Michel PICCOLI

Actor

Country: FRANCE

Biography

Michel Piccoli makes his stage debut at the age of 18. We catch a glimpse of him in the cinema as early as 1945, but it's only in 1963 in Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt that he truly achieves fame. In 1967, My Love, My Love by Nadine Trintignant, is the first film he presents in Competition at the Festival de Cannes. He meets Luis Buñuel with whom he shoots five films, including Belle de jour. He becomes the fetish actor of Claude Sautet whom he accompanies to Cannes in 1970 for The Things of Life. He co-stars in 1973 in Marco Ferreri's La Grande Bouffe that sets off a scandal in Cannes. In 1980, he wins the Best Actor's Award for his performance in Marco Bellochio's Leap into the Dark, while The Beautiful Troublemaker by Jacques Rivette, in which he plays an ageing painter, wins the 1991 Grand Prix of the Jury. In 2005, he presents at Cannes the 3rd feature which he's directed, C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé.

Films presented in Cannes

2005 - C'EST PAS TOUT A FAIT LA VIE DONT J'AVAIS REVE - Out of Competition Director, Screenplay
2003 - CE JOUR-LÀ - In Competition Actor
2001 - VOU PARA CASA - In Competition Actor
1996 - COMPAGNA DI VIAGGIO - Un Certain Regard Actor
1991 - LA BELLE NOISEUSE - In Competition Actor
1987 - DAS WEITE LAND - Un Certain Regard Actor
1985 - ADIEU BONAPARTE - In Competition Actor
1984 - SUCCESS IS THE BEST REVENGE - In Competition Actor
1982 - PASSION - In Competition Actor
1980 - SALTO NEL VUOTO - In Competition Actor
1974 - LE TRIO INFERNAL - Out of Competition Actor
1973 - LE FAR WEST - In Competition Actor
1973 - LA GRANDE BOUFFE - In Competition Actor
1970 - LES CHOSES DE LA VIE - In Competition Actor
1969 - DILLINGER E MORTO - In Competition Actor
1967 - MON AMOUR, MON AMOUR - In Competition Actor

Awards

1980 - Award for Best Actor - SALTO NEL VUOTO - Long métrage

Member of the Jury

2007 - Sélection officielle - Member
1999 - Caméra d'or - President