- Pierre Richard
Infobox Actor
name = Pierre Richard
caption = Pierre Richard in 2006.
birthname = Pierre Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays
birthdate = birth date and age|1934|8|16
location =Valenciennes ,France
awards = Best Actor for Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti (1996),Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Prix Hommage, Montréal Comedy Festival 'Just for Laughs' (2004)
cesarawards = Life Achievement Award (2006)"Pierre Richard" (born Pierre Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays (originally "de Fays", his grandfather changed the spelling for unknown reasons [According to a private e-mail through his official website] ),
16 August 1934 inValenciennes ,France ) is a Frenchactor best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer incomedy films . Richard is also afilm director and occasionalsinger .Biography
Richard started his acting career in the
theatre , where he worked withAntoine Bourseiller and performing in Pariscabaret s (such as "l'Écluse"), where he collaborated withVictor Lanoux .His film debut came in 1967 with a small role in
Yves Robert 's "Alexandre le bienheureux ". His directed his first feature in 1970 with "Le Distrait ". He worked with Robert again on "Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire ", and its sequel "Le retour du grand blond "; both these films were written byFrancis Veber . Veber cast Richard when he directed his own first feature film: "Le Jouet ". Veber and Richard had a long and successful partnership during the 1980s, highlighted by three comedies — "La Chèvre ", "Les Compères " and "Les Fugitifs " — which paired Richard withGérard Depardieu . Richard again moved behind the camera to direct "On peut toujours rêver " (1991) and "Droit dans le mur " (1997).In 2006 Richard received a lifetime achievement
César Award from the "Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema".Richard is a wine grower. His 20-hectare
vineyard produce some 80,000 bottles a year, including some 12,000 bottles ofrosé under the "le Bel Évêque" label. Richard also owns a restaurant inParis , "Au pied de chameau".Richard lives on a
barge on theSeine in the middle of Paris. He has two sons, both musicians: Olivier plays thesaxophone with the group "Blues trottoir '" and Christophe plays thedouble bass .Filmography
Cinema
* 1958: "
Les Amants de Montparnasse " ("Montparnasse 19"), directed byJacques Becker (uncredited)
* 1967: "Alexandre le bienheureux ", directed byYves Robert
* 1967: "Un idiot à Paris ", directed bySerge Korber
* 1968: "La Prisonnière ", directed byHenri-Georges Clouzot (uncredited)
* 1970: "Le Distrait ", directed by Pierre Richard
* 1970: "Trois hommes sur un cheval ", directed byMarcel Moussy
* 1971: "La Coqueluche ", directed byChristian-Paul Arrighi
* 1972: "Les malheurs d'Alfred ", directed by Pierre Richard
* 1972: "Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire ", directed by Yves Robert
* 1973: "La raison du plus fou ", directed byRaymond Devos andFrançois Reichenbach
* 1973: "Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout ", directed by Pierre Richard
* 1974: "Juliette and Juliette ", directed byRemo Forlani
* 1974: "Un nuage entre les dents ", directed byMarco Pico
* 1974: "La moutarde me monte au nez ", directed byClaude Zidi
* 1974: "Le retour du grand blond ", directed by Yves Robert
* 1975: "Trop c'est trop ", directed byDidier Kaminka
* 1975: "La Course à l'échalote ", directed byClaude Zidi
* 1976: "On aura tout vu ! ", directed byGeorges Lautner
* 1976: "Les Naufragés de l'île de la Tortue ", directed byJacques Rozier
* 1976: "Le jouet ", directed by Francis Veber
* 1978: "Je suis timide... mais je me soigne ", directed by Pierre Richard
* 1978: "La Carapate ", directed byGérard Oury
* 1980: "C'est pas moi, c'est lui ", directed by Pierre Richard
* 1980: "Le Coup du parapluie ", directed by Gérard Oury
* 1981: "La Chèvre ", directed by Francis Veber
* 1983: "Un chien dans un jeu de quilles ", directed byBernard Guillou
* 1983: "Les Compères ", directed by Francis Veber
* 1984: "Le Jumeau ", directed by Yves Robert
* 1985: "Dialogue de sourds ", directed byBernard Nauer (short)
* 1985: "Tranches de vie ", directed byFrançois Leterrier (uncredited)
* 1986: "Les fugitifs ", directed by Francis Veber
* 1988: "Mangeclous ", directed byMoshé Mizrahi
* 1988: "À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur ", directed byÉdouard Molinaro
* 1990: "Promotion canapé ", directed byDidier Kaminka
* 1990: "Bienvenue à bord ! ", directed byJean-Louis Leconte
* 1991: "On peut toujours rêver ", directed by Pierre Richard
* 1992: "Vieille canaille ", directed byGérard Jourd'hui
* 1993: "La Cavale des fous ", directed byMarco Pico
* 1994: "La Partie d'échecs ", directed byYves Hanchar
* 1995: "L'Amour conjugal ", directed byBenoît Barbier
* 1997: "A Chef in Love " ("Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti"), byNana Dzhordzhadze
* 1997: "Droit dans le mur ", directed by Pierre Richard
* 2000: "Drug Scenes " (French title: "Scénarios sur la drogue", directed byFranck Chiche (episode "Les Mots attendront")
* 2000: "27 Missing Kisses " (French title: "L'Été de mes 27 baisers "), by Nana Dzhordzhadze
* 2003: "Mariées mais pas trop ", directed byCatherine Corsini
* 2003: "Les Clefs de bagnole ", directed byLaurent Baffie
* 2004: "En attendant le déluge ", directed byDamien Odoul
* 2005: "Le Cactus ", directed byGérard Bitton andMichel Munz
* 2006: "Essaye-moi ", directed byPierre-François Martin-Laval
* 2006: "Le Serpent", directed byEric Barbier Television
* 1967: "Malican père and fils", directed by
Yannick Andréi ,Marcel Cravenne andFrançois Moreuil
* 1969: "Agence intérim", directed byMarcel Moussy andPierre Neurrisse
* 1980: "Chouette, chat, chien... show", directed byJacques Samyn
* 1980: "Ça va plaire", directed byJean-Pierre Cassel andBernard Lion
* 2000: "Sans famille", directed byJean-Daniel Verhaeghe
* 2003: "Robinson Crusoé", directed byThierry Chabert Direction
* 1970: "Le Distrait"
* 1972: "Les Malheurs d'Alfred"
* 1973: "Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout"
* 1978: "Je suis timide... mais je me soigne"
* 1980: "C'est pas moi, c'est lui"
* 1991: "On peut toujours rêver"
* 1997: "Droit dans le mur"Selected discography
* 1983: "
Madame Sardine "References
Reflist
External links
* [http://www.pierre-richard.fr Official site] (in French; English version under development)
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