-01-01
Le Rendez-vous de Noël 1960-12-29
Danger in the Middle East 1960-09-02
La dragée haute 1960-07-27
Les joueurs 1960-01-01
Le Chalet sous la neige 1959-12-24
Beast at Bay 1959-06-17
La Nuit de Tom Brown 1959-03-24
Tabarin 1958-05-21
Sinners of Paris 1958-01-15
Nathalie 1957-12-04
Le quadrille des diamants 1957-11-19
Le Plus Heureux des trois 1957-08-17
Sunday Buddies 1957-07-01
The Witches of Salem 1957-04-26
La France romane 1956-12-28
Death in the Garden 1956-09-21
The Grand Manoeuvre 1955-10-26
Bad Liaisons 1955-10-25
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class 1955-10-06
Croissance de Paris 1955-08-11
Price of Love 1955-01-05
French Cancan 1954-12-27
Tout chante autour de moi 1954-11-01
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances 1954-04-15
Daughters of Destiny 1954-01-21
Torticola versus Frankensberg 1952-04-19
Chicago Digest 1951-07-24
Terreur en Oklahoma 1951-05-18
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc 1951-01-31
Without Leaving an Address 1951-01-17
Without Leaving an Address 1951-01-17
The Perfume of the Lady in Black 1949-10-05
The Mark Of The Day 1949-04-06
The Bellman 1945-12-04

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