Michel Piccoli
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
269
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-12-27
Day of death
2020-05-12 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Michel Piccoli
Biography
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.
Known For
Wetten, dass..?
Champs-Elysées
Vivement dimanche
Spécial cinéma
Midi Première
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
The Prude
That Obscure Object of Desire
One Way or Another
Apostrophes
Atlantic City
Invasion
Les Joueurs
Nathalie
German Film Award
Godard's Passion
The Veiled Man
Mado
Topaz
The Assassination
The Supper
The Bellman
Holy Motors
Samedi soir
The Children Thief
Cesar and Rosalie
Is Paris Burning?
Themroc
Chicago Digest
Midi trente
The Infernal Trio
Malady of Love
Tabarin
The Passerby
Martha and I
Actors
Max and the Junkmen
Masquerade
Archipel
V.I.P. Schaukel
Dom Juan
Adieu Philippine
Going and Coming Back
Sugar
Nulle part ailleurs
Gardens in Autumn
Party
The Savage State
The Last Woman
Lines of Wellington
Coming Apart
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Climates of Love
Far West
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Boxes
The Prodigal Daughter
Speaking of Buñuel
Lady L
Nothing About Robert
Magic Mirror
Parisienne... Parisiennes
The World of Jacques Demy
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
Rupture(s)
A Room in Town
La Chevelure
Sinners of Paris
París-Tombuctú
Walking a Tightrope
Seven Deaths by Prescription
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
La Grande Bouffe
Ousmane Sow
That Day
Le Rendez-vous de Noël
Tödliches Geld
La Voleuse
Wedding in Blood
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
Little Lili
Spy, Stand Up
Everything's Connected
Belle de Jour
Café tabac
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
The Nonentity
Long Live Life
Quarante fontaines
Without Leaving an Address
Without Leaving an Address
Blanc de Chine
Le Chalet sous la neige
Contempt
The Uninvited
Bête de scène
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
La Belle Noiseuse
Rene the Cane
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Audience
Paparazzi
The Taste of Blueberries
Belle Toujours
Rendezvous
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
The Black Angel
Sunday Buddies
Dillinger Is Dead
La dragée haute
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Price of Love
Treffpunkte
Dios de monoambiente
We Have a Pope
Godard by Godard
My Love, My Love
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Against Oblivion
All About Loving
Le Coup de grâce
The Phantom of Liberty
To Each His Own Cinema
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
The Beaches of Agnès
Le Temps des assassins
Bad Liaisons
French Cancan
Le Roi Lear
Danger: Diabolik
Le Doulos
Train de nuit
The Things of Life
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Mauvais Sang
Le Matelot 512
Horizons...
Diary of a Chambermaid
May Fools
Death in the Garden
The Milky Way
Croissance de Paris
Success Is the Best Revenge
The Night of Varennes
The War Is Over
Liza
Délire à deux
Raining Cats and Frogs
Strange Affair
The Prize of Peril
The Sleeping Car Murders
Le Quadrille des diamants
Ten Days' Wonder
The Witches of Salem
Woman in Chains
Beast at Bay
One Hundred and One Nights
The Dust of Time
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur
Beyond the Door
Docteur Teyran
Death in a French Garden
Amazons of Rome
Marx Can Wait
Les Grandes Familles
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
The Emigrant
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Hello Cubans
The Mark of the Day
Shock Troops
Le Bal des casse-pieds
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
Chance at Love
It's Not Me
The Eyes, the Mouth
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
Portrait Of My Father
The Creatures
Tykho Moon
The Grand Manoeuvre
Un amour de pluie
Leonor
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
Adieu Bonaparte
I’m Going Home
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Weak Spot
Tout chante autour de moi
Nouvelles d'Henry James
The Duchess of Langeais
A Leap in the Dark
Genealogies of a Crime
Spoiled Children
Passion in the Desert
The Game Is Over
Don't Touch the White Woman!
The Accuser
The Young Girls Turn 25
Touch and Go
Loonies at Large
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Life Size
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Le Bel Âge
Daughters of Destiny
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
A Man, a Real One
La Rumba
Dangerous Moves
Elsa the Rose
On War
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
From Time to Time
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
The Price of Survival
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
Terreur en Oklahoma
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
The Life of Mirrors
La Cerisaie
The Woman in Blue
The Happiest Place on Earth
How Good the Whites Are
Our Lady of Hormones
The Day and the Hour
Fire's Share
Libero Burro
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun
The Devil's Tricks
The General of the Dead Army
Confused Feelings
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
Heartbeat
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Hauteclaire
Danger in the Middle East
Kiarostami in Close up
Traveling Companion
F as in Fairbanks
Un coupable
Le Plus Heureux des trois
The Distant Land
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving
The Bit Between the Teeth
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
La Ruelle au clair de lune
Bardot et Godard
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
Scénario du film Passion
Marie Soleil
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
Le Divorcement
L'Été en hiver
La Nuit de Tom Brown
La Lune
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.
Il bambino di Betlemme
The Monkey Folk
Strauberg ist da
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc
La France romane
