Acting
Michel Piccoli
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.
Filmography
The Life of Mirrors
Film · 2025
It's Not Me
Film · 2024
Godard by Godard
Film · 2023
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Film · 2022
Romy, A Free Woman
Film · 2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Series · 2022
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
Film · 2021
Marx Can Wait
Film · 2021
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
Film · 2019
Dios de monoambiente
Film · 2018
Coming Apart
Film · 2017
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
Film · 2017
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Film · 2017
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Film · 2017
Our Lady of Hormones
Film · 2015
The Taste of Blueberries
Film · 2014
Holy Motors
Film · 2012
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Film · 2012
Lines of Wellington
Film · 2012
The Bardot mystery
Film · 2012
We Have a Pope
Film · 2011
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Film · 2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Film · 2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Series · 2011
Portrait Of My Father
Film · 2010
Le Bel Âge
Film · 2009
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
Film · 2009
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Film · 2009
On War
Film · 2008
The Dust of Time
Film · 2008
The Beaches of Agnès
Film · 2008
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
Film · 2008
The Duchess of Langeais
Film · 2007
Le Roi Lear
Film · 2007
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
Film · 2007
Boxes
Film · 2007
To Each His Own Cinema
Film · 2007
Rencontre Unique
Film · 2007
Gardens in Autumn
Film · 2006
Belle Toujours
Film · 2006
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur
Film · 2006
Magic Mirror
Film · 2006
Everything's Connected
Film · 2005
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
Film · 2004
Raining Cats and Frogs
Film · 2003
Little Lili
Film · 2003
That Day
Film · 2003
A Man, a Real One
Film · 2003
Il bambino di Betlemme
Film · 2002
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
Film · 2002
Brook by Brook
Film · 2002
I’m Going Home
Film · 2001
Kiarostami in Close up
Film · 2000
Actors
Film · 2000
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving
Film · 2000
Speaking of Buñuel
Film · 2000
París-Tombuctú
Film · 1999
Nothing About Robert
Film · 1999
Libero Burro
Film · 1999
The Happiest Place on Earth
Film · 1999
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Film · 1998
Vivement dimanche
Series · 1998
Passion in the Desert
Film · 1997
Genealogies of a Crime
Film · 1997
Tykho Moon
Film · 1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Film · 1996
Traveling Companion
Film · 1996
Party
Film · 1996
Ousmane Sow
Film · 1996
One Hundred and One Nights
Film · 1995
The World of Jacques Demy
Film · 1995
Tödliches Geld
Film · 1995
The Black Angel
Film · 1994
Bête de scène
Film · 1994
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
Film · 1994
Train de nuit
Film · 1994
The Emigrant
Film · 1994
Loonies at Large
Film · 1993
The Young Girls Turn 25
Film · 1993
Archipel
Film · 1993
Rupture(s)
Film · 1993
The Supper
Film · 1992
Le Bal des casse-pieds
Film · 1992
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
Film · 1992
From Time to Time
Film · 1992
La Belle Noiseuse
Film · 1991
Walking a Tightrope
Film · 1991
Lest We Forget
Film · 1991
The Children Thief
Film · 1991
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
Film · 1991
May Fools
Film · 1990
Martha and I
Film · 1990
The Monkey Folk
Film · 1989
Les Grandes Familles
Series · 1989
Un coupable
Film · 1988
How Good the Whites Are
Film · 1988
La Ruelle au clair de lune
Film · 1988
Blanc de Chine
Film · 1988
The Veiled Man
Film · 1987
La Rumba
Film · 1987
Malady of Love
Film · 1987
The Distant Land
Film · 1987
Nulle part ailleurs
Series · 1987
Mauvais Sang
Film · 1986
The Prude
Film · 1986
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Film · 1986
The Nonentity
Film · 1986
Death in a French Garden
Film · 1985
La Lune
Film · 1985
Going and Coming Back
Film · 1985
Adieu Bonaparte
Film · 1985
Dangerous Moves
Film · 1984
Long Live Life
Film · 1984
Success Is the Best Revenge
Film · 1984
Le Matelot 512
Film · 1984
The General of the Dead Army
Film · 1983
The Prize of Peril
Film · 1983
A Room in Town
Film · 1982
The Passerby
Film · 1982
Godard's Passion
Film · 1982
Spy, Stand Up
Film · 1982
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
Film · 1982
Beyond the Door
Film · 1982
The Eyes, the Mouth
Film · 1982
La Cerisaie
Film · 1982
That Night of Varennes
Film · 1982
Scénario du film Passion
Film · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
Strange Affair
Film · 1981
The Prodigal Daughter
Film · 1981
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.
Film · 1981
Confused Feelings
Film · 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Series · 1981
Atlantic City
Film · 1980
A Leap in the Dark
Film · 1980
The Price of Survival
Film · 1980
Docteur Teyran
Series · 1980
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
Film · 1979
The Bit Between the Teeth
Film · 1979
Le Divorcement
Film · 1979
Sugar
Film · 1978
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Film · 1978
Fire's Share
Film · 1978
The Savage State
Film · 1978
Strauberg ist da
Film · 1978
Chili Impressions
Series · 1978
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
Spoiled Children
Film · 1977
The Accuser
Film · 1977
Rene the Cane
Film · 1977
That Obscure Object of Desire
Film · 1977
Mado
Film · 1976
The Last Woman
Film · 1976
F as in Fairbanks
Film · 1976
One Way or Another
Film · 1976
Henry James Stories
Series · 1976
Seven Deaths by Prescription
Film · 1975
Leonor
Film · 1975
Weak Spot
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Midi Première
Series · 1975
Apostrophes
Series · 1975
The Infernal Trio
Film · 1974
The Phantom of Liberty
Film · 1974
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Film · 1974
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Film · 1974
Life Size
Film · 1974
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun
Film · 1974
Loving in the Rain
Film · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
La Grande Bouffe
Film · 1973
Themroc
Film · 1973
Wedding in Blood
Film · 1973
The Woman in Blue
Film · 1973
Far West
Film · 1973
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Film · 1972
Liza
Film · 1972
The Audience
Film · 1972
The Assassination
Film · 1972
Cesar and Rosalie
Film · 1972
Midi trente
Series · 1972
Max and the Junkmen
Film · 1971
Ten Days' Wonder
Film · 1971
Touch and Go
Film · 1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Series · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
The Things of Life
Film · 1970
Invasion
Film · 1970
Treffpunkte
Series · 1970
Topaz
Film · 1969
The Milky Way
Film · 1969
Dillinger Is Dead
Film · 1969
The Uninvited
Film · 1969
Danger: Diabolik
Film · 1968
Heartbeat
Film · 1968
Délire à deux
Film · 1968
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Film · 1968
Woman in Chains
Film · 1968
Belle de Jour
Film · 1967
Shock Troops
Film · 1967
My Love, My Love
Film · 1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Film · 1967
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
Film · 1967
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Film · 1967
La Voleuse
Film · 1966
Is Paris Burning?
Film · 1966
The War Is Over
Film · 1966
Le Coup de grâce
Film · 1966
The Creatures
Film · 1966
The Game Is Over
Film · 1966
Elsa the Rose
Film · 1966
The Devil's Tricks
Film · 1966
Masquerade
Film · 1965
The Sleeping Car Murders
Film · 1965
Dom Juan
Film · 1965
Lady L
Film · 1965
Diary of a Chambermaid
Film · 1964
L'Été en hiver
Film · 1964
All About Loving
Film · 1964
Marie Soleil
Film · 1964
Paparazzi
Film · 1964
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
Film · 1964
Bardot et Godard
Film · 1964
Chance at Love
Film · 1964
Café tabac
Film · 1964
Contempt
Film · 1963
The Day and the Hour
Film · 1963
Hello Cubans
Film · 1963
Climates of Love
Film · 1962
Le Doulos
Film · 1962
Parisienne... Parisiennes
Film · 1962
Le Temps des assassins
Film · 1962
Adieu Philippine
Film · 1962
Hauteclaire
Film · 1961
Amazons of Rome
Film · 1961
La Chevelure
Film · 1961
Rendezvous
Film · 1961
Quarante fontaines
Film · 1961
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
Film · 1961
Danger in the Middle East
Film · 1960
Les Joueurs
Film · 1960
La dragée haute
Film · 1960
Le Rendez-vous de Noël
Film · 1960
Beast at Bay
Film · 1959
La Nuit de Tom Brown
Film · 1959
Le Chalet sous la neige
Film · 1959
Sinners of Paris
Film · 1958
Tabarin
Film · 1958
The Witches of Salem
Film · 1957
Sunday Buddies
Film · 1957
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Film · 1957
Nathalie
Film · 1957
Le Quadrille des diamants
Film · 1957
Death in the Garden
Film · 1956
La France romane
Film · 1956
French Cancan
Film · 1955
Price of Love
Film · 1955
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
Film · 1955
Bad Liaisons
Film · 1955
The Grand Manoeuvre
Film · 1955
Croissance de Paris
Film · 1955
Daughters of Destiny
Film · 1954
Tout chante autour de moi
Film · 1954
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Film · 1954
Horizons...
Film · 1953
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Film · 1952
Without Leaving an Address
Film · 1951
Without Leaving an Address
Film · 1951
Terreur en Oklahoma
Film · 1951
Chicago Digest
Film · 1951
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc
Film · 1951
German Film Award
Series · 1951
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Film · 1949
The Mark of the Day
Film · 1949
The Bellman
Film · 1945