Michel PICCOLI

Actor, Actor

France

Michel PICCOLI

Michel Piccoli makes his stage debut at the age of 18. We catch a glimpse of him in the cinema as early as 1945, but it's only in 1963 in Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt that he truly achieves fame. In 1967, My Love, My Love by Nadine Trintignant, is the first film he presents in Competition at the Festival de Cannes. He meets Luis Buñuel with whom he shoots five films, including Belle de jour. He becomes the fetish actor of Claude Sautet whom he accompanies to Cannes in 1970 for The Things of Life. He co-stars in 1973 in Marco Ferreri's La Grande Bouffe that sets off a scandal in Cannes. In 1980, he wins the Best Actor's Award for his performance in Marco Bellochio's Leap into the Dark, while The Beautiful Troublemaker by Jacques Rivette, in which he plays an ageing painter, wins the 1991 Grand Prix of the Jury. In 2005, he presents at Cannes the 3rd feature which he's directed, C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé.

Jury attendance

  • Member Feature films, 2007
  • President Caméra d'Or, 1999

Feature films

LE MÉPRIS

Cannes Classics, 2023Actor

PAPARAZZI

Cannes Classics, 2017Actor

BELLE DE JOUR

Cannes Classics, 2017Actor

ADIEU BONAPARTE

Cannes Classics, 2016Actor

LA GRANDE ABBUFFATA

Cannes Classics, 2013Actor

HABEMUS PAPAM

In Competition - Feature Films, 2011Actor

BOXES

Special Screenings, 2007Actor

C’EST PAS TOUT A FAIT LA VIE DONT J’AVAIS REVE

Out of Competition, 2005Director, Screenplay

CE JOUR-LÀ

In Competition - Feature Films, 2003Actor

VOU PARA CASA

In Competition - Feature Films, 2001Actor

COMPAGNA DI VIAGGIO

Un Certain Regard, 1996Actor

LA BELLE NOISEUSE

In Competition - Feature Films, 1991Actor

DAS WEITE LAND

Un Certain Regard, 1987Actor

ADIEU BONAPARTE

In Competition - Feature Films, 1985Actor

SUCCESS IS THE BEST REVENGE

In Competition - Feature Films, 1984Actor

PASSION

In Competition - Feature Films, 1982Actor

SALTO NEL VUOTO

In Competition - Feature Films, 1980Actor

LE TRIO INFERNAL

Out of Competition, 1974Actor

LE FAR WEST

In Competition - Feature Films, 1973Actor

LA GRANDE BOUFFE

In Competition - Feature Films, 1973Actor

LES CHOSES DE LA VIE

In Competition - Feature Films, 1970Actor

DILLINGER E MORTO

In Competition - Feature Films, 1969Actor

MON AMOUR, MON AMOUR

In Competition - Feature Films, 1967Actor

Awards

SALTO NEL VUOTO

In Competition - Feature Films, 1980
1980 Award for Best Actress 1980 Award for Best Actor
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