Michel Piccoli
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
268
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
Midi Première
Wetten, dass..?
Champs-Elysées
Vivement dimanche
Midi trente
Apostrophes
Spécial cinéma
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Samedi soir
German Film Award
Contempt
Nulle part ailleurs
The Milky Way
Spoiled Children
V.I.P. Schaukel
La Grande Bouffe
Marie Soleil
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
The Day and the Hour
The Creatures
Loonies at Large
The Supper
Belle de Jour
The Monkey Folk
The Savage State
Cesar and Rosalie
Ten Days' Wonder
The Duchess of Langeais
The Emigrant
Le divorcement
Life Size
The Prude
The Phantom of Liberty
Beast at Bay
Mado
La Belle Noiseuse
From Time to Time
The Nonentity
Danger: Diabolik
The Game Is Over
Martha and I
Treffpunkte
Woman in Chains
The Infernal Trio
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
The Audience
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
La Lune
To Each His Own Cinema
París-Tombuctú
Sugar
Malady of Love
Sinners of Paris
Le Temps des assassins
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
The Sleeping Car Murder
Is Paris Burning?
It's Not Me
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Leonor
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Invasion
Dom Juan
Adieu Bonaparte
Nathalie
Far West
The Prodigal Daughter
Liza
Kiarostami in Close up
Godard's Passion
Max and the Junkmen
Raining Cats and Frogs
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Godard by Godard
Film Study 01
Shock Troops
Atlantic City
The Beaches of Agnès
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Topaz
The Dust of Time
Tykho Moon
The Taste of Blueberries
Tabarin
Libero Burro
The Uninvited
That Obscure Object of Desire
Success Is the Best Revenge
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.
The Bit Between the Teeth
The Bellman
Against Oblivion
Mauvais Sang
The Devil's Tricks
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Portrait Of My Father
The Night of Varennes
Holy Motors
Touch and Go
The Children Thief
Magic Mirror
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
The Grand Manoeuvre
The War Is Over
The Prize of Peril
Lady L
Daughters of Destiny
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
The Accuser
Wedding in Blood
I’m Going Home
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
Death in a French Garden
Climates of Love
Heartbeat
Les Joueurs
La Ruelle au clair de lune
One Way or Another
Le Chalet sous la neige
A Leap in the Dark
Hauteclaire
Lines of Wellington
Un amour de pluie
Masquerade
The Things of Life
Amazons of Rome
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Dios de monoambiente
Confused Feelings
A Man, a Real One
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
On War
The Last Woman
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
Le Bal des casse-pieds
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Life of Mirrors
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
Scénario du film Passion
Gardens in Autumn
All About Loving
We Have a Pope
Torticola versus Frankensberg
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun
The Mark of the Day
French Cancan
The Passerby
Sunday Buddies
Genealogies of a Crime
Beyond the Door
Le Doulos
Croissance de Paris
Le Matelot 512
Le quadrille des diamants
Seven Deaths by Prescription
The World of Jacques Demy
Le Roi Lear
Café tabac
Speaking of Buñuel
Walking a Tightrope
Actors
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
Chicago Digest
Weak Spot
The Witches of Salem
Un coupable
Without Leaving an Address
Without Leaving an Address
La Nuit de Tom Brown
La Cerisaie
Themroc
Marx Can Wait
Docteur Teyran
Long Live Life
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
Hello Cubans
Traveling Companion
Spy, Stand Up
Adieu Philippine
Our Lady of Hormones
Tödliches Geld
The Price of Survival
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
The Veiled Man
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur
Danger in the Middle East
Little Lili
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
Archipel
Strauberg ist da
Fire's Share
La Voleuse
The Dinosaur and the Baby
The Distant Land
Nouvelles d'Henry James
Dillinger Is Dead
How Good the Whites Are
The Assassination
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
The Happiest Place on Earth
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Dangerous Moves
My Love, My Love
Strange Affair
Party
The Black Angel
Belle Toujours
Horizons...
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
Rene the Cane
Don't Touch the White Woman!
One Hundred and One Nights
May Fools
Terreur en Oklahoma
Diary of a Chambermaid
La Chevelure
Coming Apart
Elsa the Rose
Passion in the Desert
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc
Death in the Garden
Le Coup de grâce
That Day
The Woman in Blue
Going and Coming Back
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Rupture(s)
A Room in Town
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Chance at Love
Blanc de Chine
Bardot et Godard
Bad Liaisons
Nothing About Robert
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Boxes
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
La dragée haute
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
Paparazzi
Rendezvous
Il bambino di Betlemme
The Eyes, the Mouth
Ousmane Sow
La France romane
Bête de scène
Délire à deux
Parisienne... Parisiennes
Quarante fontaines
Price of Love
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Tout chante autour de moi
Le Rendez-vous de Noël
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
Everything's Connected
The Young Girls Turn 25
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
La Rumba
Train de nuit
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
The General of the Dead Army
F as in Fairbanks
L'Été en hiver
Le Bel Âge
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving
