Michel Piccoli
Acting
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.
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
as François, médecin
Age 48 (now 94)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
Age 96 (now 94)
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
Age 95 (now 94)
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Age 93 (now 94)
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
as Self (archive footage)
Age 91 (now 94)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Age 91 (now 94)
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
as Self (archive footage)
Age 91 (now 94)
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
as Self
Age 85 (now 94)
To Each His Own Cinema
as Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
Age 81 (now 94)
C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé
Director
Age 80 (now 94) C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé
Writer
Age 80 (now 94)
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur
as Himself
Age 80 (now 94)
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
as Self
Age 78 (now 94)
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
as Self
Age 76 (now 94)
The Happiest Place on Earth
as Récitant (voice)
Age 73 (now 94)
Passion in the Desert
as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Age 71 (now 94)
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
as Presenter
Age 68 (now 94)
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
as Edouard Frenhofer
Age 66 (now 94)
Lest We Forget
as Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
Age 65 (now 94)
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
as Le baron de Leisenbohg
Age 65 (now 94)
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
as Étienne Sembadel
Age 60 (now 94)
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
as José Viss
Age 56 (now 94)
That Night of Varennes
as King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Age 56 (now 94)
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.
as Morrand
Age 55 (now 94)
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
as Victor Navarro
Age 53 (now 94)
That Obscure Object of Desire
as Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)
Age 51 (now 94)
Seven Deaths by Prescription
Associate Producer
Age 49 (now 94)
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
as François, médecin
Age 48 (now 94)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Interior Minister
Age 46 (now 94)
La Prisonnière
as L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 94)
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
as Count Philippe
Age 42 (now 94)
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Paul Javal (archive footage)
Age 41 (now 94)
The Sleeping Car Murders
as René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)
Age 39 (now 94)
Chance at Love
as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
Age 38 (now 94)
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
as Narrator (voice)
Age 38 (now 94)
Adieu Philippine
as Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Age 36 (now 94)
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
as Maurice Rouger
Age 29 (now 94)
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
as Gérard
Age 28 (now 94)
Torticola versus Frankensberg
as Torticola
Age 26 (now 94)
Without Leaving an Address
as Un journaliste aux archives
Age 25 (now 94) Without Leaving an Address
as Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited)
Age 25 (now 94)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
Age 96 (now 94)
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self
Age 85 (now 94)
Chili Impressions
as Self - Le lecteur des écrits d'A. Pinochet (voice)
Age 52 (now 94)
Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Мишель Пикколи, ميشيل بيكولي
IMDB
nm0681566