Michel Boujenah
Encyclopedia
Michel Boujenah is a French
actor
, comedian
, film director
and screenwriter
.
As television actor
As director
As screenwriter
, a film director, and the uncle of Matthieu Boujenah
, a comedian.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
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...
, comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
, film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
.
Career
Boujenah has appeared in over twenty-five films and almost ten television productions. He has also directed three films and served as screenwriter on four films.Partial film and television work
As film actor- Trois Hommes et un CouffinTrois hommes et un couffinTrois hommes et un couffin is a 1985 French film by Coline Serreau upon which the 1987 U.S. remake Three Men and a Baby was based.- Synopsis :...
(in English languageEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
– Three Men and a Cradle) (1985) as Michel, with Roland GiraudRoland GiraudRoland Giraud , is a French actor. He is married to the actress Maaike Jansen.Giraud began his theatrical training in the 1960s and joined Coluche's theatrical company in 1971. Around this time he worked also with the troupe, Le Splendid. His first cinematic role came in 1974 in Michel Audiard's...
, André DussollierAndré DussollierAndré Dussollier is a French actor.-Filmography:* 1970 : Ils, directed by Jean-Daniel Simon* 1972 : Les Chemins de pierre, directed by Joseph Drimal...
and Coline SerreauColine SerreauColine Serreau is a French actress, film director and writer.-Early life and education:She was born in Paris, France.In Paris, Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well as the circus.-Career:... - La dernière imageLa dernière imageLa dernière image is a 1986 Algerian drama film directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Véronique Jannot - Claire Boyer* Merwan Lakhdar-Hamina - Mouloud* Michel Boujenah - Simon Attal...
(1986) as Simon Attal - Les MisérablesLes Misérables (1995 film)Les Misérables is a 1995 film written and directed by Claude Lelouch. Set in France during World War II, it concerns a poor and illiterate man Henri Fortin who is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between it and his own life.-Plot:The film starts...
(1995) as André Ziman with Jean-Paul BelmondoJean-Paul BelmondoJean-Paul Belmondo is a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s.-Career:Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football."Did you box professionally very long?" "Not very long...
and Ticky HolgadoTicky HolgadoTicky Holgado , pseudonym of Joseph Holgado, was a French actor and a frequent collaborator with Jean-Pierre Jeunet.... - XXLXXL (1997 film)-Cast:* Catherine Jacob : Lorène Benguigui* Michel Boujenah : Alain Berrebi* Gérard Depardieu : Jean Bourdalou* Elsa Zylberstein : Arlette Stern* Gina Lollobrigida : Gaby* Maurice Chevit : David Stern* Gad Elmaleh : Sammy* Pascal Elbé : François Ste...
(1997) as Alain Berrebi
As television actor
As director
- Père et fils (in English language – Father and Sons) with Charles BerlingCharles BerlingCharles Berling is a French actor, director, scenario writer and producer born on April 30, 1958 in Saint-Mandé in Val de Marne .-Biography:Son of a marine physician, he is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard...
, Matthieu BoujenahMatthieu BoujenahMatthieu Boujenah, born 23 in Bagneux , is a comedian, nephew of Michel Boujenah and Paul Boujenah.- Filmography :* 2009 : Knife Edge* 2007 : Le Dernier Gang* 2007 : Très bien, merci* 2006 : Chacun sa nuit...
, Geneviève BrouilletteGeneviève BrouilletteGeneviève Brouillette is a French Canadian television and film actress from Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.Since 1998 she has gradually appeared in film and she appeared in A Sunday in Kigali in 2006....
, Pascal ElbéPascal ElbéPascal Elbé is a French actor and director and screenwriter.-Biography:Pascal Elbe was born in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France, to a family of middle-class Jewish immigrants from Algeria. He was raised in Strasbourg...
(Most Promising Actor César Awards 2004) and Philippe NoiretPhilippe NoiretPhilippe Noiret was a French film actor.-Biography:Noiret's father was in the clothes trade. Philippe was an indifferent scholar and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He failed several times to pass his baccalauréat exams, so he decided to study...
- film presented at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival2003 Toronto International Film FestivalThe 2003 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 4 to September 13, 2003. A total of 336 films from 55 countries were screened during the festival...
- film presented at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival
As screenwriter
César Awards
- 1985 — won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for Trois Hommes et un CouffinTrois hommes et un couffinTrois hommes et un couffin is a 1985 French film by Coline Serreau upon which the 1987 U.S. remake Three Men and a Baby was based.- Synopsis :...
(in English languageEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
– Three Men and a Cradle) - 1994 — nominated for the César Award for Best ActorCésar Award for Best ActorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
for Le Nombril du Monde - 2004 — nominated for the César Award for Best DebutCésar Award for Best DebutThe César Award for Best Debut was an award given out at the annual César Awards between 1982 and 1999...
for Père et Fils (in English language – Father and Sons)
Personal life
He is the brother of Paul BoujenahPaul Boujenah
Paul Boujenah, born 20 May 1958 in Tunis, Tunisia, is a film director.He is the brother of Michel Boujenah and the uncle of Matthieu Boujenah.-Filmography:...
, a film director, and the uncle of Matthieu Boujenah
Matthieu Boujenah
Matthieu Boujenah, born 23 in Bagneux , is a comedian, nephew of Michel Boujenah and Paul Boujenah.- Filmography :* 2009 : Knife Edge* 2007 : Le Dernier Gang* 2007 : Très bien, merci* 2006 : Chacun sa nuit...
, a comedian.
External links
- Michelboujenah.com, Michel Boujenah's official website (in French languageFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
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