Jacques Perrin
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Jacques Perrin is a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's.
He was given his first juvenile film roles by Italian director Valerio Zurlini
. He also gave over 400 performances of L'Année du bac on the Paris stage.
He played opposite Claudia Cardinale
in the romantic comedy La Ragazza con la valigia
and played the younger brother in Family Diary
with Marcello Mastroianni
, both under the direction of Zurlini
. He was also the adult Salvatore in the international hit Cinema Paradiso.
He won two Best Actor awards at the Venice Film Festival in 1966 for the Italian film Almost a Man and the Spanish film The Search.
At 27, he created a studio and produced and acted in Z
, directed by Costa Gavras and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant
, Yves Montand
, and Irene Papas
. Z received an Oscar
for Best Foreign Film in 1969.
He collaborated with Costa Gavras again in État de Siège (State of Siege) in 1973 and Section spéciale
in 1975. Both films had political themes, and Perrin continued this trend with a documentary on the Algerian uprising (La guerre d'Algérie) and a film on the Chilean presidency of Salvador Allende (La Spirale).
Perrin produced another Oscar-winning film in 1976: La Victoire en chantant (Black and White in Color) by director Jean-Jacques Annaud
. In 1977, he embarked on Le Désert des Tartares, again starring Trintignant. The cast included such big-name actors as Max von Sydow
, but was not very successful and left Perrin with debts (although it did win the Grand Prix du Cinéma Français).
His recent successes have been the animal films Microcosmos and Le Peuple Migrateur (Winged Migration), which were both filmed by his studio Galatée Films.
He also played the role of the old Pierre Morhange, narrator of the very internationally successful film The Chorus
, that he also produced. The young Pépinot was played by his younger son Maxence.
He was made Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite
in 1985, promoted Officer in 1997 and promoted Commander in 2003. He was made Knight of the Légion d'honneur
in 1990 and promoted Officer in 2007.
He has three sons, Mathieu, born 1975, Maxence
, born 1995, and Lancelot, born 2000. The two eldest are actors.
Life and career
Perrin was born in Paris. His father, Alexandre Simonet, was a theatre director. Perrin was trained as an actor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique.He was given his first juvenile film roles by Italian director Valerio Zurlini
Valerio Zurlini
Valerio Zurlini was an Italian film director, stage director and screenwriter.-Biography:During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party...
. He also gave over 400 performances of L'Année du bac on the Paris stage.
He played opposite Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French...
in the romantic comedy La Ragazza con la valigia
Girl with a Suitcase
Girl with a suitcase is a 1961 Italian romantic drama film by Italian Director Valerio Zurlini starring Claudia Cardinale as a naive nightclub singer who lives on the good will of others. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.-Synopsis:...
and played the younger brother in Family Diary
Family Diary
Family Diary is a 1962 Italian film directed by Valerio Zurlini and based on the novel by Vasco Pratolini. It tells the story of two brothers who are brought up apart from each other at their mother's death, then brought together by difficult family circumstances.Once described as the "classiest...
with Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...
, both under the direction of Zurlini
Valerio Zurlini
Valerio Zurlini was an Italian film director, stage director and screenwriter.-Biography:During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party...
. He was also the adult Salvatore in the international hit Cinema Paradiso.
He won two Best Actor awards at the Venice Film Festival in 1966 for the Italian film Almost a Man and the Spanish film The Search.
At 27, he created a studio and produced and acted in Z
Z (film)
Z is a 1969 French language political thriller directed by Costa Gavras, with a screenplay by Gavras and Jorge Semprún, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos. The film presents a thinly fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek...
, directed by Costa Gavras and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Trintignant is a French actor who has enjoyed an international acclaim. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Career:...
, Yves Montand
Yves Montand
-Early life:Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, the son of poor peasants Giuseppina and Giovanni Livi, a broommaker. Montand's mother was a devout Catholic, while his father held strong Communist beliefs. Because of the Fascist regime in Italy, Montand's family left for France in...
, and Irene Papas
Irene Papas
Irene Papas is a Greek actress and occasional singer, who has starred in over seventy films in a career spanning more than fifty years.-Life:...
. Z received an Oscar
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
for Best Foreign Film in 1969.
He collaborated with Costa Gavras again in État de Siège (State of Siege) in 1973 and Section spéciale
Section spéciale
Section spéciale is a 1975 French film, directed by Costa Gavras. It stars Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale, Ivo Garrani, François Maistre, Jacques Spiesser, Henri Serre, Heinz Bennett and Claude Piéplu...
in 1975. Both films had political themes, and Perrin continued this trend with a documentary on the Algerian uprising (La guerre d'Algérie) and a film on the Chilean presidency of Salvador Allende (La Spirale).
Perrin produced another Oscar-winning film in 1976: La Victoire en chantant (Black and White in Color) by director Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, film producer and screenwriter.- Biography :Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne...
. In 1977, he embarked on Le Désert des Tartares, again starring Trintignant. The cast included such big-name actors as Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow is a Swedish actor. He has also held French citizenship since 2002. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more...
, but was not very successful and left Perrin with debts (although it did win the Grand Prix du Cinéma Français).
His recent successes have been the animal films Microcosmos and Le Peuple Migrateur (Winged Migration), which were both filmed by his studio Galatée Films.
He also played the role of the old Pierre Morhange, narrator of the very internationally successful film The Chorus
The Chorus (2004 film)
The Chorus is a 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales , which in turn was adapted by Noël-Noël and René Wheeler from a story by Wheeler and Georges Chaperot.Widely...
, that he also produced. The young Pépinot was played by his younger son Maxence.
He was made Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite
Ordre National du Mérite
The Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...
in 1985, promoted Officer in 1997 and promoted Commander in 2003. He was made Knight of the Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
in 1990 and promoted Officer in 2007.
He has three sons, Mathieu, born 1975, Maxence
Maxence Perrin
Maxence Perrin is a French actor, best known for his parts in Les Choristes , Petit homme and For intérieur.He is the son of actor and film producer Jacques Perrin.-Filmography:...
, born 1995, and Lancelot, born 2000. The two eldest are actors.
Actor
- Les Portes de la nuit (1946)
- La Peau de l'ours (1957)
- La Ragazza con la valigia (Girl with a Suitcase) (1960)
- The Truth (La Vérité) (1960)
- Sun in Your EyesSun in Your EyesSun in Your Eyes is a 1962 French romance film directed by Jacques Bourdon and starring Anna Karina.-Cast:* Anna Karina - Dagmar* Georges Descrières - Denis* Jacques Perrin - Frédéric* Nadine Alari* Charles Blavette* Jean-Luc Godard* Jean Rochefort...
(1962) - Family DiaryFamily DiaryFamily Diary is a 1962 Italian film directed by Valerio Zurlini and based on the novel by Vasco Pratolini. It tells the story of two brothers who are brought up apart from each other at their mother's death, then brought together by difficult family circumstances.Once described as the "classiest...
(1962) - Il Fornaretto di VeneziaIl Fornaretto di VeneziaIl Fornaretto di Venezia is a 1963 Italian film directed by Duccio Tessari who co-wrote screenplay with Marcello Fondato, based on novel by Francesco Dall'Ongaro....
(1963) - The Sleeping Car MurdersThe Sleeping Car MurdersThe Sleeping Car Murders is a 1965 French film directed by Costa Gavras from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. It stars Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner and Pascale Roberts.- Plot :Six people travel by train...
(1965) - The 317th PlatoonThe 317th PlatoonThe 317th Platoon is a 1965 French war film during the French Vietnam war directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for Best Screenplay.-Cast:...
(1965) - La Ligne de démarcationLine of Demarcation (film)Line of Demarcation. is a 1966 film written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Its title in French is La Ligne de démarcation. It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation by Gilbert Renault under his pseudonym Colonel Rémy.-Plot:A small...
(1966) - Almost a Man (1966)
- The Search (1966)
- Les Demoiselles de RochefortLes Demoiselles de RochefortThe Young Girls of Rochefort is a 1967 French musical film directed by Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve, her sister Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Danielle Darrieux, George Chakiris, Grover Dale and Gene Kelly. The choreography was by Norman Maen.Michel Legrand composed...
(1967) - ZZ (film)Z is a 1969 French language political thriller directed by Costa Gavras, with a screenplay by Gavras and Jorge Semprún, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos. The film presents a thinly fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek...
(1969) - Peau d'ÂnePeau d'ÂnePeau d'Âne is a 1970 French musical film directed by Jacques Demy. It is also known by the English titles Once Upon a Time and The Magic Donkey. The film was adapted by Demy from Donkeyskin, a fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a king who wishes to marry his daughter...
(Donkey Skin) (1970) - Goya, historia de una soledadGoya, historia de una soledadGoya, historia de una soledad is a 1971 Spanish drama film directed by Nino Quevedo. It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Francisco Rabal - Goya* Irina Demick - Duchess d'Alba* Jacques Perrin* José María Prada* Teresa del Río...
(1971) - Home Sweet HomeHome Sweet Home (1973 film)Home Sweet Home is a Belgian/French film directed by Benoît Lamy in 1973, starring Claude Jade, Jacques Perrin, Marcel Josz, Ann Petersen, Jacques Lippe, Elise Mertens and Jane Meuris.It won 14 awards at festivals in Moscow, Montreal, Budapest, Teheran......
(1973) - Le Crabe-tambourLe Crabe-tambourLe Crabe-tambour is a 1977 film directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer based on the novel he published in 1976. The title character played by Jacques Perrin is based on the famous French Navy officer Pierre Guillaume.-Cast:...
(Drummer-Crab) (1977) - RaoniRaoniRaoni is a 1978 French documentary film directed by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux and Luiz Carlos Saldanha on the life of Raoni Metuktire. The film portrays issues surrounding the survival of the indigenous Indian tribes of north central Brazil. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary...
(1978 – narrator) - L' Honneur d'un capitaineA Captain's Honor-Plot:A courtroom-drama about a dead Captain whose memory is publicly accused by a historian on TV, twenty years after his death. The story follows his widow's struggle to prove that he was not a murderer and did not practise torture while he was leading a ground unit during the Algerian war.She...
(1982) - L'Année des médusesL'Année des médusesL'année des méduses is a French drama film inspired by a novel by Christopher Frank, directed by Frank himself with Valérie Kaprisky and Bernard Giraudeau. The film had a total of 1,554,641 admissions in France where it was the 23rd highest grossing film of the year...
(Year of the Jellyfish) (1984) - Race for the BombRace for the BombDramatized documentary about the Manhattan Project, starting from the initial stages of scientific discovery that led to the creation of the atomic bomb, and ending with the beginning of the arms race....
(1987) - Nuovo Cinema ParadisoNuovo Cinema ParadisoNuovo cinema Paradiso , internationally released as Cinema Paradiso, is a 1988 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore...
(Cinema Paradiso) (1989) - Flight of the Innocent (1992)
- Nothing But LiesNothing But LiesNothing But Lies is a 1991 French-Swiss drama film directed by Paule Muret. It was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Fanny Ardant as Muriel* Alain Bashung as Adrien* Jacques Perrin as Antoine, mari de Muriel...
(1992) - The Young Girls Turn 25The Young Girls Turn 25The Young Girls Turn 25 is a 1993 French documentary film directed by Agnès Varda, about Jacques Demy's 1967 film The Young Girls of Rochefort...
(1993) - Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem (1994)
- Prima la musica, poi le parole (1998)
- Brotherhood of the WolfBrotherhood of the WolfBrotherhood of the Wolf is a 2001 French film directed by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan and Mark Dacascos, and written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel...
(2002) - Les ChoristesLes ChoristesThe Chorus is a 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales , which in turn was adapted by Noël-Noël and René Wheeler from a story by Wheeler and Georges Chaperot.Widely...
(The ChorusThe Chorus (2004 film)The Chorus is a 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales , which in turn was adapted by Noël-Noël and René Wheeler from a story by Wheeler and Georges Chaperot.Widely...
) (2004) - L'Enfer (Hell) (2005)
- Le Petit LieutenantLe Petit LieutenantThe Young Lieutenant is a 2005 drama by French director Xavier Beauvois.-Synopsis:The title character is Antoine Derouere, a young man from the provinces who has just graduated from the police academy. Antoine joins the force in Paris and is assigned to the city's busiest precinct.Antoine's...
(2005)
Producer
- ZZ (film)Z is a 1969 French language political thriller directed by Costa Gavras, with a screenplay by Gavras and Jorge Semprún, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos. The film presents a thinly fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek...
(1969) Academy Award for Best Foreign Film - Blanche (1970)
- La guerre d'Algérie (1972)
- State of SiegeState of SiegeState of Siege is a 1972 French film directed by Costa Gavras starring Yves Montand and Renato Salvatori.-Summary:...
(1972) - La Spirale (1974)
- Section spécialeSection spécialeSection spéciale is a 1975 French film, directed by Costa Gavras. It stars Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale, Ivo Garrani, François Maistre, Jacques Spiesser, Henri Serre, Heinz Bennett and Claude Piéplu...
(1975) - Black and White in Color (La Victoire en Chantant]) (1976) Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
- Le Désert des Tartares (1977)
- L'Adoption (1978)
- Les 40ième Rugissants (1981)
- Le Peuple singe (1988)
- Médecins des Hommes (1988)
- Hors la Vie (1990)
- Guelwaar (1992)
- Erythrée, 30 ans de solitude (1993)
- Espérance (1994)
- D'Duy (1994)
- Les enfants de Lumière (1995)
- Microcosmos (1996)
- HimalayaHimalaya (film)Himalaya , also known as Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef and as Caravan, is a 1999 Nepalese movie directed by Eric Valli and was funded through France-based corporations. It was the first Nepalese film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 72nd Academy Awards.Himalaya is a story...
(1996) with Christophe BarratierChristophe BarratierChristophe Barratier , son of actress Eva Simonet and nephew of film director Jacques Perrin, is a French film producer, film director and screenwriter. He has directed three hugely successful features films The Chorus...
, Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film - Le Peuple MigrateurLe Peuple MigrateurWinged Migration , is a 2001 documentary film directed by Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats and Jacques Perrin, who was also one of the writers and narrators, showcasing the immense journeys routinely made by birds during their migrations....
(Winged Migration) (2001) - Les choristesLes ChoristesThe Chorus is a 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales , which in turn was adapted by Noël-Noël and René Wheeler from a story by Wheeler and Georges Chaperot.Widely...
(2004) - Océans (2010)