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- Writer
- Actor
Henri Charrière was born in 1906. He grew up in the south of France where his father was the master of a village school. After completing his military service in the navy, Charrière moved to Paris. His acquired nickname "Papillon" soon became a respected one in the underworld.
At the age of twenty-five Charrière was sentenced to imprisonment for life without a hope of remission - this for a murder he did not commit. He was transported to the penal settlements of French Guiana. His astonishing escapes became material for a self-biography and the film Papillon (1973). He died in 1973 after living as a free man for years in Venezuela.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Danièle Lebrun is a critically acclaimed leading actress of the French stage. It could be said that her career began when her older brother, the philosopher Gérard Lebrun (1930-1999), introduced her to the director Claude Autant-Lara. Lara deemed her as too young to be cast in his film The Immature Grain (1954), but, nonetheless, encouraged her acting ambitions. Lebrun soon made her first theatrical appearance in Arthur Miller 's The Crucible at the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt under the direction of Raymond Rouleau. She subsequently studied drama at the Conservatoire, won first prize for acting and then joined the Comédie-Française for two years. In the course of six decades, she has since acted in numerous classic plays by Molière, Pirandello, Chekhov, Shakespeare, and others, collecting a Critics Union Award in 1976 for her role in Madame de Sade and two Molière Awards (1992 and 2006), respectively, for performances in Le Misanthrope and George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion. She rejoined the Comédie-Française in 2011.
Infrequently on the screen during the 60s, Lebrun had her first leading role at the end of the decade as Grushenka in a French TV version of Les frères Karamazov (1969). Since the 70s, she has become an audience favorite in literary adaptations and period dramas (again on the small screen), notably as Baronness Roxane de Saint-Gély in Marcel Bluwal's series Les nouvelles aventures de Vidocq (1971) and in the title role of Bérénice (1975), queen of Judaea, based on a tragedy by 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. She has also portrayed Empress Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife, in the biopic Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions (1979), and Napoleon's mother Maria-Letizia Bonaparte (also known as "Madame Mère") in the comedy Madame Sans-Gêne (2002). More recently, Lebrun portrayed the wife of Charles de Gaulle, Yvonne, in a two-part miniseries, Madame Cuchet, one of the murder victims of French Bluebeard Landru (2005), and Emilienne, one of a quartet of pensioners trying to recapture the adventures of their youth by masterminding a robbery of their retirement home, in Les vieux calibres (2013) (again directed by her husband Marcel Bluwal).
Danièle Lebrun's first marriage was to the journalist François de Closets. Her second husband was the aforementioned film maker Marcel Bluwal who often directed her on the screen. He died in 2021.- Actor
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
Roger Dumas was born on 9 May 1932 in Annonay, Ardèche, France. He was an actor, known for That Man from Rio (1964), Code Name: Tiger (1964) and Our Agent Tiger (1965). He was married to Marie-José Nat. He died on 2 July 2016 in Paris, France.- Actor
- Writer
André Chazel was born on 11 December 1933 in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche, Ardèche, France. He was an actor and writer. He died on 22 December 2023 in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche, France.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Davy Mourier was born in Annonay, France. He is a writer, actor and director particularly known for web-series Nerdz (2007) and J'irai loler sur vos tombes (2009) co-directed with Monsieur Poulpe. In 2000, he founded with several of his friends the association of videographers "Une Case en Moins". In 2007, he joined the television channel Nolife and became one of its main presenters. He is also a cartoonist and wrote a dozen of comics.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Manuel Pradal was born on 22 March 1964 in Aubenas, Ardèche, France. He was a director and writer, known for Marie Baie des Anges (1997), Ginostra (2002) and La petite inconnue (2016). He died on 13 May 2017 in Paris, France.- Director
- Cinematographer
- Visual Effects
Aurel was born on 31 May 1980 in Ardèche, France. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Josep (2020), Octobre noir ou Malek, Saïd, Karim et les autres... (2011) and No Laughing Matter (2014).- Actor
- Director
Gaston Jacquet was born on 14 August 1883 in Lanas, Ardèche, France. He was an actor and director, known for A Man's Head (1933), Le bossu (1925) and Dans une île perdue (1931). He died on 28 January 1970 in Thonex, Switzerland.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Fred Mella was born on 10 March 1924 in Annonay, Ardèche, France. He was an actor, known for Hier encore (2012), La chance aux chansons (1984) and Avis de recherche (1980). He was married to Suzanne Avon. He died on 16 November 2019 in Goupillières, Yvelines, France.- Jean-François Dérec was born on 11 May 1947 in La-Voulte-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Madame De Pompadour: The King's Favourite (2006), Lost in Armenia (2016) and La dame de chez Maxim (2008).
- Production Designer
- Set Decorator
Jean Saussac was born on 28 February 1922 in Antraigues, Ardèche, France. He was a production designer and set decorator, known for The Wise Guys (1965), The Secret (1974) and The Old Gun (1975). He died on 14 February 2005 in Antraigues, Ardèche, France.- Laurent Paganelli was born on 20 October 1962 in Aubenas, Ardèche, France. He is an actor, known for La fièvre (2024), Shooting Stars (2002) and Canal Football Club (2008).
- Marcel Champel was born on 21 December 1926 in Aubenas, Ardèche, France. He was an actor, known for Jean de Florette (1986), Les cent livres des hommes (1970) and Cordier and Son: Judge and Cop (1992). He died on 28 August 2013 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Sound Department
Jack Jullian was born on 10 September 1935 in Annonay, Ardèche, France. He is known for The Double Life of Véronique (1991), Carmen nue (1984) and Roselyne and the Lions (1988). He died on 13 November 2007 in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, France.- Tom Laurent was born on 3 July 1989 in Ardèche, France. He is an actor, known for Unknown Movies (2013), Relationship (2014) and Un monde sans musique (2014).
- Georges Charensol was born on 26 December 1899 in Privas, Ardeche, France. He was an actor, known for Le masque et la plume (1976) and Le Musée imaginaire (1972). He was married to Rose Monier. He died on 15 May 1995 in Paris, France.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Patrick Volson was born on 19 September 1949 in Vals-les-Bains, Ardèche, France. He was a director and writer, known for Between Heaven and Earth: Jerusalem (1985), Joséphine, ange gardien (1997) and The Beast of Gévaudan (2003). He died on 28 August 2016.- Xavière was born in 1941 in Ardèche, France. She is a writer, known for The Punishment (1973) and Ouvrez les guillemets (1973).
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Lola Carriat is an up-and-coming french filmmaker. She grew up and studied in Lyon, France and pursued her studies in NYC where she expanded her horizons. She has made four short movies so far: two fictions, one essai and one experimental documentary. She is opened to film genres, defining her work by a category is not what she is looking for. What matters to Lola's work, what makes her passionate about creating is the infinite language of senses through images, sounds, movements... Gender equality and green production set are two major principles in her production process, in the conception of the idea, the production set and administration.- Rémy Martin was born on 10 August 1979 in Aubenas, Ardèche, France. He is a producer, known for Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011), There's a God on the Mic (2005) and Dieux du stade: Le making of du calendrier 2004 (2003).
- Paul Puaux was born on 25 August 1920 in La Voulte-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France. He was previously married to Melly Touzoul .
- Jean-Paul Roux was born in 1965 in Lussas, Ardèche, France. He died on 4 February 2022 in Ardèche, France.
- Marie-Joseph Canteloube was born on 21 October 1879 in Annonay, Ardèche, France. Marie-Joseph died on 4 November 1957 in Grigny, Essonne, France.
- Jacques Dupin was born on 24 March 1927 in Privas, Ardeche, France. He was an actor, known for Alberto Giacometti (1966), Ettore Sottsass - Der Sinn der Dinge (2007) and Alberto Giacometti - Die Augen am Horizont (2001). He died on 27 October 2012 in Paris, France.
- Jacques-André Bertrand was born on 29 December 1946 in Annonay, Ardèche, France. He died on 17 April 2022 in Paris, France.
- Clément Grenier was born on 7 January 1991 in Annonay, Ardèche, France.
- Maurice Grimaud was born on 11 November 1913 in Annonay, Ardèche, France. He died on 16 July 2009 in Paris, France.