Jacques Spiesser
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Biography
After having taken courses at the Conservatoire, he made his film, debut in 1972, in Nina Companeez'sNina Companéez
Nina Companéez is a French screenwriter and film director. She has written for 29 films and television shows since 1961.-Selected filmography:* Tonight or Never * Zärtliche Haie * Benjamin...
Faustine et le bel été
Faustine et le Bel Été
Faustine et le Bel Été is a 1972 French comedy film directed by Nina Companéez. It was screened out of competition at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Muriel Catalá - Faustine* Claire Vernet - Claire* Jacques Spiesser - Florent...
Nina Companeez
Nina Companéez
Nina Companéez is a French screenwriter and film director. She has written for 29 films and television shows since 1961.-Selected filmography:* Tonight or Never * Zärtliche Haie * Benjamin...
with Muriel Catala.
He is best known to English-speaking audiences for playing the role of Gilles in Priceless
Priceless (film)
Priceless is a 2006 French film directed by Pierre Salvadori, who says it was adapted from the 1961 Blake Edwards' film, Breakfast at Tiffany's, though the synopsis lays out more like the 1958 novella of the same name written by Truman Capote.- Plot :...
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Cinema
- 1972: Faustine et le bel étéFaustine et le Bel ÉtéFaustine et le Bel Été is a 1972 French comedy film directed by Nina Companéez. It was screened out of competition at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Muriel Catalá - Faustine* Claire Vernet - Claire* Jacques Spiesser - Florent...
, directed by Nina CompaneezNina CompanéezNina Companéez is a French screenwriter and film director. She has written for 29 films and television shows since 1961.-Selected filmography:* Tonight or Never * Zärtliche Haie * Benjamin... - 1973: R.A.S. d'Yves BoissetYves BoissetYves Boisset is a French film director and scriptwriter.French director Yves Boisset began his career as an assistant director. After working with such directors as Hossein, Cioampi and Clement, he began directing short films until the late 1960s when he made his feature film debut...
- 1974: Un homme qui dortUn homme qui dortThe Man Who Sleeps and his alienation as he wanders the streets of Paris. His inner musings are narrated in the form of an unwritten diary by Ludmila Mikael. The hero remains silent throughout the film. The film won the Prix Jean Vigo in 1974....
, directed by Bernard Queysanne d'après Georges PerecGeorges PerecGeorges Perec was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist and essayist. He is a member of the Oulipo group... - 1974: L'Ironie du sort d'Édouard MolinaroÉdouard MolinaroÉdouard Molinaro is a French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was born in Gironde, Bordeaux.He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès , My Uncle Benjamin , Dracula and Son , and the Academy Award-nominated La Cage aux Folles Édouard Molinaro (born 13 May 1928) is a French...
- 1974: StaviskyStaviskyStavisky... is a 1974 French film drama based on the life of the financier and embezzler Alexandre Stavisky and the circumstances leading to his mysterious death in 1934. This gave rise to a political scandal known as the Stavisky Affair, which led to fatal riots in Paris, the resignation of two...
d'Alain ResnaisAlain ResnaisAlain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began... - 1974: La Gifle, directed by Claude PinoteauClaude PinoteauClaude Pinoteau is a French film director and scriptwriter. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France.- Filmography :* 1971 : It Only Happens to Others...
- 1974: Section spécialeSection spécialeSection spéciale is a 1975 French film, directed by Costa Gavras. It stars Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale, Ivo Garrani, François Maistre, Jacques Spiesser, Henri Serre, Heinz Bennett and Claude Piéplu...
, directed by Costa-GavrasCosta-GavrasCosta-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller, Z... - 1975: LumièreLumière-Characters:*Lumière , one of the two main characters of the 2002 anime series Kiddy Grade*Lumiere, a character in the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast-Places:*Lumière, a restaurant in Vancouver, Canada...
, directed by Jeanne MoreauJeanne MoreauJeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française... - 1975: Le Petit Marcel, directed by Jacques FanstenJacques FanstenJacques Fansten is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 20 films since 1970.-External links:...
- 1976: Je suis Pierre Rivière, directed by Christine LipinskaChristine Lipinska-Filmography:* Je suis Pierre Rivière * Folie suisse * Papa est parti, maman aussi * Le cahier volé -External links:...
- 1976: La Victoire en chantant, directed by Jean-Jacques AnnaudJean-Jacques AnnaudJean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, film producer and screenwriter.- Biography :Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne...
- 1977: Le juge fayard, dit Le Shériff d'Yves BoissetYves BoissetYves Boisset is a French film director and scriptwriter.French director Yves Boisset began his career as an assistant director. After working with such directors as Hossein, Cioampi and Clement, he began directing short films until the late 1960s when he made his feature film debut...
- 1982: La Truite, directed by Joseph LoseyJoseph LoseyJoseph Walton Losey was an American theater and film director. After studying in Germany with Bertolt Brecht, Losey returned to the United States, eventually making his way to Hollywood...
- 1985: Folie suisse, directed by Christine LipinskaChristine Lipinska-Filmography:* Je suis Pierre Rivière * Folie suisse * Papa est parti, maman aussi * Le cahier volé -External links:...
- 1986: On a volé Charlie Spencer, directed by Francis HusterFrancis HusterFrancis Huster is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter.-Biography:Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national , where he had...
- 1988: BaxterBaxter (film)Baxter is a 1989 French horror film directed by Jérôme Boivin. The title character is a murderous bull terrier who tells the story of his search for a proper master in voice-over narration...
, directed by Jérôme Boivin avec Lise DelamareLise Delamare-Selected filmography:* La Marseillaise * La fausse maîtresse * The Count of Monte Cristo * A Certain Mister * The King of the Bla Bla Bla * Lola Montès * Captain Blood... - 1989: Thick SkinnedThick SkinnedThick Skinned is a 1989 French drama film directed by Patricia Mazuy. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Sandrine Bonnaire - Annie* Jean-François Stévenin - Roland* Jacques Spiesser - Gérard...
, directed by Patricia MazuyPatricia MazuyPatricia Mazuy is a French film director and screenwriter. Her film Peaux de vaches was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival... - 1989: L'Homme imaginé , directed by Patricia Bardon
- 1992: Tout ça... pour ça !Tout ça... pour ça !-Cast and roles:* Marie-Sophie L. - Marie Lenormand* Francis Huster - Francis Barrucq* Fabrice Luchini - Fabrice Lenormand* Alessandra Martines - Allessandra Barrucq* Vincent Lindon - Lino* Gérard Darmon - Henri Poncet* Jacques Gamblin - Jacques Grandin...
, directed by Claude Lelouch avec Fabrice LuchiniFabrice LuchiniFabrice Luchini is a French stage and film actor.-Biography:Fabrice Luchini was born in Île-de-France, Paris, into an Italian immigrant family, who were fruit and vegetable vendors. He grew up around the neighbourhood of Goutte d'Or in Paris's 18th arrondissement... - 1996: Madame Jacques sur la Croisette , directed by Emmanuel Finkiel avec Shulamit Adar
- 1998: Rembrandt , directed by Charles Matton avec Klaus Maria BrandauerKlaus Maria BrandauerKlaus Maria Brandauer is an Austrian actor, film director, and professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna.-Personal life:...
- 1999: La Vie moderneModern Life (film)Modern Life is a 2000 French drama film directed by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Claire* Frédéric Pierrot - Jacques* Lolita Chammah - Marguerite* Juliette Andréa - Eva...
, directed by Laurence Ferreira BarbosaLaurence Ferreira BarbosaLaurence Ferreira Barbosa is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed eleven films since 1983.-External links:...
avec Isabelle HuppertIsabelle HuppertIsabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most... - 2000: De l'histoire ancienne , directed by Orso Miret avec Yann Goven
- 2000: Après la réconciliation , directed by Anne-Marie MiévilleAnne-Marie MiévilleAnne-Marie Miéville is a Swiss filmmaker, principally known for her work in collaboration with her husband Jean-Luc Godard.-DVD releases:...
avec Anne-Marie MiévilleAnne-Marie MiévilleAnne-Marie Miéville is a Swiss filmmaker, principally known for her work in collaboration with her husband Jean-Luc Godard.-DVD releases:...
et Jean-Luc GodardJean-Luc GodardJean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave".... - 2001: C'est la vie , directed by Jean-Pierre AmérisJean-Pierre AmérisJean-Pierre Améris is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1993. His film Poids léger was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:...
avec Jacques DutroncJacques DutroncJacques Dutronc is a French singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and actor. He has been married to singer Françoise Hardy since 30 March 1981 and the two have a son . He also has been a longtime songwriting collaborator with Jacques Lanzmann... - 2002: Elle est des nôtres, directed by Siegrid Alnoy avec Sasha Andres
- 2003: Je suis un assassin , directed by Thomas VincentThomas VincentThomas Vincent was an English Puritan minister and author.-Life:Both his father and brother were prominent ministers. He was the second son of John Vincent and elder brother of Nathaniel Vincent, born at Hertford in May 1634...
avec François CluzetFrançois CluzetFrançois Cluzet is a French film and theatre actor, best known in the English-speaking world for starring in the 2006 French film "Tell No One", based on the novel of the same name by the American author Harlan Coben... - 2003: San-Antonio, directed by Frédéric Auburtin avec Gérard LanvinGérard LanvinGérard Lanvin is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine in 1977 on an offer from actor Coluche. He received the Prix Jean Gabin in 1982 for his role in Une étrange affaire...
- 2005: Itinéraires, directed by Christophe Otzenberger
- 2006: Le Passager de l'été, directed by Florence Moncorgé-Gabin avec Catherine FrotCatherine Frot-Early life:The daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher, Frot demonstrated comic traits and expressions at an early age. At the age of fourteen, she enrolled in the Versailles conservatory while still in school...
et Laura SmetLaura SmetLaura Smet is a French actress. She was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, daughter of the rock musician Johnny Hallyday and the actress Nathalie Baye... - 2006: C'est beau une ville la nuit, directed by Richard BohringerRichard BohringerRichard Bohringer is a French actor.-Personal life:Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has two other children, Richard and Lou.-Career:...
avec Richard BohringerRichard BohringerRichard Bohringer is a French actor.-Personal life:Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has two other children, Richard and Lou.-Career:... - 2006: Hors de prix, directed by Pierre SalvadoriPierre SalvadoriPierre Salvadori is a French Corsican film director from Santo-Pietro-di-Venaco known for works on romantic comedies such as Hors de prix ....
avec Audrey TautouAudrey TautouAudrey Justine Tautou is a French model and film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Irène in Priceless and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel...
et Gad ElmalehGad ElmalehGad Elmaleh is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut . He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.- Early years :Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco... - 2006: Mon meilleur ami, directed by Patrice LecontePatrice LecontePatrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:...
avec Daniel AuteuilDaniel AuteuilDaniel Auteuil is a French film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Algiers, French Algeria.-Career:...
et Dany BoonDany BoonDany Boon is a French comedian who has acted both on the stage and the screen. He takes his stage name from the television show Daniel Boone.-Life and career:... - 2007: Écoute le temps (Fissures), directed by Alanté Kavaïté avec Emilie, directed byquenne et Ludmila Mikaël
- 2007: Nos retrouvailles, directed by David Oelhoffen avec Jacques GamblinJacques GamblinJacques Gamblin is a French actor.He was born in Granville, Manche. He studied at the Centre dramatique de Caen before he tried to film in Paris.-Filmography:*Périgord Noir...
et Nicolas GiraudNicolas GiraudNicolas Giraud is a French actor. He had a significant role in the movie Taken. He has also appeared in at least 10 other movies, and a number of television episodes. He was the writer and director of Faiblesses .-External links:*... - 2009: A Man and His DogA Man and His DogA Man and His Dog is a 2009 French film directed by French director Francis Huster, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, based on the 1952 film Umberto D...
, directed by Francis HusterFrancis HusterFrancis Huster is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter.-Biography:Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national , where he had... - 2009: CocoCoco (film)Coco is a 2009 French comedy film written, directed, and starring Gad Elmaleh. The film is based on a character sketch he created for his one-man show "La Vie Normale". The film earned $8.5 million in its opening weekend at the French box office, and went on to gross $11.7 million in the European...
, directed by Gad ElmalehGad ElmalehGad Elmaleh is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut . He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.- Early years :Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco...
Television
- 1974: Le Pain noir, directed by Serge MoatiSerge MoatiSerge Moati is a French artist, journalist, film director and writer. Serge Moati is the brother of Nine Moati, author of the novel Les Belles de Tunis...
(feuilleton télévisé) - 1983: Diane Lanster, directed by Bernard Queysanne
- 1995: Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (téléfilm), directed by enys, directed by La Patellière: le comte, directed by Saint-Fiacre
- 1998: Victor Schoelcher, l'abolition, directed by Paul VecchialiPaul VecchialiPaul Vecchiali is a French author and filmmaker.-Biography:He spent his childhood in Toulon. His family, suspected of collaboration, preferred to leave this city after the war....
- 1999: Dessine-moi un jouet : Raoul Monge
- 2004: Nature contre natureNature contre natureNature contre nature is a French telefilm comedy, broadcast in 2005, directed by Lucas Belvaux, and scripted by Lucas Belvaux with Jean-Luc Gaget.- Plot summary :...
: M. Lorieux - 2005: Zodiaque : Maître Etienne Lefort
- 2005: La Belle et le sauvage : Le commissaire Perrault
- 2006: Chasse à l'homme avec Richard BerryRichard BerryRichard Berry was an African American singer, songwriter and musician, who performed with many Los Angeles doo-wop and close harmony groups in the 1950s, including The Flairs and The Robins....
- 2007: Le Vrai coupable, directed by Francis HusterFrancis HusterFrancis Huster is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter.-Biography:Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national , where he had...
- 2007: Le LienLe lienThe Ties That Bind is the first novel by the French author Vanessa Duriès.The novel tells the story of Laika, a young student, who is initiated to BDSM and then her evolution as a slave, and also of her growing love relationship with her master, Pierre...
, directed by Denis Malleval - 2007: Sous les vents de Neptune, directed by Josée Dayan: Adrien Danglard
- 2009: L'Homme aux cercles bleus, directed by Josée Dayan
- 2009: Mourir d'aimer, directed by Josée Dayan
- 2009: Jusqu'à l'enfer, directed by Denis Malleval
Theatre
Comédien- 1985: Le Cid, directed by CorneillePierre CorneillePierre Corneille was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine...
, mise en scène Francis HusterFrancis HusterFrancis Huster is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter.-Biography:Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national , where he had...
, Théâtre Renaud-BarraultThéâtre du Rond-PointThéâtre du Rond-Point is a theatre in Paris, located at 2bis avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt, 8th arrondissement.-History:The theatre began with an 1838 project of architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff for a rotunda in the Champs Elysees. Inaugurated in 1839, this structure was integrated with other... - 1987: Dom JuanDom JuanDom Juan or The Feast with the Statue is a French play by Molière, based on the legend of Don Juan. Molière's characters Dom Juan and Sganarelle are the French counterparts to the Spanish Don Juan and Catalinón, characters who would later become familiar to opera goers as Don Giovanni and Leporello...
, directed by MolièreMolièreJean-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...
, mise en scène Francis HusterFrancis HusterFrancis Huster is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter.-Biography:Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national , where he had...
, Théâtre Renaud-BarraultThéâtre du Rond-PointThéâtre du Rond-Point is a theatre in Paris, located at 2bis avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt, 8th arrondissement.-History:The theatre began with an 1838 project of architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff for a rotunda in the Champs Elysees. Inaugurated in 1839, this structure was integrated with other... - 1992: Suite royale d’après Crébillon fils et Denis DiderotDenis DiderotDenis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie....
, mise en scène Francis HusterFrancis HusterFrancis Huster is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter.-Biography:Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national , where he had...
, Théâtre MarignyThéâtre MarignyThe Théâtre Marigny is a theatre in Paris, situated near the junction of the Champs-Élysées and the Avenue Marigny, in the 8th arrondissement. It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnier for the display of a panorama, which opened in 1883... - 1993: Le Cid, directed by CorneillePierre CorneillePierre Corneille was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine...
, mise en scène Francis HusterFrancis HusterFrancis Huster is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter.-Biography:Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national , where he had... - 1998: Flip !, directed by Tom Rooney, mise en scène Roger Mirmont, Théâtre Fontaine
Metteur en scène
- 1986: Diderot et l'abbé Barthélémy d'après Denis DiderotDenis DiderotDenis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie....
, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault