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Lou de Laâge was born on 27 April 1990 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She is an actress, known for The Innocents (2016), Jappeloup (2013) and The Mad Women's Ball (2021).- Director
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- Producer
Benjamin Millepied is a world-renowned choreographer, dancer, and rising director. In 2010, Millepied choreographed and starred in the Oscar winning feature Black Swan (2010). Since then, he has directed a number of short films, commercials, and music videos in collaboration with artists including Philip Glass, Mark Bradford, IO Echo, Lil Buck, and Zeds Dead. Most recently, Millepied directed a short film for luxury jewelry brand Van Cleef and Arpels based on his original choreography entitled Reflections. In 2012, Millepied founded The Amoveo Company, a multi-media production company and art collective based in Los Angeles.- Alice Isaaz was born on 26 July 1991 in Bordeaux, France. She is an actress, known for The Gilded Cage (2013), Elle (2016) and Smart Ass (2014).
- Actress
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Céline Sallette was born on 25 April 1980 in Bordeaux, France. She is an actress and director, known for House of Tolerance (2011), Hereafter (2010) and Marie Antoinette (2006).- Actress
- Music Department
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Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, to Marie-Louise (Witkowski) and Germain Jean Darrieux, a physician. She was raised in Paris. She was only fourteen when she auditioned for a secondary role in Le bal (1931): she got the part, and the producer offered her a five-year contract. She had her first romantic lead in La crise est finie (1934) and scored an international hit with the historical drama Mayerling (1936) in which she played Marie Vetsera opposite Charles Boyer. In 1938, she went to Hollywood to appear in the fine comedy The Rage of Paris (1938) but quickly returned to Paris.
Darrieux remained in France during the Occupation and was one of the leading actresses during this period, starring in major hits such as Premier Rendez-Vous (1941). In 1945, she appeared both on stage (in "Tristan et Isolde") and on screen (in Au petit bonheur (1946)). In the next three decades, she found several important roles, in films like La Ronde (1950), The Earrings of Madame De... (1953) -- in which she gave her best performance, as a society lady torn between her husband and her lover -- and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967).
In 1970, she replaced Katharine Hepburn on Broadway in "Coco." Afterwards, she made occasional screen and stage appearances. But she made a triumphant comeback in 2002, playing Catherine Deneuve's mother in the international hit 8 Women (2002).
She died on October 17, 2017 in Bois-le-Roi, Eure, France. She was 100.- Actor
- Producer
Arnaud Binard was born on 18 January 1971 in Bordeaux, France. He is an actor and producer, known for Modern Family (2009), Banking District (2017) and Murders in Valenciennes (2018).- Actress
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Soko was born on 26 October 1985 in Bordeaux, France. She is an actress and composer, known for Augustine (2012), Her (2013) and SOKO: Destruction of the Disgusting Ugly Hate (Official Video) (2012).- Director
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René Clément was one of the leading French directors of the post-World War II era. He directed what are regarded as some of the greatest films of the time, such as The Battle of the Rails (1946), Forbidden Games (1952) and The Day and the Hour (1963). He was later almost forgotten as a director. He was back in public attention briefly when his epic Is Paris Burning? (1966) (with an all-star cast of famous actors) was released in 1966, but it was much criticized.
During the 1960s and 1970s Clement directed a number of unnoticed international productions, always with his usual brio and technical virtuosity. Indeed, what characterizes most of his films is how, even to serve sometimes very unexceptional scripts, the directing is always breathtakingly original, inventive, featuring technical virtuosity and the use of special effects. When a remarkable script is associated with these qualities, a film such as Forbidden Games (1952) is the result: the masterpiece of a lifetime. I think we can say that René Clément was one of the most unlucky talented filmmakers who existed, but unfortunate career choices damaged his legacy.
He died in March 1996.- Marilyn Lima was born on 28 September 1995 in Bordeaux, France. She is an actress, known for Sentinelle (2021), Bugarach and Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story (2015).
- Anh Duong was born in France to a Spanish mother and a Vietnamese father. She studied Classical dance and started as a top model. In 1988, she moved to New York and began a career as an artist and an actress. She was cast in the Mambo Kings as her first role in a featured film. Her career also includes roles in films such as I Shot Andy Warhol, and High Art by Lisa Cholodenko which was presented in Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals. Duong also acted in two films by French director Laetitia Masson, For Sale and Love Me which was screened in the Berlin Film Festival. After a break of ten years from acting while she was focusing on her art career. Duong started again with her role of Nasrin in Appropriate Behavior by Desiree Akhavan in the Sundance competition - GHB of French director Laetitia Masson and Abel Ferrara Welcome to New York. And The only living boy in New York with Pierce Brosnan Cynthia Nixon Debi Mazar and Wallace Shawn.
As for her Art career in 1991 Sperone Westwater Gallery featured Duong's first painting exhibition in New York. Her earliest self-portrait was included in a 1997 show at the PMMK Museum of Modern Art in Ostend, Belgium. Two years later (1999), the Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont in Paris presented her first solo exhibition of self-portraits with more than 65 works on display Duong has since become a recognized painter in New York City. Her latest solo exhibitions in New York have been at the Sonnabend gallery and London at the Robilant&Voena gallery. Duong has worked on portraits such as Bruno Bischofberger, Simon de Pury, Angelica Houston, Susan Sarandon. Duong's latest portrait has been a sculpture standing nine feet tall in stainless steel of Diane von Furstenberg for the figurehead of Barry Diller's yacht. She has sculpted the 50 stars that is part of the entrance mural for the the Statue of Liberty new museum opened in 2018. She is currently working on the 35 sculptures of the birds for the entrance wall of the new headquarters of the Hillary Clinton foundation Vital Voices in Washington DC opening in May 2022. A retrospective of 20 of her paintings has been exhibited at the Gmurzynska gallery in Zurich summer 2021. She is having her first show in Los Angeles opening April 2022 at the Spring Place Beverly Hills. The National Portrait gallery in Washington DC has acquired a portrait she made of Diane von Furstenberg for their permanent collection. She lately starred in the Kate Spade- H&M -Bergdorf Goodman Miu Miu- Pomellato and Thom Browne campaigns to name a few. A book has been published of her work by Assouline (Self)-Portraits She received the Veuve Clicquot Tribute to Inspiring Women Award Duong lives currently between New York / Paris. She is fluent in french, english and spanish. - Inès Melab was born on 13 September 1993 in Bordeaux, France. She is an actress, known for Monsieur Spade (2024), Versus (2019) and Hôtel Gorgias (2022).
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Édouard Molinaro was born on 13 May 1928 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Birdcage (1996), La Cage aux Folles (1978) and A Mistress for the Summer (1960). He was married to Catherine Molinaro, Marie-Hélène Breillat and Pierrette Carvallo. He died on 7 December 2013 in Paris, France.- Actor
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Benoît Ferreux was born on 29 September 1955 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He is an actor and director, known for Le carré de lumière (1988), Victory (1981) and Murmur of the Heart (1971).- Robert Carricart was born on 18 January 1917 in Bordeaux, France. He was an actor, known for T.H.E. Cat (1966), The Time Tunnel (1966) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). He was married to Susan Jane E. Hathorn. He died on 3 March 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Hélène Surgère was born on 20 October 1928 in Caudéran, Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), The Divorce (2003) and Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999). She died on 27 March 2011 in Paris, France.
- Bilingual French actress and model Wendy-Anne Daloz was born in Bordeaux, France, to Jean-Pascal Daloz, an author and a former research professor at the University of Oxford, and Lesley Daloz, a bilingual manager. Wendy-Anne's mother was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, of Scottish heritage and Wendy-Anne's father is of French descent. She has two younger sisters. Her acting aspirations started since the age of six after her father introduced her The Fellowship of the Rings. She moved to Oxfordshire when she was ten, where she attended the European School in Oxford. By the age of ten, she started doing some performances in British theater for the European School in Oxford.
At age fourteen, her parents divorced. During the same year, she moved to Strasbourg, where she attended the European School of Strasbourg. Willing to keep the same ambiance she had in Oxford , at age fifteen, Wendy-Anne switched from the French section to the English section. Wendy-Anne made her second television appearance, which was also her second professional acting job when she was only sixteen. She worked for the Council of Europe where she acted and did the voiceover in English and in French in the short film "Beat Bullying" cherishing the fact she was born bilingual.
In 2015, Wendy-Anne graduated from the European School of Strasbourg with a European Baccalaureate at the European Parliament. At age 18, she wrote a letter to Kenneth Branagh, asking for his advice. He replied to her: If you have such great need to be an actress, then you have to be an actress. After his reply, Wendy-Anne started auditioning in London while studying in the UK and in France where she went on to study English where she received a bachelor's degree. In parallel, she took courses at the National Youth Theater in London. In 2018, Wendy-Anne moved full-time to London where she got accepted to work for the British Council. In parallel, she decided to audition intensively. During that time, she took a polishing course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 2020, She joins the Impulse Company to study acting where she graduated in May 2021.
After two years of coaching and working as a French translator and supervisor, in 2021, Wendy-Anne Daloz was finally accepted into drama school. She was elected as a student representative for her whole year. In July 2022, Wendy-Anne graduated from Drama Studio London. After graduation, Wendy-Anne's first professional job was starring in composer's Steve Hackett's music video Fauna. - Writer
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Léa Mysius was born in Bordeaux on 4 April 1989. She spent her first thirteen years in the Medoc region (where she filmed most of her first feature "Ava", whose eponymous character is a... thirteen-year-old girl!) Following her parents, she lived on the Reunion island until she graduated from high school. She then came back to Metropolitan France. She studied at the Sorbonne in Paris before joining the Femis School. Still learning the ropes of her trade at the film school, she was already noticed for her talent both as a writer and director. Her first short Cadavre exquis (2013). told an unusual and unsettling story, that of a boy fascinated by the corpse of a beautiful dead girl. It earned Léa Mysius the SACD Award at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. Her next two shorts, Thunderbirds (2014) and L'île jaune (2016) (the last one co-directed by cinematographer Paul Guilhaume), were in turn shown in many festivals and also won awards. Léa Mynius was only 26 when in the Summer of 2016 she started filming Ava (2017), her first feature. As offbeat as her shorts, 'Ava' has another young teenager as its central figure, and one who loses sight into the bargain. And the second character is a young gypsy rejected by his family. Not the standard French film heroes indeed. Moreover, seeing 'Ava', one realizes that Léa Mysius is already a genuine author (adolescent malaise, the sea, the water, dogs, among others, are characteristic elements present in two or several of her four films). A fruitful career is undoubtedly in store for Léa Mynius, one of the youngest and - not one of the least personal - French directors- Georges Descrières was born on 15 April 1930 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was an actor, known for Would-Be Gentleman (1958), The Three Musketeers: Part I - The Queen's Diamonds (1961) and Ce diable d'homme (1978). He was married to Nicolette Felbert and Geneviève Brunet. He died on 19 October 2013 in Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Christophe Dugarry was born on 24 March 1972 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.
- Actress
- Music Department
Evelyne Dandry is singer André Dassary's daughter. She made her debut on stage at the Theatre de la Huchette in Paris when she was only sixteen: she had only three lines to utter there in a play by Jean Tardieu. But it was the first of a series comprising "Les Enfants d'Edouard", Isabelle et le Pélican", Arthur Miller's "Vu du Pont" produced in 1958 by Peter Brook at Theâtre Antoine, Pol Quentin's "Football" (1959), "Le Voyage de Georges Shéhade" (a Jean-Louis Barrault production of 1960), Valentino Bompani's "Teresa Angelica" (1961) and others. She became a regular on French television, a little less so on the big screen. She was nevertheless granted a double best actress award for her performance in "Sitcom" (François Ozon, 1997).- Director
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- Cinematographer
Philippe Vallois was born on 27 August 1948 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He is a director and writer, known for Nous étions un seul homme (1979), Spirit Are You There? (2008) and Lamento (1977).- Actor
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Gauthier Battoue was born in Bordeaux on July 11, 1991. He started acting at 16. After a few tv films (Total Blackout by René Manzor, Allias Caracalla by Alain Tasma, Ten minutes from nowhere by Arnauld Mercadier or Falco by Julien Despaux), he pursued his movie career alongside Gérard Depardieu in Bonne Pomme de Florence Quentin (released on September 2017).
He also played on stage in "Dear Elena" (4 nominations in "Les Molières" ceremony) directed by Didier Long at the Poche Montparnasse theater .
Meeting with Jessica Rosselet at Easy Tiger gave him the opportunity to shoot his first fiction: Distance. A short movie of 15 minutes featuring Marina Hands and Damien Jouillerot: A behind closed doors drama taking place in a flying drones cockpit.- Actress
- Music Department
Yvonne Arnaud was born on 20 December 1892 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933), Tons of Money (1930) and Lady in Danger (1934). She was married to Hugh McLellan. She died on 20 September 1958 in London, England, UK.- Mathilde Comont was born on 9 September 1886 in Bordeaux, France. She was an actress, known for La Bohème (1926), Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) and Paris at Midnight (1926). She died on 21 June 1938 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Roger Miremont was born on 3 July 1946 in Bordeaux, France. He is an actor, known for La virée superbe (1974), Un Fil and Secret Things (2002). He was previously married to Patti D'Arbanville.
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- Soundtrack
Marie Bell was born on 23 December 1900 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for Life Dances On (1937), Madame Récamier (1928) and La garçonne (1936). She was married to Jean Chevrier. She died on 14 August 1985 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Yvonne Vallée was born on 21 February 1899 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for Le petit café (1931) and Hello New York! (1928). She was married to Maurice Chevalier. She died on 15 June 1996 in Vallauris, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
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Jean Anouilh was born on 23 June 1910 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was a writer and director, known for Deux sous de violettes (1951), Le Voyageur sans bagage (1944) and Anna Karenina (1948). He was married to Nicole Lançon and Monelle Valentin. He died on 3 October 1987 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.- Geneviève Fontanel was born on 27 June 1936 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for The Man Who Loved Women (1977), L'affaire Dominici (1973) and Au théâtre ce soir (1966). She was married to Jacques Destoop. She died on 17 March 2018 in Draveil, Essonne, France.
- Mireille Perrey was born on 3 February 1904 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Pas sur la bouche (1931) and Jim la houlette (1935). She died on 8 May 1991 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France.
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Pierre Palmade was born on 23 March 1968 in Bordeaux, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999), Le grand restaurant (2010) and Absolument fabuleux (2001). He was previously married to Véronique Sanson.- Actor
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Jean-Pierre Bouyxou was born on 16 January 1946 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He is an actor and writer. He was previously married to Maud Sinet and Janine Delannoy.- Actress
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Julianne Binard was born on April 17, 1995 in Bordeaux, France as Julie-Anne Mylène Ellie Binard. She is an actress and writer, known for Raw (2016), Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) and Nobody from Nowhere (2014). She moved to Paris to take acting classes at the Cours Florent from 2014 to 2017, while studying law and history at Pantheon-Sorbonne University.- Pascal Bataille was born on 25 January 1960 in Bordeaux, France. He is a producer, known for Une Famille Au Top (2012), C'était mieux hier? (2005) and La méthode Cauet (2003).
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- Producer
Patrice Enard was born on 17 September 1945 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was a director and cinematographer, known for La parole en deux (1973), Différences et répétitions III (1972) and 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 (1970). He was married to Martine Boyer. He died on 1 June 2008 in Paris, France.- Actor
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Renaud Mary was born on 31 July 1918 in Caudéran, Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was an actor, known for Mathias Sandorf (1963), The Three Musketeers (1953) and Madame (1961). He was married to Renée Faure. He died on 5 May 1977 in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, France.- Pierre Olaf was born on July 14, 1928 in Caudéran, Bordeaux, Gironde, France as Pierre-Olaf Trivier. He was an actor, known for Camelot (1967), The Art of Love (1965) and Christmas Carol (1984). He died on September 13, 1995 in Paris, France. He is also known for creating the role of Jacquot in Carnival on Broadway (1961-1963) He was nominated for a Tony in 1963. He was the younger brother of Robert Trivier, French Painter (1919-1987).
- Jean Saudray was born on 17 July 1928 in Bordeaux, France. He was an actor, known for The Man Without a Face (1975), The Return of Monte Cristo (1968) and Shadowman (1974). He died on 31 August 2002 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.
- François Valorbe was born on 20 October 1914 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was an actor, known for School for Love (1955), Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975) and The Widow Couderc (1971). He died on 23 June 1977 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France.
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- Composer
Marcel Amont was born in Bordeaux, in a working class area. His parents were from a small valley in Bearn, right on the border of Spain. He started acting in the local theatre then moved to Paris to become an entertainer in cabaret. He became famous when he performed with Edith Piaf as the main guest, at the Olympia of Paris. He became a famous one man show, being very creative. He was the first French artist to sing with dancers on stage. He also played in the feature film with Brigitte Bardot "La mariée est trop belle" (the bride was far too beautiful) in 1956, among other films. He married a white Russian dancer with whom he has two children. Then he had a famous relationship with Alice Kessler, one of the German actresses/singers twins (Alice and Elen Kessler). He had private shows on the French TV. He married again at the age of 50 and has two other children with his last wife. He also composed songs and a musical comedy in the Bearn language.- Gabrielle Fontan was born on 16 April 1873 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for Sylvie et le fantôme (1946), Angel and Sinner (1945) and Strangers in the House (1942). She died on 8 September 1959 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France.
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Jean-Louis Daniel was born in 1954 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He is a director and writer, known for Gunblast Vodka (2000), Neon Angel and Shanghai Belle (2011). He was previously married to Anja Kruse.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
- Actress
Lolita Lempicka was born in 1954 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She is a costume designer and actress, known for Masks (1987), Slice of Life (2002) and The Accompanist (1992).- Sophie Davant was born on 19 May 1963 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She is an actress, known for Trois contes merveilleux (2007), La télé des inconnus (1990) and Un fil à la patte (2005). She has been married to Pierre Sled since 14 September 1991. They have two children.
- Charles Mosnier was born on 16 April 1865 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was an actor, known for Pasteur (1923), Fauvette (1918) and La belle limonadière (1914). He died on 13 September 1924 in Paris, France.
- Attempted to make a career as an actress (her frail charm, porcelain skin and wide eyes were mostly seen in films by Jean-Charles Tacchella), before her sister, journalist Françoise Laborde, helped her make her way through French TV channel TF1. Catherine Laborde now works as a weather report presenter, presenting the most watched weather report in France, at 8:45 pm, just after the main evening news.
- Philippe Villiers was born on 23 August 1957 in Caudéran, Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He is an actor, known for Les grandes conjurations (1978), 13 Tzameti (2005) and Frère Martin (1981).
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Thierry Boscheron was born on 25 October 1964 in Caudéran, Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He is a director and writer, known for Freeway Rhapsody (2000), Les vieux sont nerveux (2009) and Le fond de l'air est frais (1993).- Animation Department
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Jean Cayrol was born on 6 June 1911 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was a writer and director, known for Le coup de grâce (1965), On vous parle (1960) and Madame se meurt (1961). He was married to Jeanette Durand. He died on 10 February 2005 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.- Anne-Marie Muñoz was born on 27 February 1932 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was married to José María Muñoz-Yagüe. She died on 3 January 2020 in France.