Didier Bezace
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Didier Bezace, born 10 February 1946 in Paris
, is a French
actor
.
and Henri Gourbion.
Co-founder with Jean-Louis Benoît
and Jacques Nichet of the theatre of l'Aquarium-Cartoucherie de Vincennes, he participated in all the shows that the company produced as author, stager and actor. Didier Bezace is the director of the théâtre de La Commune in Aubervilliers
since 1997 and continues to act in cinema and television.
He staged works by Georges Feydeau
, Emmanuel Bove, Molière
- for The School for Wives
which opened the Festival d'Avignon
at the place of honour in July 2001.
His settings of scene are not only part of the theatrical genre. For example, La Femme changée en renard by David Garnett
, Pereira prétend by Antonio Tabucchi
...
In cinema, he has worked with Claude Miller
(La Petite Voleuse
), Bertrand Tavernier
, Jeanne Labrune
, Anne Théron, Valérie Guignabodet, Claude Zidi
and Rémi Bezançon.
In television, he can be seen in Les Thibault, Sissi and recently in Mon fils d'ailleurs.
He has also been in the film Le Pressentiment, working with Jean-Pierre Darroussin
based on the novel by Emmanuel Bove (Released in October 2006).
2006 pieces at the Théâtre de La Commune Objet perdu: 3 short pieces from memory, crying, recital, violin by Daniel Keene, Festival of here and now by Daniel Keene.
2006-2007 season
Themes of 'Mothers' with La Maman bohême based on Médée by Dario Fo
and Franca Rame
and May by Hanif Kureishi
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Biography
Theatre student at the International Dramatic University Centre in Nancy, Didier Bezace received lessons from Bernard Drot, Jean-Marie Patte, Gilles Sandier, Maria CasarèsMaría Casares
María Casares was a Spanish actress and one of the most distinguished stars of the French stage. She was usually credited in France as Maria Casarès.-Early life:...
and Henri Gourbion.
Co-founder with Jean-Louis Benoît
Jean-Louis Benoît
Jean-Louis Benoît, born in January 1947, 22nd, is a French actor, screenwriter, theater and film director.He is co-founder with Didier Bezace and Jacques Nichet of the theatre of l'Aquarium-Cartoucherie de Vincennes.-Filmography:As an actor :...
and Jacques Nichet of the theatre of l'Aquarium-Cartoucherie de Vincennes, he participated in all the shows that the company produced as author, stager and actor. Didier Bezace is the director of the théâtre de La Commune in Aubervilliers
Aubervilliers
Aubervilliers is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Name:In medieval times the name Aubervilliers was recorded as Alberti Villare, meaning "estate of Adalbert"...
since 1997 and continues to act in cinema and television.
2005 works
- Avis aux intéressés by Daniel Keene
- La Version de Browning by Terence RattiganTerence RattiganSir Terence Mervyn Rattigan CBE was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background...
, which was interpreted and staged by Molière, and which he described as the best adaptation of a foreign work, with Séverine Magois.
He staged works by Georges Feydeau
Georges Feydeau
Georges Feydeau was a French playwright of the era known as the Belle Époque. He is remembered for his many lively farces.-Biography:Georges Feydeau was born in Paris, the son of novelist Ernest-Aimé Feydeau and Léocadie Bogaslawa Zalewska. At the age of twenty, Feydeau wrote his first comic...
, Emmanuel Bove, Molière
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
- for The School for Wives
The School for Wives
The School for Wives is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements. It was first staged at the Palais Royal theatre on 26 December 1662 for the brother of the King...
which opened the Festival d'Avignon
Festival d'Avignon
The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest extant festival in France and one of the world's greatest...
at the place of honour in July 2001.
His settings of scene are not only part of the theatrical genre. For example, La Femme changée en renard by David Garnett
David Garnett
David Garnett was a British writer and publisher. As a child, he had a cloak made of rabbit skin and thus received the nickname "Bunny", by which he was known to friends and intimates all his life.-Early life:...
, Pereira prétend by Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchi is an Italian writer and academic who teaches Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy....
...
In cinema, he has worked with Claude Miller
Claude Miller
Claude Miller is a French film director, producer and screenwriter.-Career:Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his first practical cinematic experience while he was in uniform, serving with the Service Cinéma de l'Armée...
(La Petite Voleuse
The Little Thief
The Little Thief is a 1988 French drama directed by Claude Miller. It is based upon an unfinished script by François Truffaut. Truffaut died before being able to direct the film himself.-Plot:...
), Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen...
, Jeanne Labrune
Jeanne Labrune
Jeanne Labrune is a French screenwriter and film director. She has directed 13 films since 1978. Her film Blood and Sand was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
, Anne Théron, Valérie Guignabodet, Claude Zidi
Claude Zidi
Claude Zidi is a French film director and screenwriter who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971...
and Rémi Bezançon.
In television, he can be seen in Les Thibault, Sissi and recently in Mon fils d'ailleurs.
He has also been in the film Le Pressentiment, working with Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Jean-Pierre Darroussin is a French film actor. He was born in Courbevoie, France on December 4, 1953. His films include the 2004 thriller Red Lights.-Filmography as actor:* 1979 : Coup de tête, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud...
based on the novel by Emmanuel Bove (Released in October 2006).
2006 pieces at the Théâtre de La Commune Objet perdu: 3 short pieces from memory, crying, recital, violin by Daniel Keene, Festival of here and now by Daniel Keene.
2006-2007 season
Themes of 'Mothers' with La Maman bohême based on Médée by Dario Fo
Dario Fo
Dario Fo is an Italian satirist, playwright, theater director, actor and composer. His dramatic work employs comedic methods of the ancient Italian commedia dell'arte, a theatrical style popular with the working classes. He currently owns and operates a theatre company with his wife, actress...
and Franca Rame
Franca Rame
Franca Rame is an Italian theatre actress and playwright. She is also the wife of Nobel Prize winning author Dario Fo and the mother of the writer Jacopo Fo.- Life :...
and May by Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi CBE is an English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer. The themes of his work have touched on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality...
Filmography
- 1976 : Guerres civiles en France, sketch Premier Empire by François Barat
- 1988 : The Little ThiefThe Little ThiefThe Little Thief is a 1988 French drama directed by Claude Miller. It is based upon an unfinished script by François Truffaut. Truffaut died before being able to direct the film himself.-Plot:...
by Claude MillerClaude MillerClaude Miller is a French film director, producer and screenwriter.-Career:Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his first practical cinematic experience while he was in uniform, serving with the Service Cinéma de l'Armée... - 1989 : DédéDédé (1989 film)Dédé is a 1989 French film by Jean-Louis Benoît.-Cast:* Luc Thuillier : Dédé* Didier Bezace : Raymon, the uncle* Hélène Vincent : Yvonne, the mother* Yves Afonso : Maurice, the father* Renée Faure : the grand mother* Marion Grimault : Monique...
by Jean-Louis BenoîtJean-Louis BenoîtJean-Louis Benoît, born in January 1947, 22nd, is a French actor, screenwriter, theater and film director.He is co-founder with Didier Bezace and Jacques Nichet of the theatre of l'Aquarium-Cartoucherie de Vincennes.-Filmography:As an actor :... - 1991 : Sur la terre comme au ciel by Marion HänselMarion HänselMarion Hänsel is a Belgian film director, producer, actress and screenwriter. Her film Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Palaver...
- 1991 : L.627 by Bertrand TavernierBertrand TavernierBertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen...
- 1992 : Taxi de nuit by Serge Leroy
- 1993 : Petits arrangements avec les morts by Pascale Ferran
- 1993 : Profil bas by Claude ZidiClaude ZidiClaude Zidi is a French film director and screenwriter who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971...
- 1995 : Les Voleurs by André TéchinéAndré TéchinéAndré Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors....
- 1997 : La Femme de chambre du Titanic by Bigas LunaBigas LunaJuan José Bigas Luna is a Spanish film director. He began his professional career in the design world, creating the Estudio Gris with Carlos Riart in 1969. In his earlier exhibitions, at the beginning of the sixties, he showed a great interest in conceptual art and the emerging visual technologies...
- 1998 : Le Plus beau pays du monde by Marcel BluwalMarcel BluwalMarcel Bluwal is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 40 films since 1955.-External links:...
- 1998 : La DilettanteLa DilettanteLa Dilettante is a 1999 French comedy film directed by Pascal Thomas and starring Catherine Frot, Sébastien Cotterot and Barbara Schulz.-Partial cast:* Catherine Frot - Pierrette Dumortier* Sébastien Cotterot - Éric* Barbara Schulz - Nathalie...
by Pascal ThomasPascal ThomasPascal Thomas is a French screenwriter and film director.-Selected filmography:Director* La Dilettante * Mon petit doigt m'a dit... * L'heure zéro * Le crime est notre affaire -External links:... - 1998 : Ça commence aujourd'hui by Bertrand TavernierBertrand TavernierBertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen...
- 1999 : Voyous voyelles by Serge Meynard
- 1999 : La Face cachée de la lune (La otra cara de la luna) by Lluis Josep Comeron
- 2000 : Ça ira mieux demain by Jeanne LabruneJeanne LabruneJeanne Labrune is a French screenwriter and film director. She has directed 13 films since 1978. Her film Blood and Sand was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- 2001 : Ceci est mon corps by Rodolphe Marconi
- 2002 : C'est le bouquet! by Jeanne LabruneJeanne LabruneJeanne Labrune is a French screenwriter and film director. She has directed 13 films since 1978. Her film Blood and Sand was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- 2002 : Nuit noire by Daniel Colas (uncredited)
- 2003 : Mariages ! by Valérie Guignabodet
- 2003 : Ce qu'ils imaginent by Anne Théron
- 2004 : Cause toujours ! by Jeanne LabruneJeanne LabruneJeanne Labrune is a French screenwriter and film director. She has directed 13 films since 1978. Her film Blood and Sand was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- 2005 : Ma vie en l'air by Rémi Bezançon
- 2005 : Le Pressentiment by Jean-Pierre DarroussinJean-Pierre DarroussinJean-Pierre Darroussin is a French film actor. He was born in Courbevoie, France on December 4, 1953. His films include the 2004 thriller Red Lights.-Filmography as actor:* 1979 : Coup de tête, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud...
- 2011 : The MinisterThe MinisterThe Minister is a 2011 French drama film directed by Pierre Schöller. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Award.-Cast:* Olivier Gourmet as Bertrand Saint Jean...
Television
- 2005 : La Belle et le sauvage by Bertrand Arthuys
- 2006 : Les Camarades by François Luciani
- 2007 : Les Liens du sang by Régis Musset : Juge Dugourd