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Alliance Française
The World largest Network of Schools and Cultural Centers:
1040 Establishments in 136 Countries; 450 000 non-French Students each year.
www.fondation-alliancefr.org
Festival des Ecrivains du Monde - 2013 Writers of the World festival
Organized by Columbia University NY & French National Library
http://festivaldesecrivainsdumonde.fr
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Alliance Française
The World largest Network of Schools and Cultural Centers:
1040 Establishments in 136 Countries; 450 000 non-French Students each year.
www.fondation-alliancefr.org
Festival des Ecrivains du Monde - 2013 Writers of the World festival
Organized by Columbia University NY & French National Library
http://festivaldesecrivainsdumonde.fr
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Table of Contents - Table des matières
Part 1 -- 1e Partie
Part 1 -- 1e Partie
1 - Architects - Architectes
2 - Actors - Acteurs
3 - Choreographers - Chorégraphes
4 - Comedians (theater) - Comédiens
4 - Comedians (theater) - Comédiens
5 - Composers & Songwriters - Compositeurs
6 - Cooking Chefs - Chefs Cuisiniers
7 - Dancers - Danseurs (Ballet & Opera)
8 - Fashion Designers - Grands couturiers
8 - Fashion Designers - Grands couturiers
9 - Movie Directors - Réalisateurs + Top 10 French Movies since 1950
10 - Orchestra Conductors - Chefs d'orchestre
11- Painters - Peintres
12 - Philosophers - Philosophes
Part 2 -- 2e Partie
13 - Poets - Poètes
Part 2 -- 2e Partie
13 - Poets - Poètes
14 - Sculptors - Sculpteurs
15 - Singers - Chanteurs
16 - Stage Directors - Metteurs en Scène
16 - Stage Directors - Metteurs en Scène
17 - Writers - Ecrivains
18 - Grafitti Artists - Graffiteurs
19 - Intrument Players - Joueurs d'instrument
20 - Related to French Arts: Auction houses, Media, Top galleries, etc
Autour des Arts: Ventes, Medias, Grande Galeries, etc
21 - Inventors & Scientists - Inventeurs & Chercheurs
22 - Notorious Religious people - Religieux notables
Short selection of the people mentioned below:
Courte sélection des personnes mentionnées:
Pierre-Charles Lenfant: Architect designer of Washington DC, USA
Paul Andreu: Architect of the new Beijing Opera House, etc
Pierre de Montreuil: Architect of Notre Dame, the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, etc
Juliette Binoche: Actress in The English Patient, etc.
Jean Dujardin: Actor in L'Artiste, etc.
Michel Legrand: wrote the song of The Thomas Crown Affair, etc.
Serge Gainsbourg: composed a reagge from "La Marseillaise" French national anthem, etc.
Jacques Pépin: French chef living in the US, hosted TV cooking shows with the late Julia Child.
George Bizet: composed the opera Carmen, etc
Georges Méliès: often considered as the 1st Sc-Fi & Horror Movies Director.
Luc Besson: Wrote and directed the original movie Nikita, etc
Auguste Bartholdi: Sculptor and Architect who designed the Statue of Liberty.
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux: former dancer at the NY City Ballet; Director of the North Carolina Dance Theater.
Pierre Boulle: wrote "The bridge of River Kwai", "the Planet of the Apes", etc.
Alexandre Dumas: wrote "The 3 Mousquetaires", The Man with the Iron Mask, etc.
Jules Verne: wrote "20 000 Leagues under the Sea", etc.
Charles Perrault: wrote "The Little Red Riding Hood", "Cinderella", "The Sleeping Beauty", etc.
Coco Chanel: "One of the 100 most Influential People of the 20th Century" (Time Magazine).
Edith Piaf: first to sing "La Vie en Rose", etc.
Albert Camus: Writer and philosopher - L'Etranger, La Peste, etc
René Descartes: Philosopher - "I think, therefore I am", etc.
Gypsie Kings: French band singing in French and Spanish.
Luc Montagnier: Virologist Nobel Price of the Pasteur Institute who discovered the HIV virus.
Vincent de Paul: Priest (Saint) who created the world first charity organization.
Order in presentation of each people
Family name, Given name (Country of Birth if other than France; Original name; Date of Birth & Death), awards, main works.
NOTE: Some people have / had several activities such as Actor & Comedian or Compositor & Singer, etc.
18 - Grafitti Artists - Graffiteurs
19 - Intrument Players - Joueurs d'instrument
20 - Related to French Arts: Auction houses, Media, Top galleries, etc
Autour des Arts: Ventes, Medias, Grande Galeries, etc
21 - Inventors & Scientists - Inventeurs & Chercheurs
22 - Notorious Religious people - Religieux notables
Short selection of the people mentioned below:
Courte sélection des personnes mentionnées:
Pierre-Charles Lenfant: Architect designer of Washington DC, USA
Paul Andreu: Architect of the new Beijing Opera House, etc
Pierre de Montreuil: Architect of Notre Dame, the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, etc
Juliette Binoche: Actress in The English Patient, etc.
Jean Dujardin: Actor in L'Artiste, etc.
Michel Legrand: wrote the song of The Thomas Crown Affair, etc.
Serge Gainsbourg: composed a reagge from "La Marseillaise" French national anthem, etc.
Jacques Pépin: French chef living in the US, hosted TV cooking shows with the late Julia Child.
George Bizet: composed the opera Carmen, etc
Georges Méliès: often considered as the 1st Sc-Fi & Horror Movies Director.
Luc Besson: Wrote and directed the original movie Nikita, etc
Auguste Bartholdi: Sculptor and Architect who designed the Statue of Liberty.
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux: former dancer at the NY City Ballet; Director of the North Carolina Dance Theater.
Pierre Boulle: wrote "The bridge of River Kwai", "the Planet of the Apes", etc.
Alexandre Dumas: wrote "The 3 Mousquetaires", The Man with the Iron Mask, etc.
Jules Verne: wrote "20 000 Leagues under the Sea", etc.
Charles Perrault: wrote "The Little Red Riding Hood", "Cinderella", "The Sleeping Beauty", etc.
Coco Chanel: "One of the 100 most Influential People of the 20th Century" (Time Magazine).
Edith Piaf: first to sing "La Vie en Rose", etc.
Albert Camus: Writer and philosopher - L'Etranger, La Peste, etc
René Descartes: Philosopher - "I think, therefore I am", etc.
Gypsie Kings: French band singing in French and Spanish.
Luc Montagnier: Virologist Nobel Price of the Pasteur Institute who discovered the HIV virus.
Vincent de Paul: Priest (Saint) who created the world first charity organization.
Order in presentation of each people
Family name, Given name (Country of Birth if other than France; Original name; Date of Birth & Death), awards, main works.
NOTE: Some people have / had several activities such as Actor & Comedian or Compositor & Singer, etc.
1 - Architects - Architectes
- 20th & 21st Centuries / 20e & 21e siècles
Andreu, Paul (1938) - New Beijing Opera House; Osaka Marine Museum; Airports of Paris Charles de Gaulle, Jakarta, Brunai, Abu-Dabi, and Athens; Joyetsu Stadium of Tokyo; Participated to the design of the Grande Arche in Paris with the Danish Otto Von Spreckelsen; etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ1uIQhS46k
- 20th & 21st Centuries / 20e & 21e siècles
Andreu, Paul (1938) - New Beijing Opera House; Osaka Marine Museum; Airports of Paris Charles de Gaulle, Jakarta, Brunai, Abu-Dabi, and Athens; Joyetsu Stadium of Tokyo; Participated to the design of the Grande Arche in Paris with the Danish Otto Von Spreckelsen; etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ1uIQhS46k
Ballu, Albert (1839-1949) - Bucarest Law court, Oran train station & Cathedral in Algeria, Charleroi Law court in Belgium; etc.
Beaudouin, Eugène Élie (1898-1983) - Montparnasse tower, Montparnasse plaza and train station in Paris, associated to Urbain Cassan.
Dufau, Pierre (1908-1985) - US/NATO Military Bases in France and Europe; Ivory Coast Presidency Palace; several Nuclear plants in France; AXA Tower at La Defense, Paris; etc
Cassan, Urbain (1890-1979) - Montparnasse tower in Paris; a dozen of hospitals and of main train stations around France.
Chaix et Morel et Associés (1983) - House of European History, Brussels; ThyssenKrup headquarters in Essen, Germany; Zenith Theater, Paris; etc.
Charpentier, Jean-Marie (1939-2010) - Shangai Opera House; Nankin street, Shangai; Elithis tower in Dijon, 1st entirely ecological; etc.
Coldefy Associés (1980 - Thomas Coldefy & Isabelle Van Haute) - Hong Kong Institute of Design; Kobuleti Administration Hall, Georgia; etc.
De Portzamparc, Christian (1944) - Citade das Artes, Rio de Janeiro; 400 Park Ave and One57 towers, NYC; Riverside Center, NYC; Movie Museum, Los Angeles; Bruxelle Victor Tower, Brussels; CasArts Theater in Casablanca, Morocco; etc.
Decq, Odile (1955) - Rome Contemporain Art Museum; Nankin Anthropology Museum, China; Extension of Dublin National Gallery; Gallery of Sciences in Vienna; etc.
Dufau, Pierre (1908-1985) - Belgian Royal building in Watermael; UAP and AXA towers in Paris; Several Nuclear Plants in France.
Guimard, Hector (1867-1942) - Designer of the Art Deco Paris subway entrances starting in 1900.
Grunbach, Antoine (1942) - Design of the 21th century Grand Moscow, Russia, with Jean-Michel Wilmotte.
Laloux, Victor-Alexandre (1837-1950) - Orsay train station in Paris, today a museum; Embassy of the United States in Paris; etc.
Le Corbusier, Charles-Édouard (Jeanneret-Gris; Swiss born; 1887-1965) - Designed several residential and social buildings and houses in Algeria, Belgium, France, Russia, Spain, etc, as well as the National Museum of Art of Tokyo, the Textiles Industry Palace in Ahmedabad, India, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQayb3glupE
Mimram, Marc (1955) - Hassan II Bridge in Morocco; Feng Hua Bridge in Tianjin, China; etc.
Nouvel, Jean (1947) - Guthrie Theater, Mineapolis; New Branly Museum, Paris; Zlatý Anděl, Prague; Puerta hotel, Madrid; Dentsu tower, Tokyo; etc.
Perrault, Dominique (1953) - Olympic Pool and race Stadium, Berlin; Ewha Seoul University, South Korea; Grande Bibliotheque de France / National Library in Paris 13th district; Nigiita No Theater, Japan; City Hall of Innsbruck, Austria; Gramsci Piazza of Balsamo, Italy; Arguanzela bridge, Madrid; etc.
Ricciotti, Rudy (1952) - Seoul Bridge, South Korea; Nikolaisaal Philarmonic Theater of Postdam; Venice Palace of Cinema, Italy; Islam Arts Department of the Louvre Museum; etc.
SCAU (Société de Conception d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme 1971) - Stade de France, Paris; Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul; Zenith building in Brussels; etc.
Spoerry, François (1912-1999) - Designer of many Marina cities around the world such as Liberty Harbour quarter, Jersey City, USA; Port-Louis, Louisiana, USA; Beyrouth Saifi quarter, Lebanon; Bendinat quarter, Palma de Majorque, Spain; etc.
Starck, Philippe (1949) - Dozens of buildings and other locations in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Venice, etc.
Taillibert, Roger (1926) - Montreal Olympic Stadium; Biodome Stadium of Montreal; Khalifa Stadium, Quatar; Parc des Princes Stadium, Paris; etc.
Wilmotte, Jean-Michel (1948) - Design of the 21th century Grand Moscow, Russia, with Antoine Grunbach.
Zehrfuss, Bernard (1911-1996) - CNIT building, Paris La Defense; Danish Embassy in Paris; UNESCO Headquarters in Paris; etc.
- 18th & 19th Centuries / 18e & 19e siècles
Baltard, Victor (1805-1874) - Baltard Pavilions of Les Halles, Paris; Paris East train station.
Brongniart, Théodore-Alexandre (1739-1813) - Brongniart Palace, built as Paris Stock Market by order of Napoléon Bonaparte.
Chalgrin, Jean-François (1739-1811) - Designed the Arc de Triomphe, Paris; Saint Sulpice Church, Paris; Odéon Theater, Paris; etc.
Haussmann, Georges Eugène (1809-1870) - Actually, the Baron Haussmann was not a real architect: he was Prefect of Paris. But the city owes him its magnificent large Avenues, Boulevards, several parks, and the final design of the Champs-Elysées Avenue. Before his huge work, Paris was mostly made of small narrow streets built during the Middle-age.
Eiffel, Gustave (1832-1923) - Eiffel Tower; Statue of Liberty Skeleton; West train station in Bucarest; Long Bien bridge in Vietnam; Skenderija bridge in Sarajevo; etc. See also Sculptors: Bartholdi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7NOnKb0bM
Garnier, Charles (1825-1898) - Paris Opera house; Monte-Carlo Casino; Terrasanta Church, Italy; etc.
Hittorff, Jakob Ignaz (1792-1867) - Paris North train station; City Halls of Paris 1st and 5th Districts; Concorde Plaza Fountain, Paris.
Lenfant, Pierre Charles (1754-1825) - 1st design of "Federal City" / Washington DC, capital of the USA.
Lefuel, Hector-Martin (1810-1880) - Entire renovation of the Richelieu Aisle of the Louvre as Museum.
Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel (1814-1879) - Restauration of Notre Dame de Paris that was destroyed during the revolution; Entire restauration of Pierrefonds castle, of fortifications of Carcassonne, and of Vezelay Basilica. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUjBw3PUJ4k
Visconti, Louis (Italian born; 1791-1853) - Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Invalides.
- 16th & 17th Centuries / 16e & 17e siècles
Delorme, Philibert (1510-1570) - Castle of Chenonceau; Second Part of the Louvre.
De la vallée, Jean (1624-1696) - Designed several Swedish castles & churches such as in Karlberg, Mariedal, Runsa, Venngam, etc.
Gabriel, Ange-Jacques (1698-1782) - Versailles Petit Trianon; Versailles Royal Opera; Compiegne Castle; etc. www.versailles3d.com/en/in-video
Latrobe, Benjamin (1764-1820) - Capitol of Richmond, Virginia; Bank of Pennsylvania headquarters; Baltimore Cathedral; etc.
Lemercier, Jacques (1585-1654) - La Sorbonne University Chapel; Clock tower of the Louvre; etc.
Le Vau, Louis (1612-1670) - Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle; 2 of the wings of Versailles Palace; Courtyard and east wing of the Louvre; Part of the Saint Sulpice Church; etc
Beaudouin, Eugène Élie (1898-1983) - Montparnasse tower, Montparnasse plaza and train station in Paris, associated to Urbain Cassan.
Dufau, Pierre (1908-1985) - US/NATO Military Bases in France and Europe; Ivory Coast Presidency Palace; several Nuclear plants in France; AXA Tower at La Defense, Paris; etc
Cassan, Urbain (1890-1979) - Montparnasse tower in Paris; a dozen of hospitals and of main train stations around France.
Chaix et Morel et Associés (1983) - House of European History, Brussels; ThyssenKrup headquarters in Essen, Germany; Zenith Theater, Paris; etc.
Charpentier, Jean-Marie (1939-2010) - Shangai Opera House; Nankin street, Shangai; Elithis tower in Dijon, 1st entirely ecological; etc.
Coldefy Associés (1980 - Thomas Coldefy & Isabelle Van Haute) - Hong Kong Institute of Design; Kobuleti Administration Hall, Georgia; etc.
De Portzamparc, Christian (1944) - Citade das Artes, Rio de Janeiro; 400 Park Ave and One57 towers, NYC; Riverside Center, NYC; Movie Museum, Los Angeles; Bruxelle Victor Tower, Brussels; CasArts Theater in Casablanca, Morocco; etc.
Decq, Odile (1955) - Rome Contemporain Art Museum; Nankin Anthropology Museum, China; Extension of Dublin National Gallery; Gallery of Sciences in Vienna; etc.
Dufau, Pierre (1908-1985) - Belgian Royal building in Watermael; UAP and AXA towers in Paris; Several Nuclear Plants in France.
Guimard, Hector (1867-1942) - Designer of the Art Deco Paris subway entrances starting in 1900.
Grunbach, Antoine (1942) - Design of the 21th century Grand Moscow, Russia, with Jean-Michel Wilmotte.
Laloux, Victor-Alexandre (1837-1950) - Orsay train station in Paris, today a museum; Embassy of the United States in Paris; etc.
Le Corbusier, Charles-Édouard (Jeanneret-Gris; Swiss born; 1887-1965) - Designed several residential and social buildings and houses in Algeria, Belgium, France, Russia, Spain, etc, as well as the National Museum of Art of Tokyo, the Textiles Industry Palace in Ahmedabad, India, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQayb3glupE
Mimram, Marc (1955) - Hassan II Bridge in Morocco; Feng Hua Bridge in Tianjin, China; etc.
Nouvel, Jean (1947) - Guthrie Theater, Mineapolis; New Branly Museum, Paris; Zlatý Anděl, Prague; Puerta hotel, Madrid; Dentsu tower, Tokyo; etc.
Perrault, Dominique (1953) - Olympic Pool and race Stadium, Berlin; Ewha Seoul University, South Korea; Grande Bibliotheque de France / National Library in Paris 13th district; Nigiita No Theater, Japan; City Hall of Innsbruck, Austria; Gramsci Piazza of Balsamo, Italy; Arguanzela bridge, Madrid; etc.
Ricciotti, Rudy (1952) - Seoul Bridge, South Korea; Nikolaisaal Philarmonic Theater of Postdam; Venice Palace of Cinema, Italy; Islam Arts Department of the Louvre Museum; etc.
SCAU (Société de Conception d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme 1971) - Stade de France, Paris; Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul; Zenith building in Brussels; etc.
Spoerry, François (1912-1999) - Designer of many Marina cities around the world such as Liberty Harbour quarter, Jersey City, USA; Port-Louis, Louisiana, USA; Beyrouth Saifi quarter, Lebanon; Bendinat quarter, Palma de Majorque, Spain; etc.
Starck, Philippe (1949) - Dozens of buildings and other locations in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Venice, etc.
Taillibert, Roger (1926) - Montreal Olympic Stadium; Biodome Stadium of Montreal; Khalifa Stadium, Quatar; Parc des Princes Stadium, Paris; etc.
Wilmotte, Jean-Michel (1948) - Design of the 21th century Grand Moscow, Russia, with Antoine Grunbach.
Zehrfuss, Bernard (1911-1996) - CNIT building, Paris La Defense; Danish Embassy in Paris; UNESCO Headquarters in Paris; etc.
- 18th & 19th Centuries / 18e & 19e siècles
Baltard, Victor (1805-1874) - Baltard Pavilions of Les Halles, Paris; Paris East train station.
Brongniart, Théodore-Alexandre (1739-1813) - Brongniart Palace, built as Paris Stock Market by order of Napoléon Bonaparte.
Chalgrin, Jean-François (1739-1811) - Designed the Arc de Triomphe, Paris; Saint Sulpice Church, Paris; Odéon Theater, Paris; etc.
Haussmann, Georges Eugène (1809-1870) - Actually, the Baron Haussmann was not a real architect: he was Prefect of Paris. But the city owes him its magnificent large Avenues, Boulevards, several parks, and the final design of the Champs-Elysées Avenue. Before his huge work, Paris was mostly made of small narrow streets built during the Middle-age.
Eiffel, Gustave (1832-1923) - Eiffel Tower; Statue of Liberty Skeleton; West train station in Bucarest; Long Bien bridge in Vietnam; Skenderija bridge in Sarajevo; etc. See also Sculptors: Bartholdi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7NOnKb0bM
Garnier, Charles (1825-1898) - Paris Opera house; Monte-Carlo Casino; Terrasanta Church, Italy; etc.
Hittorff, Jakob Ignaz (1792-1867) - Paris North train station; City Halls of Paris 1st and 5th Districts; Concorde Plaza Fountain, Paris.
Lenfant, Pierre Charles (1754-1825) - 1st design of "Federal City" / Washington DC, capital of the USA.
Lefuel, Hector-Martin (1810-1880) - Entire renovation of the Richelieu Aisle of the Louvre as Museum.
Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel (1814-1879) - Restauration of Notre Dame de Paris that was destroyed during the revolution; Entire restauration of Pierrefonds castle, of fortifications of Carcassonne, and of Vezelay Basilica. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUjBw3PUJ4k
Visconti, Louis (Italian born; 1791-1853) - Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Invalides.
- 16th & 17th Centuries / 16e & 17e siècles
Delorme, Philibert (1510-1570) - Castle of Chenonceau; Second Part of the Louvre.
De la vallée, Jean (1624-1696) - Designed several Swedish castles & churches such as in Karlberg, Mariedal, Runsa, Venngam, etc.
Gabriel, Ange-Jacques (1698-1782) - Versailles Petit Trianon; Versailles Royal Opera; Compiegne Castle; etc. www.versailles3d.com/en/in-video
Latrobe, Benjamin (1764-1820) - Capitol of Richmond, Virginia; Bank of Pennsylvania headquarters; Baltimore Cathedral; etc.
Lemercier, Jacques (1585-1654) - La Sorbonne University Chapel; Clock tower of the Louvre; etc.
Le Vau, Louis (1612-1670) - Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle; 2 of the wings of Versailles Palace; Courtyard and east wing of the Louvre; Part of the Saint Sulpice Church; etc
Le nôtre, André (Lenostre 1613-1700) - Garden of Windsor Palace; Garden of Versailles Palace; Gardens of Charlottensburg and Cassel castles in Germany; Final design of the Champs-Elysées Avenue; 14 other gardens of French Castles including Chantilly, Saint Germain en Laye; etc.
Lescot, Pierre (1515-1578) - First part of the Palace of the Louvre, replacing the 13th century fortress in 1546; Part of the Carnavalet Pavilion, Paris (see next Francois Mansart); etc.
Lescot, Pierre (1515-1578) - First part of the Palace of the Louvre, replacing the 13th century fortress in 1546; Part of the Carnavalet Pavilion, Paris (see next Francois Mansart); etc.
Mansart, François (1598-1666) - Part of the Carnavalet Pavilion in Paris (see above Pierre Lescot); Maison-Lafitte Castle; etc; Designer of the "Mansarde" roofs / windows.
Mansart, Jules-Hardouin (Nephew of François Mansard; 1646-1708) - Grand Trianon & Church of Versailles Palace; Versailles Hall of Mirrors; Castle of Chambord; Place des Victoires, Paris; Invalides Church, Paris; etc.
Salomon de Brosse (1565-1626) - Palace of Luxembourg, Paris; Law Court, Paris.
Soufflot, Jacques-Germain (1713-1780) - Panthéon Church in Paris; Hotel de la Marine on Concorde Plaza, Paris; etc.
Vauban, Sebastien Le Prestre (1633-1707) - Designed the 1st fortifications with corner walls and "half moon"; designed fortifications for 35 European cities including Bayonne, Landau & Khel (Germany), Lille, Luxembourg (Luxemburg), Maastritch (Netherlands), La Rochelle, Marseille, Saint Malo; etc.
- 15th century and before / 15e siècle et avant
Chambiges, Martin (1460-1532) - Architect designer of several gothic transepts of cathedrals in France: Beauvais (world highest vault), Sens, Senlis, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rctzYgj4u24
Jehan de Beauce (? 1490-1530) - Rebuilt the bell tower of Chartres Cathedral.
De Chelles, Jehan (? 1205-1265) - Foundation & towers of Notre Dame de Paris.
De Honnecourt, Villard (? 1210-1275) - One of the great architect-designers of cathedral: participated in the construction of the cathedrals of Cambrai, Chartres, Košice in today Slovakia, Lausanne, Reims, etc.
De Montreuil, Pierre (1200-1267) - Participated to the construction of Notre Dame de Paris (with Jehan De Chelles); Sainte Chapelle in Paris; etc.
D'orbais, Jean (1175-1231) - Built the new cathedral of Reims from 1211 to 1231; See Jean-le-loup next.
Jean-le-loup (? 1200-1245) - Invented several revolutionary designs of arches and pilars; colaborated to the design of the Cathedral of Reims, as well as other religious buildings.
Remaud (? 780-830) - As one of the Imperial architects, he built or transformed several basilicas and churches including what will become later the cathedral of Reims; see Jean d'Orbais above.
Templiers Compagnons - Companions Templars (? 1100 - ) - Often mentioned for the construction of the first Chartres Cathedral and other religious buildings in France. The Order of Templars was founded in the French city of Troyes in Champagne; they originally were armed monks defending the principles of the Catholic religion.
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Vauban, Sebastien Le Prestre (1633-1707) - Designed the 1st fortifications with corner walls and "half moon"; designed fortifications for 35 European cities including Bayonne, Landau & Khel (Germany), Lille, Luxembourg (Luxemburg), Maastritch (Netherlands), La Rochelle, Marseille, Saint Malo; etc.
- 15th century and before / 15e siècle et avant
Chambiges, Martin (1460-1532) - Architect designer of several gothic transepts of cathedrals in France: Beauvais (world highest vault), Sens, Senlis, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rctzYgj4u24
Jehan de Beauce (? 1490-1530) - Rebuilt the bell tower of Chartres Cathedral.
De Chelles, Jehan (? 1205-1265) - Foundation & towers of Notre Dame de Paris.
De Honnecourt, Villard (? 1210-1275) - One of the great architect-designers of cathedral: participated in the construction of the cathedrals of Cambrai, Chartres, Košice in today Slovakia, Lausanne, Reims, etc.
De Montreuil, Pierre (1200-1267) - Participated to the construction of Notre Dame de Paris (with Jehan De Chelles); Sainte Chapelle in Paris; etc.
D'orbais, Jean (1175-1231) - Built the new cathedral of Reims from 1211 to 1231; See Jean-le-loup next.
Jean-le-loup (? 1200-1245) - Invented several revolutionary designs of arches and pilars; colaborated to the design of the Cathedral of Reims, as well as other religious buildings.
Remaud (? 780-830) - As one of the Imperial architects, he built or transformed several basilicas and churches including what will become later the cathedral of Reims; see Jean d'Orbais above.
Templiers Compagnons - Companions Templars (? 1100 - ) - Often mentioned for the construction of the first Chartres Cathedral and other religious buildings in France. The Order of Templars was founded in the French city of Troyes in Champagne; they originally were armed monks defending the principles of the Catholic religion.
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2 - Actors & Actresses - Acteurs & Actrices (Titles are in their original language)
C = César French Movie Industry Award F = Cannes Film Festival Award O = Oscar US Movie Industry Award G = Golden Globes US
- 20th & 21st centuries
Adjani, Isabelle (1955): Été meurtrier - L'Histoire d'Adèle H - Reine
Margot - Camille Claudel - Bon voyage - etc.
Aimée, Anouk (1932): Dolce Vita (Ita) - Otto & Mezzo (Ita) - Un Homme et une Femme - Mon Premier amour - etc.
Amalric, Mathieu (1965): Sentinelle - James
Bond Quantum of Solace (UK) - Le Scaphandre et le Papillon - etc.
Anglade, Jean Luc (1955): L’Homme
blessé - Subway - 37.2 le matin - La Femme Nikita - Reine Margot - etc.
Arditi, Pierre (1944) C : Mon Oncle d'Amérique - Agent trouble - La Passerelle - Comte de Monte Cristo - Les Acteurs - etc.
Audran, Stéphane (Colette Dacheville; 1932 Wife of Claude Chabrol) C : Montparnasse 19 - Les Cousins - Les Biches - La Rupture - Le Boucher - Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie - Coup de Torchon - Les Noces Rouges - Mortelle Randonnée - Turn of the Screw (UK) - Arlette - etc.
Audran, Stéphane (Colette Dacheville; 1932 Wife of Claude Chabrol) C : Montparnasse 19 - Les Cousins - Les Biches - La Rupture - Le Boucher - Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie - Coup de Torchon - Les Noces Rouges - Mortelle Randonnée - Turn of the Screw (UK) - Arlette - etc.
Auger, Claudine (1941): Testament d’Orphée - A la française - James Bond Thunderball (UK) - Triple Cross (US) - Flic story - etc.
Azéma, Sabine (1949) C : La Vie est un roman - Vanille fraise - L’Amour à
mort - La Vie et rien d’autre - etc.
Ardant, Fanny (1949) C : Vivement dimanche - Les enragés - Pédale douce - Double vue - Ridicule - Huit femmes - etc.
Aumont, Michel (1936) C : Mort d’un pourri - La Vie continue - Comte de Monte Cristo - La Cloche - Le Placard
- Palais royal - etc.
Auteuil, Daniel (1950): L'Amour violé - La Banquière - Jean
de Florette - En Garde - Reine Margot - La doublure - Le placard - La fille du puisatier - 36 quai des Orfèvres - Le deuxième souffle - etc.
Bardot, Brigitte (1934; Statue in Buzios, Brazil) F : Et dieu créa la
femme - Paparazzi - Le mépris - Une parisienne - La femme et le pantin - Babette s'en va-t-en guerre - Shalako - Viva Maria - L'ours et la poupée - etc.
Baye, Nathalie (1948) C : Sauve qui peut - Mon première amour - La balance - Notre vie - L’ombre rouge - Notre histoire - etc.
Béart, Emmanuelle (1963) C : La Belle noiseuse - Mission Impossible (US) -
Don Juan - La Fille du Puisatier - Enfer - etc.
Bejo, Bérénice (Argentinian born; 1976) C O : Chevalier - OSS117: Le Caire .. - L'Artiste - La traque - etc.
Belmondo, Jean-Paul (1933) C : A bout de souffle - Un singe en hiver - Doulos
- Casino Royale (US) - Pierrot le fou - Paris brule-t-il? - Peur sur la ville - La Scoumoune - Le magnifique - Borsalino - Le cerveau - Flic ou Voyou - etc.
Berry, Richard (1950): La Gifle - La Balance - La Garce
- 15 aout - Le Grand pardon - La Doublure - Les Insoumis - L'Immortel - etc.
Binoche, Juliette (1964) C O :
Je vous salue - 3 couleurs: bleu - Le hussard sur le toit - English
Patient - Paris, je t’aime - Le Chocolat (Swed) - Décalage horaire - Camille Claudel 1915 - etc.
Blanc, Michel (1952) C : Le Locataire - Les Bronzés - Le père Noël est une ordure - Rien ne va plus - Tenue de soirée - Monsieur Hire - Prêt-à-porter (US) - Grosse fatigue - etc.
Blanche, Francis (1921-1974): Tontons flingueurs - Barbouzes - Erotissimo - La Grande bouffe - La Tulipe noire - etc
Blier, Bernard (1916-1989) C : Hotel du Nord - Quai des orfèvres - Marche ou crève - L'Etranger (Ita) - Germinal -Tontons flingueurs - Les Chinois à Paris - Mes chers amis (Ita) - Buffet froid - Paganini - etc.
Boon, Danny (Hamidou; 1966): Joyeux Noel - La Doublure - Mon Meilleur ami - Bienvenue chez les chti (also Director) - Micmac à Tire-larigot - etc
Bonnaire, Sandrine (1967) C :
A nos amours - La Cérémonie - La peste (Arg.) - Joueuse - Sans toit, ni loi - Never
ever - Secret défense - etc.
Bouajila, Sami (1966) C F : Indigènes - Le Raid - Hors la loi - Omar m'a tuer - L'amour aux trousses - etc.
Bouajila, Sami (1966) C F : Indigènes - Le Raid - Hors la loi - Omar m'a tuer - L'amour aux trousses - etc.
Bouchez, Elodie (1973): Take
2 - Zonson - Les Roseaux sauvages - Lovers - Brice de Nice - La Grande Boucle - etc.
Bouquet, Carole (1957) C Also Fashion Model: James
Bond For your eyes only (UK) - Cet obscur objet de désir (Spain) - Némo - Trop belle pour toi - Special Police - New York stories (US) - Wasabi - Grosse fatigue - etc
Bouquet, Michel (1925): Manon - 3 femmes - Les Misérables - La Mariée était en noir - La rupture - Le serpent - Deux hommes dans la ville - Défense de savoir - Le jouet - Renoir - etc
Bouise, Jean (1929-1989) C : Tintin
et les Oranges Bleues - La guerre est finie - Le vieux fusil - Monsieur Klein - le Grand Bleu - etc
Bourgoin, Louise (1981) Also Fashion Model: La fille de Monaco - Le petit Nicolas - L'autre monde - Un heureux événement - etc.
Bourgoin, Louise (1981) Also Fashion Model: La fille de Monaco - Le petit Nicolas - L'autre monde - Un heureux événement - etc.
Bourvil, Jean (André Raimbourg; 1917-1970): Un drole de Paroissien - Le Miroir à 2 faces - Traversée de Paris - Le Bossu - La Grande
vadrouille - Le Corniaud - The Longest Day, D-Day (US) - Le Cerveau - Cercle rouge - Les Grandes gueules - L'Arbre de Noel - Le Mur de l'Atlantique - etc
Boyer, Charles (1899-1978) O : Love affair -
Shangai (US) - Read Head Woman (US) - Nana - Arc de triumph (US) - Une parisienne - Casino Royale (UK) - Stavisky - etc.
Bozzuffi, Marcel (1929-1988): Le Sicilien - French Connection (US) - Le Deuxième souffle - L'Uomo di Corleone (Ita) - Z - Cadavres
exquis - March or Die (US) - La Cage aux Folles II - etc
Brasseur, Claude (Espinasse; 1936): La Boume - Barocco - Le
Viager - Un éléphant, ça trompe - Bande à Part - Le Souper - etc.
Brialy, Jean-Claude (1933-2007) C : Le Beau Serge - La Mariée était en Noire - Une Femme est une femme - La Crime - La Banquière - le Fantome de la Liberté - Le Genou de Claire - Reine Margot - Les Acteurs - etc.
Canet, Guillaume (1973): Mon idole - En plein coeur - Joyeux Noel - L'enfer - Ne le dis a Personne - Les Liens du Sang - Espions - Une Vie meilleure - etc.
Capucine (Germaine Lefebvre; 1928-1990) Also Top Model: L'Aigle à deux tetes - Rendez-Vous de Juillet - Song without End (US) - Walk on the Wilde Side (US) - Red Sun (US) - The Pink Panther (UK) - The Honey Pot - Satyricon (Ita) - Ecco Noi per Esempio (Ita) - etc
Carmet, Jean (1920-1994) C : Les Enfants du Paradis - Bille de Clown - Bonjour Sourire - Le Caporal épinglé - Les Bons Vivants - La Rupture - Le Grand Blond ... - Dupont Lajoie - Buffet froid - La Soupe aux Choux - Les Misérables - Canicule - Le Chateau de ma Mère - etc.
Caron, Leslie (1931) G : An American in Paris (US) - Daddy Long Legs (US) - Gigi (US) - Austerlitz - Fanny (US) - Golden Girls (US) - Crazed (US) - Paris Brule-t-il? - Dangerous Moves (US) - Guerriers et captives - Chocolate (Swe.) - etc
Canet, Guillaume (1973): Mon idole - En plein coeur - Joyeux Noel - L'enfer - Ne le dis a Personne - Les Liens du Sang - Espions - Une Vie meilleure - etc.
Capucine (Germaine Lefebvre; 1928-1990) Also Top Model: L'Aigle à deux tetes - Rendez-Vous de Juillet - Song without End (US) - Walk on the Wilde Side (US) - Red Sun (US) - The Pink Panther (UK) - The Honey Pot - Satyricon (Ita) - Ecco Noi per Esempio (Ita) - etc
Carmet, Jean (1920-1994) C : Les Enfants du Paradis - Bille de Clown - Bonjour Sourire - Le Caporal épinglé - Les Bons Vivants - La Rupture - Le Grand Blond ... - Dupont Lajoie - Buffet froid - La Soupe aux Choux - Les Misérables - Canicule - Le Chateau de ma Mère - etc.
Caron, Leslie (1931) G : An American in Paris (US) - Daddy Long Legs (US) - Gigi (US) - Austerlitz - Fanny (US) - Golden Girls (US) - Crazed (US) - Paris Brule-t-il? - Dangerous Moves (US) - Guerriers et captives - Chocolate (Swe.) - etc
Cassel, Jean Pierre (Crochon; 1937-2007): The Happy Road (US) - Un Monsieur de Compagnie - Paris Brule-t-il? - Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (UK) - Le Charme discret de la Bourgeoisie - Les Œufs Brouillés - L'Ours et la poupée - L'Armée des Ombres - Casque Bleu - etc
Chazel, Marie-Anne
Chevalier, Maurice (1888-1972): Par habitude - Le Mauvais Garcon - La Chanson de Paris - Monkey Business (USA) - Love me Tonight (USA) - Cancan (USA) - Ariane (USA) - Ma Pomme - Gigi (USA) - Fanny (USA) - In Search of the Castaways (USA) - etc
Clavier, Christian
Cluzet, François (1955): Cocktail Molotov - L'été meurtrier - Les Enragés - Chocolat - L'Enfer - Paris - C Intouchables - Un monstre à Paris - etc
Chazel, Marie-Anne
Chevalier, Maurice (1888-1972): Par habitude - Le Mauvais Garcon - La Chanson de Paris - Monkey Business (USA) - Love me Tonight (USA) - Cancan (USA) - Ariane (USA) - Ma Pomme - Gigi (USA) - Fanny (USA) - In Search of the Castaways (USA) - etc
Clavier, Christian
Cluzet, François (1955): Cocktail Molotov - L'été meurtrier - Les Enragés - Chocolat - L'Enfer - Paris - C Intouchables - Un monstre à Paris - etc
Colbert, Claudette O :
Coluche
Constantin, Michel
Coluche
Constantin, Michel
Cotillard, Marion (1975): Taxi - Les Jolies choses - Innocence - La Boite Noire - Big Fish (USA) - C Un long dimanche de fiançailles - Jeu d'Enfants - C O G La Vie en Rose (La Môme) - Midnight in Paris (USA) - The Immigrant (USA) - The Dark Knight Rises (USA) - etc
Cremer, Bruno:
Cremer, Bruno:
Darc, Mireille:
Darrieux, Danielle:
Debbouze, Jamel (French & Moroccan; 1975); Also Stand-up Comedian: Zonzon - Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain - Astérix et Obélix: Mission Cléopatre - Angel A - She hates me (US) - F Indigènes - Hors la Loi - Holywoo - La Marche - etc
Darrieux, Danielle:
Debbouze, Jamel (French & Moroccan; 1975); Also Stand-up Comedian: Zonzon - Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain - Astérix et Obélix: Mission Cléopatre - Angel A - She hates me (US) - F Indigènes - Hors la Loi - Holywoo - La Marche - etc
De France, Cécile (Belgian 1975) C : Un secret - Poupées russes - L'Auberge espagnole - Instinct de mort: Mesrine - Around the World in 80 Days (US) - Möbius - etc
De Funès, Louis (Spanish born - De Funes de Galarza; 1914-1983) C : Le Gentleman d'Epsom - La Grande vadrouille - Le Corniaud - Oscar - Le Gendarme de Saint Tropez - La Folie des Grandeurs - Le Gendarme se marie - Fantomas - Hibernatus - Rabbi Jacob - Fantomas se dechaine - La Soupe aux choux - L'Avare - etc
De Funès, Louis (Spanish born - De Funes de Galarza; 1914-1983) C : Le Gentleman d'Epsom - La Grande vadrouille - Le Corniaud - Oscar - Le Gendarme de Saint Tropez - La Folie des Grandeurs - Le Gendarme se marie - Fantomas - Hibernatus - Rabbi Jacob - Fantomas se dechaine - La Soupe aux choux - L'Avare - etc
Delon, Alain (1935) C : Plein soleil - Rocco et ses frères - Mélodie en sous-sol - Le Guépard (Ita) - Le Samourai - La Piscine - Le Clan des Siciliens - Airport 79 (US) - Borsalino - Scorpio - Flic Story - Un Flic - Monsieur Klein - Notre Histoire - etc.
Deneuve, Catherine (Dorléac; 1943) F : Les Parapluies de Cherbourg - Repulsion - Belle de Jour - Demoiselles de Rochefort - Le Dernier métro - Indochine - Place Vendome - Coup de foudre - La Reine blanche - Les Liaisons dangereuses - Je veux voir - Huit Femmes - Potiche - etc.
Depardieu, Gérard C F G (French; also Russian since 2013; 1948): Les Valseuses - 1900 (Ita) - Reve de singe (Ita) - Police - Buffet Froid - Tenue de Soiree - Le Sucre - Le Dernier Métro - Green Card (USA) - Jean de Florette - Danton - Asterix et Cleopatre - Cyrano de Bergerac - Germinal - Merci la Vie - Le Placard - Le colonnel Chabert - Boudu - Potiche - L'Homme qui rit - Turf - etc
Depardieu, Gérard C F G (French; also Russian since 2013; 1948): Les Valseuses - 1900 (Ita) - Reve de singe (Ita) - Police - Buffet Froid - Tenue de Soiree - Le Sucre - Le Dernier Métro - Green Card (USA) - Jean de Florette - Danton - Asterix et Cleopatre - Cyrano de Bergerac - Germinal - Merci la Vie - Le Placard - Le colonnel Chabert - Boudu - Potiche - L'Homme qui rit - Turf - etc
Dujardin, Jean (1972) C F O : L'Artiste - OSS117: Le Caire, ... - Balcon sur la mer - Ca$h - Möbius - Les Infideles - The Wolf of Wall Street (USA) - etc.
Dupérey, Annie
Dupérey, Annie
Dussolier, André (1946): Trois hommes et un couffin - Toute une vie - Mélo - Tanguy - Les Enfants - etc.
Elmaleh, Gad (French / Morrocan)
Exarchopoulos, Adèle (1993): Martha - Boxes - La Rafle - Carré Blanc - Les Enfants de Timpelbach - Des Morceaux de Moi - La Vie d'Adèle - etc.
Fabian, Françoise
Félix, Zoé
Fernandel
Foïs, Marina
Fossey, Brigitte
Fresnais, Pierre
Gabin, Jean
Galabru, Michel
Girardot, Annie
Godrèche, Judith (Goldreich; 1972)
Huppert, Isabelle
Jugnot, Gérard
Karyo, Tchetky
Lambert, Christophe / Christopher
Le Coq, Bernard
Ledoyen, Virginie
Lefebvre, Jean
Lhermitte, Thierry
Lemercier, Valerie
Lonsdale, Michel / Michael
Luchini, Fabrice
Marceau, Sophie (Sophie Maupu; 1966) C : La Boum (at age 13) - Police - L'Amour Braque - Braveheart (US) - La Fille de D'Artagnan - The World is not Enough (UK) - Belphegor - LOL - L'Age de Raison - Parlez-moi d'Amour - etc
Marais, Jean
Marielle, Jean-Pierre
Maurier, Claire
May, Mathilda
Meurisse, Paul
Merad, Kab
Exarchopoulos, Adèle (1993): Martha - Boxes - La Rafle - Carré Blanc - Les Enfants de Timpelbach - Des Morceaux de Moi - La Vie d'Adèle - etc.
Fabian, Françoise
Félix, Zoé
Fernandel
Foïs, Marina
Fossey, Brigitte
Fresnais, Pierre
Gabin, Jean
Galabru, Michel
Girardot, Annie
Godrèche, Judith (Goldreich; 1972)
Huppert, Isabelle
Jugnot, Gérard
Karyo, Tchetky
Lambert, Christophe / Christopher
Le Coq, Bernard
Ledoyen, Virginie
Lefebvre, Jean
Lhermitte, Thierry
Lemercier, Valerie
Lonsdale, Michel / Michael
Luchini, Fabrice
Marceau, Sophie (Sophie Maupu; 1966) C : La Boum (at age 13) - Police - L'Amour Braque - Braveheart (US) - La Fille de D'Artagnan - The World is not Enough (UK) - Belphegor - LOL - L'Age de Raison - Parlez-moi d'Amour - etc
Marais, Jean
Marielle, Jean-Pierre
Maurier, Claire
May, Mathilda
Meurisse, Paul
Merad, Kab
Montand, Yves:
Morgan, Michèle F
Moreau, Jeanne:
Naceri, Samy:
Noiret, Philippe:
Parillaud, Anne
Périer, François
Piccoli, Michel F
Podalydès, Denis (1963): C La Conquete (True story of N. Sarkozy)
Poelvoorde, Benoît (Belgian 1964)
Pousse, André
Presle, Micheline
Reggiani, Serge
Reno, Jean
Morgan, Michèle F
Moreau, Jeanne:
Naceri, Samy:
Noiret, Philippe:
Parillaud, Anne
Périer, François
Piccoli, Michel F
Podalydès, Denis (1963): C La Conquete (True story of N. Sarkozy)
Poelvoorde, Benoît (Belgian 1964)
Pousse, André
Presle, Micheline
Reggiani, Serge
Reno, Jean
Richard, Pierre
Sagnier, Ludivine
Sanda, Dominique
Sagnier, Ludivine
Sanda, Dominique
Schneider, Romy (Rosemarie Magdalena Albach; French German born; 1938-1982) C : Plein soleil - La Voleuse - La Piscine - Max et les férailleurs - César et Rosalie - Le Vieux fusil - Mado - Les Innocents aux mains sales - Clair de femme - La Mort en Direct - La Banquière - Garde à vue - La Passante du sans-souci - etc.
Serrault, Michel
Seydoux, Léa (1985): Mes Copines - 13 French street - Robin Hood (UK) - La Belle Personne - Mission Impossible: Ghost Prot. (USA) - Midnight in Paris (USA) - Trois Coeurs - La Vie d'Adèle - etc
Serrault, Michel
Seydoux, Léa (1985): Mes Copines - 13 French street - Robin Hood (UK) - La Belle Personne - Mission Impossible: Ghost Prot. (USA) - Midnight in Paris (USA) - Trois Coeurs - La Vie d'Adèle - etc
Signoret, Simone (German born 1921 - 1985) O : Boléro - Casque d'or - Fantomas - Macadam - Les diaboliques - Les Chemins de la haute ville - La Veuve couderc - Le Chat - La Vie devant soi - etc.
Smaïn (Smaïn Faïrouze; 1958)
Sy, Omar (1978): Le Raid - Safari - La Loi de Murphy - Micmacs à Tire Larigot - C Intouchables - L’Écume des jours - X-Men: Days of Future Past (USA, 2014) - etc
Taglioni, Alice
Tati, Jacques
Tatou, Audrey
Thibaut, Jean-Marc
Torreton, Philippe
Trintignant, Jean-Louis F
Vanel, Charles F
Ventura, Lino
Viard, Karin (1966)
Villeret, Jacques
Virlogeux, Henri
Yanne, Jean F
Zardi, Dominique (1930-2009): Probably the most often appearing supporting actor ever: he was in around 600 movies.
Zem, Roschdy
- Foreign actors speaking French who play / played in French movies
Fonda, Jane (US; 1937; was married to French director Roger Vadim): Tout va bien - La Curée - Barbarella - Les Félins - Sois belle et tais-toi - etc
Foster, Jody (US; 1962; Jody speaks fluently French without accent; I had the luke to chat with her few minutes): Un long dimanche de fiançailles
Hann, Jesse (US / French; 1921-1998): Le Triporteur - Le Sicilien - La Valse du Gorille - Cartouche - Les Grandes Gueules - Les Barbouzes - etc
Kruger, Diane (Ger.; 1976): Mon Idole - Les Brigades du Tigre - Joyeux Noel - Pour elle - Pieds Nus sur les Limaces - Adieux à la Reine - etc.
Kruger, Hardy (Ger.; 1928): Un Taxi pour Tobrouk - Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray - La Grande Sauterelle - Le Franciscain de Bourges - A chacun son Enfer - etc
Mastroianni, Marcello (Ita; 1924-1996): Vie Privée - L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'Homme a marché sur la Lune - La Nuit de Varennes - Le Voleur d'Enfants - Un, Deux, Trois, Soleil - etc
Scott Thomas, Kristin (UK / French; 1960): Agent Trouble - Le Bal du Gouverneur - En Mai, fais ce qu'il te plait - Les Milles - Arsène Lupin - La Doublure - Avant l'Hiver - etc
Thomas, Terry (UK; 1911-1990): La Grande Vadrouille - Le Mur de l'Atlantique - Terry Thomas stopped playing in 1971 because of Parkinson.
Tognazzi, Hugo (Ita; 1922-1990): Le Confident de ces Dames - La Joie de Vivre - Rogopag - Barbarella - La Cage aux Folles (3 movies) - Tolerance - etc
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3 - Choreographers - Chorégraphes (Classic & Contemporain)
- 21st, 20th & 19th centuries
Bejart, Maurice (Maurice Berger; Kurd origins 1927-2007) Contemporain: L'Oiseau de Feu - Le Sacre du Printemps - Boléro - Messe pour le Temps futur - Enfant-Roi - Zarathoustra - etc.
Chopinot, Régine (1952) Classic: Jardin de Pierre - L'Origine des poissons - Appel d'air - Rossignol - Transport - Colonne - Les Quatre saisons - Chair Obscure - Cornucopiae - etc.
Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963) Classic & modern ballets: Les Biches - Le Jeune Homme et la Mort - Parade - etc.
Combes, Philippe (1963-2009) Contemporain: Ballade des Acolytes - Minautore - Magma - X - Point de Mire - Corpus - etc.
Deschamps, Didier (1954) Contemporain: Hymnen - Cavalcade - etc.
Petipa, Marius (1818-1910) Classic: La Noce à Nantes - La Vendange - La Fleur de Grenade - Cendrillon - Le Dalhia bleu - Terpsichore - Faust - Ariane - Le Miroir magique - etc.
Petit, Roland (1924-2011) Classic & Contemporain: Guernica - Les Forins - Le Loup - Coppelia - La Symphonie fantastique - Notre Dame de Paris - Les Amours de Frank - Clavigo - etc.
Russillo, Joseph (US / French 1938) Contemporain: Da capo - Le Sacre du Printemps - Orphée - Court Métrage - Autre Monde - etc
- 18th century and before
Beauchamps, Didier (1631-1705) Master of Ballet for King Louis the XIV: Pomone - L'Impatience - La Naissance de Venus - Isis - Ballet de Jeunesse - etc.
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Smaïn (Smaïn Faïrouze; 1958)
Sy, Omar (1978): Le Raid - Safari - La Loi de Murphy - Micmacs à Tire Larigot - C Intouchables - L’Écume des jours - X-Men: Days of Future Past (USA, 2014) - etc
Taglioni, Alice
Tati, Jacques
Tatou, Audrey
Thibaut, Jean-Marc
Torreton, Philippe
Trintignant, Jean-Louis F
Vanel, Charles F
Ventura, Lino
Viard, Karin (1966)
Villeret, Jacques
Virlogeux, Henri
Yanne, Jean F
Zardi, Dominique (1930-2009): Probably the most often appearing supporting actor ever: he was in around 600 movies.
Zem, Roschdy
- Foreign actors speaking French who play / played in French movies
Fonda, Jane (US; 1937; was married to French director Roger Vadim): Tout va bien - La Curée - Barbarella - Les Félins - Sois belle et tais-toi - etc
Foster, Jody (US; 1962; Jody speaks fluently French without accent; I had the luke to chat with her few minutes): Un long dimanche de fiançailles
Hann, Jesse (US / French; 1921-1998): Le Triporteur - Le Sicilien - La Valse du Gorille - Cartouche - Les Grandes Gueules - Les Barbouzes - etc
Kruger, Diane (Ger.; 1976): Mon Idole - Les Brigades du Tigre - Joyeux Noel - Pour elle - Pieds Nus sur les Limaces - Adieux à la Reine - etc.
Kruger, Hardy (Ger.; 1928): Un Taxi pour Tobrouk - Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray - La Grande Sauterelle - Le Franciscain de Bourges - A chacun son Enfer - etc
Mastroianni, Marcello (Ita; 1924-1996): Vie Privée - L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'Homme a marché sur la Lune - La Nuit de Varennes - Le Voleur d'Enfants - Un, Deux, Trois, Soleil - etc
Scott Thomas, Kristin (UK / French; 1960): Agent Trouble - Le Bal du Gouverneur - En Mai, fais ce qu'il te plait - Les Milles - Arsène Lupin - La Doublure - Avant l'Hiver - etc
Thomas, Terry (UK; 1911-1990): La Grande Vadrouille - Le Mur de l'Atlantique - Terry Thomas stopped playing in 1971 because of Parkinson.
Tognazzi, Hugo (Ita; 1922-1990): Le Confident de ces Dames - La Joie de Vivre - Rogopag - Barbarella - La Cage aux Folles (3 movies) - Tolerance - etc
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3 - Choreographers - Chorégraphes (Classic & Contemporain)
- 21st, 20th & 19th centuries
Bejart, Maurice (Maurice Berger; Kurd origins 1927-2007) Contemporain: L'Oiseau de Feu - Le Sacre du Printemps - Boléro - Messe pour le Temps futur - Enfant-Roi - Zarathoustra - etc.
Chopinot, Régine (1952) Classic: Jardin de Pierre - L'Origine des poissons - Appel d'air - Rossignol - Transport - Colonne - Les Quatre saisons - Chair Obscure - Cornucopiae - etc.
Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963) Classic & modern ballets: Les Biches - Le Jeune Homme et la Mort - Parade - etc.
Combes, Philippe (1963-2009) Contemporain: Ballade des Acolytes - Minautore - Magma - X - Point de Mire - Corpus - etc.
Deschamps, Didier (1954) Contemporain: Hymnen - Cavalcade - etc.
Petipa, Marius (1818-1910) Classic: La Noce à Nantes - La Vendange - La Fleur de Grenade - Cendrillon - Le Dalhia bleu - Terpsichore - Faust - Ariane - Le Miroir magique - etc.
Petit, Roland (1924-2011) Classic & Contemporain: Guernica - Les Forins - Le Loup - Coppelia - La Symphonie fantastique - Notre Dame de Paris - Les Amours de Frank - Clavigo - etc.
Russillo, Joseph (US / French 1938) Contemporain: Da capo - Le Sacre du Printemps - Orphée - Court Métrage - Autre Monde - etc
- 18th century and before
Beauchamps, Didier (1631-1705) Master of Ballet for King Louis the XIV: Pomone - L'Impatience - La Naissance de Venus - Isis - Ballet de Jeunesse - etc.
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4 - Comedians - Comédiens et Comédiennes (Classic - Vaudeville - Stand-up Comedies)
M = Molière French Theater Award A = Also Actor / Actress
Adjani, Isabelle (1955) A : L'Ecole des femmes - Port Royal - La Dame aux camelias - etc.
Auger, Claudine (1941) A : L'Avare - le Misanthrope - Tartuffe - Les femmes savantes - etc.
Arditi, Pierre (1944) A :
Aumont, Michel (1936) A; Member of the Comédie-Française M : L'Avare - Cyrano de Bergerac - Richard III - Dom Juan - Intermezzo - etc.
Baye, Nathalie (1948) A :
Béart, Emmanuelle (1963) A : La Double inconstance - Le Misanthrope - Les Justes - etc
Belmondo, Jean-Paul (1933) A : Le Malade imaginaire - L'Avare - Cyrano de bergerac - La Puce à l'oreille - etc.
Coluche A : One-man shows
Béart, Emmanuelle (1963) A : La Double inconstance - Le Misanthrope - Les Justes - etc
Belmondo, Jean-Paul (1933) A : Le Malade imaginaire - L'Avare - Cyrano de bergerac - La Puce à l'oreille - etc.
Coluche A : One-man shows
De France, Cécile (Belgian 1975) A : Dormez, je le veux - Le Songe d'une nuit d'été - SC35C - Anna - etc.
Berry, Richard (1950) A ; Member of the Comédie-Française M : Andromaque - Les fourberies de Scapin - Lorenzaccio - Café chinois - L'emmerdeur - etc.
Blanc, Michel (1952) M A : Je vais craquer - Je veux faire du cinéma - Temps variable en soirée - L'Amour est enfant de salaud - etc.
Blier, Bernard (1916-1989) A : Les Précieuses Ridicules - Rouge - Désiré - Mamouret - C'est malin - Le Faiseur - etc
Boon, Danny (Hamidou 1966) A : One-man shows
Bouquet, Michel (1925) A ; Also Teacher at the National Conservatoire of Dramatic Art: Tartuffe - Danton - Caligula - Henri IV - Carlotta - Rhinocéros - L'Alouette - Le Neveu de Rameau - Le Malade imaginaire - L'Avare - etc.
Bouise, Jean (1929-1989) A : La Nuit des rois - Henri IV - Les Trois mousquetaires - La Remise - Tartuffe - La Mouette - Tir et Lir - etc
Brialy, Jean-Claude (1933-2007) A : Les Portes claquent - Un Dimanche à New York - Désirée - L'Illusioniste - La Jalousie - etc
Cassel, Jean Pierre (Crochon; 1937-2007) A : Oscar - L'Avare - L'Oeil Anonyme - Faisons un Rêve - Avanti! - Cirque à deux - etc.
Coluche ( ) A One-man shows:
De Funès, Louis (Spanish born - De Funes de Galarza; 1914-1983) A : Le Royal Dindon - Thermidor - La Puce a l'Oreille - La Peur des coups - Oscar - La Grosse valse - etc
Huster, Francis
Karmann, Sam (1953) M : Crime et Chatiment - Lorenzaccio - Le Soulier de Satin - Henri IV - Le Cocu magnifique - Le Bonheur - etc
Marceau, Sophie (Sophie Daniele Maupu; 1966) M A : Eurydice - Pygmalion - Une Histoire d'âme - etc
Podalydès, Denis (1963) M A; Member of the Comédie-Française
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Blanc, Michel (1952) M A : Je vais craquer - Je veux faire du cinéma - Temps variable en soirée - L'Amour est enfant de salaud - etc.
Blier, Bernard (1916-1989) A : Les Précieuses Ridicules - Rouge - Désiré - Mamouret - C'est malin - Le Faiseur - etc
Boon, Danny (Hamidou 1966) A : One-man shows
Bouquet, Michel (1925) A ; Also Teacher at the National Conservatoire of Dramatic Art: Tartuffe - Danton - Caligula - Henri IV - Carlotta - Rhinocéros - L'Alouette - Le Neveu de Rameau - Le Malade imaginaire - L'Avare - etc.
Bouise, Jean (1929-1989) A : La Nuit des rois - Henri IV - Les Trois mousquetaires - La Remise - Tartuffe - La Mouette - Tir et Lir - etc
Brialy, Jean-Claude (1933-2007) A : Les Portes claquent - Un Dimanche à New York - Désirée - L'Illusioniste - La Jalousie - etc
Cassel, Jean Pierre (Crochon; 1937-2007) A : Oscar - L'Avare - L'Oeil Anonyme - Faisons un Rêve - Avanti! - Cirque à deux - etc.
Coluche ( ) A One-man shows:
De Funès, Louis (Spanish born - De Funes de Galarza; 1914-1983) A : Le Royal Dindon - Thermidor - La Puce a l'Oreille - La Peur des coups - Oscar - La Grosse valse - etc
Huster, Francis
Karmann, Sam (1953) M : Crime et Chatiment - Lorenzaccio - Le Soulier de Satin - Henri IV - Le Cocu magnifique - Le Bonheur - etc
Marceau, Sophie (Sophie Daniele Maupu; 1966) M A : Eurydice - Pygmalion - Une Histoire d'âme - etc
Podalydès, Denis (1963) M A; Member of the Comédie-Française
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5 - Composers & Songwriters - Compositeurs (All Genres)
- 21st & 20th centuries
Berger, Michel (1947-1992): Starmania Opera Rock (12 songs with French and Canadian singers) - Double jeu - Message Personnel - La Girafe - Rock n Roll Attitude - La Legende de Jimmy - etc
Boulez, Pierre (1925) Grammy A.; Also Orchestra Conductor: Contemporain & some Classic: Sonate for Piano; Polyphonie X; Domaine; Notation for Orchestra; Memorial; Anthemes - etc
Cabrel, Francis (1953 in Italy): wrote songs for Patricia Kaas, Johnny Halliday, etc, and one of the most beautiful romantic songs Je L'aime a Mourir that was sang by Shakira.
Capdeviel, Jean-Patrick (1945): Wrote for Linda William, Emma Shapplin, etc. Discography: L'Ennemi Public - Planete X - Vertigo - etc.
Constant, Marius (Romanian born; 1925-2004): Twilight Zone theme song - Modern Ballet music for Choregrapher M. Bejart: Haut-voltage - Contrepointe - Eloge de la folie - etc. Piano Concertos: 24 Préludes pour Orchestre and ballets Nana - Tragedie de Carmen - etc
Duruflé, Maurice
Dutilleux, Henri (1916)
Henri, Pierre
Gainsbourg, Serge aka "Gainsbar" (Ginsburg, Russian origins; 1928-1991) Also Singer: Le poinçonneur des Lilas - Initials B B - Sea, sex and sun - Je suis venu te dire ... - Je t'aime, moi non plus - La Javanaise - Aux armes (La Marseillaise in reggae) - Ballade de Melody Nelson - etc.
Jarre, Maurice (1924-2009) Academy A. - Golden G. - Oscar: Lawrence of Arabia - The Longest Day - Doctor Zhivago, Laura's theme - The man who would be King - Shogun - Firefox - A Passage to India - Fatal Attraction - Dead Poets Society - A Walk in the Clouds - etc
Jarre, Jean-Michel (1948): Pioneer in Ambient & Electronic Music with synchro lighting & laser - Records: Oxygen - Équinoxe - Champs Magnetiques - etc. Concerts with lighting and lasers in Paris, Houston, London, Shangai, Lyon, Hong-Kong, Moscow, Beijing, etc.
Lai, Francis (1933) Academy A. - Golden G. : Film scores of Love Story - Un Homme et Une femme - Bilitis - Emmanuelle 2 - etc - and several songs for French singer Mireille Matthieu.
Landowski, Marcel:
Legrand, Michel (1932) Grammy A; Oscars: Discography: I love Paris - Holiday in Rome - Columbia Albm of Cole Porter - After the rain - etc. Movie scores: Une femme est une femme - Les Parapluies de Cherbourg - The Thomas Crown Affair - Ice Station Zebra - Summer of 42 - Le Mans - Atlantic City - etc
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992):
Moustaki, Georges (Guisepppe Mustacchi; Italo-greek origins; 1934-2013) Also Singer. Wrote for Cher - Edith Piaf - Bobby Darin - Dalida - Yves Montand - Juliette Greco - Barbara - etc. Discography: Le Meteque - Milord - Solitaire - etc.
Polnareff, Michel (1944)
Schaeffer, Pierre (1910-1995): Father of the Electroaccoustic music.
Tanguy, Eric (1968)
- 19th & 18th century
Adam, Adolphe (1803-1856): Operas: Giselle - Le Corsaire - Le Postillon de Longjumeau - Si j'étais roi - etc. He also wrote the famous Christmas carol "Cantique de Noel" or Oh Holy Night.
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869):
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): Operas: Djamileh - Variations Chromatiques - Carmen - Chasse fantastique - etc
Boieldieu, François-Adrien (1775-1834)
Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841-1894):
Chopin, Frédéric François (Polish, lived in France; 1810-1849)
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918):
Dubois, Théodore
Gounod, Charles
Offenbach, Jacques (German born; 1819-1880):
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937):
Vierne, Louis (1870-1937)
- 17th century and before
- 21st & 20th centuries
Berger, Michel (1947-1992): Starmania Opera Rock (12 songs with French and Canadian singers) - Double jeu - Message Personnel - La Girafe - Rock n Roll Attitude - La Legende de Jimmy - etc
Boulez, Pierre (1925) Grammy A.; Also Orchestra Conductor: Contemporain & some Classic: Sonate for Piano; Polyphonie X; Domaine; Notation for Orchestra; Memorial; Anthemes - etc
Cabrel, Francis (1953 in Italy): wrote songs for Patricia Kaas, Johnny Halliday, etc, and one of the most beautiful romantic songs Je L'aime a Mourir that was sang by Shakira.
Capdeviel, Jean-Patrick (1945): Wrote for Linda William, Emma Shapplin, etc. Discography: L'Ennemi Public - Planete X - Vertigo - etc.
Constant, Marius (Romanian born; 1925-2004): Twilight Zone theme song - Modern Ballet music for Choregrapher M. Bejart: Haut-voltage - Contrepointe - Eloge de la folie - etc. Piano Concertos: 24 Préludes pour Orchestre and ballets Nana - Tragedie de Carmen - etc
Duruflé, Maurice
Dutilleux, Henri (1916)
Henri, Pierre
Gainsbourg, Serge aka "Gainsbar" (Ginsburg, Russian origins; 1928-1991) Also Singer: Le poinçonneur des Lilas - Initials B B - Sea, sex and sun - Je suis venu te dire ... - Je t'aime, moi non plus - La Javanaise - Aux armes (La Marseillaise in reggae) - Ballade de Melody Nelson - etc.
Jarre, Maurice (1924-2009) Academy A. - Golden G. - Oscar: Lawrence of Arabia - The Longest Day - Doctor Zhivago, Laura's theme - The man who would be King - Shogun - Firefox - A Passage to India - Fatal Attraction - Dead Poets Society - A Walk in the Clouds - etc
Jarre, Jean-Michel (1948): Pioneer in Ambient & Electronic Music with synchro lighting & laser - Records: Oxygen - Équinoxe - Champs Magnetiques - etc. Concerts with lighting and lasers in Paris, Houston, London, Shangai, Lyon, Hong-Kong, Moscow, Beijing, etc.
Lai, Francis (1933) Academy A. - Golden G. : Film scores of Love Story - Un Homme et Une femme - Bilitis - Emmanuelle 2 - etc - and several songs for French singer Mireille Matthieu.
Landowski, Marcel:
Legrand, Michel (1932) Grammy A; Oscars: Discography: I love Paris - Holiday in Rome - Columbia Albm of Cole Porter - After the rain - etc. Movie scores: Une femme est une femme - Les Parapluies de Cherbourg - The Thomas Crown Affair - Ice Station Zebra - Summer of 42 - Le Mans - Atlantic City - etc
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992):
Moustaki, Georges (Guisepppe Mustacchi; Italo-greek origins; 1934-2013) Also Singer. Wrote for Cher - Edith Piaf - Bobby Darin - Dalida - Yves Montand - Juliette Greco - Barbara - etc. Discography: Le Meteque - Milord - Solitaire - etc.
Polnareff, Michel (1944)
Schaeffer, Pierre (1910-1995): Father of the Electroaccoustic music.
Tanguy, Eric (1968)
- 19th & 18th century
Adam, Adolphe (1803-1856): Operas: Giselle - Le Corsaire - Le Postillon de Longjumeau - Si j'étais roi - etc. He also wrote the famous Christmas carol "Cantique de Noel" or Oh Holy Night.
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869):
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): Operas: Djamileh - Variations Chromatiques - Carmen - Chasse fantastique - etc
Boieldieu, François-Adrien (1775-1834)
Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841-1894):
Chopin, Frédéric François (Polish, lived in France; 1810-1849)
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918):
Dubois, Théodore
Gounod, Charles
Offenbach, Jacques (German born; 1819-1880):
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937):
Saint Saëns, Camille (1835-1921): Composed the first ever Movie score for Assassinat du Duc de Guise. Concertos, Chambre Musics, Operas: Danse macabre - Samson et Dalila - Le Carnaval des Animaux - Les Barbares - Proserpine - etc. Religious Music: Ave Maria - Nuits persanes - etc.
Satie, Erik (1866-1925)Vierne, Louis (1870-1937)
- 17th century and before
Le Roux, Gaspard (1697-1740)
Lully, Jean Baptiste (1632-1687)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Sainte-Colombe, Jean de (1640-1701)
wLully, Jean Baptiste (1632-1687)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Sainte-Colombe, Jean de (1640-1701)
6 - Cooking Chefs - Chefs Cuisiniers *** Michelin Stars
- 20th & 21st centuries
Blanc, Georges *** (1943) owns 1 restaurant & 1 resort in France
Bocuse, Paul *** (1926) The "Patriarch" of French cuisine; owns 1 restaurant in Collonges-au-Mont-d'or, France
Boulud, Daniel *** (1955) owns 4 restaurants in the USA, 1 in Canada
Chapel, Alain *** (1937-1990) It is said that he commited suicide after losing a Michelin star but it's just rumors.
Child, Julia (American 1912-2004) She learned cooking in France and introduced French cooking in the USA.
Constant, Christian ** (1950) owns 4 restaurants in France
Ducasse, Alain *** (1956): owns 10 restaurants worldwide, in Paris and Gstaad, Hong Kong, London, Monte Carlo, NYC, St Pertersburg, etc.
Evrard, Christophe *** (1975): Chef of cuisine in several top restaurants
Gagnaire, Pierre *** (1950) - owns 4 restaurants worldwide
Guérard, Michel: *** (1933) - owns 1 restaurant - Father of the "Nouvelle (New) Cuisine" with Fernand Point. He taught the art of cooking to Alain Ducasse, Daniel Boulud, etc.
Lameloise, Jacques *** (1947): owns 1 restaurant in Burgundy: Lameloise.
Loiseau, Bernard *** (1951-2003) Owner of the famous Cote d'or in Burgundy and of Tante Louise in Paris, Bernard commited suicide in 2003; there is not any valid explanation...
Passard, Alain *** (1956) owns 1 restaurant in Paris: L'Arpege
Pépin, Jacques (1935) Former Chef of Charles De Gaulle. He lives in the USA and hosts TV cooking shows, several of them were with his friend Julia Child before she passed away (see above).
Pic, Anne-Sophie *** (1969) One of the rare female top chef, she owns Maison Pic in Valence, France.
Point, Fernand *** (1897-1955) Father of the "Nouvelle (New) Cuisine" with Michel Guérard
Robuchon, Joel *** (1945) Owns several restaurants worldwide, including 2 "Ateliers" in Paris, and in NYC, London, Hong Kong, Tapei, Monaco, etc
Savoy, Guy *** (1953) Owns the famous "Guy Savoy" restaurant in Paris. Pronounce his name "Sawoa".
Troisgros, Michel *** (1958) Owns the famous restaurant "Freres Troisgros" (Troisgros bros) in Roanne, created by his granfather, then enhanced by his father and uncle (the Freres Troisgros), before he took over.
w7 - Dancers - Danseurs & Danseuses (Ballet & Opera)
* = "Etoile de l'Opéra de Paris": First Dancer / Mistress of Ballet / Master of Ballet at the Paris Opera
* Bonnefoux, Jean Pierre (1943): after his school at the Paris Opera, he became dancer at the NY City Ballet then Director of the North Carolina Dance Theater and Cahutauqua Institution.
* Bélingard, Jérémie
* Bessie, Claude
Bozzoni, Max (1918-2003)
Brieux, Yves (1905-1991)
* Bullion, Stéphane
* Cozette, Emilie
* Dupond, Patrick (1959)
* Dupont, Aurélie
* Ganio, Matthieu
* Gilbert, Dorothée
* Gillot, Marie-Agnès
* Guillem, Sylvie (1965): first a competition gymnast until she was 11, she studied Classic dance at the Paris Opera and was nominated "Etoile" at age 19.
* Heymann, Mathias
* Hoffalt, Josua
* Letestu, Agnès
* Le Riche Nicolas
* Bélingard, Jérémie
* Bessie, Claude
Bozzoni, Max (1918-2003)
Brieux, Yves (1905-1991)
* Bullion, Stéphane
* Cozette, Emilie
* Dupond, Patrick (1959)
* Dupont, Aurélie
* Ganio, Matthieu
* Gilbert, Dorothée
* Gillot, Marie-Agnès
* Guillem, Sylvie (1965): first a competition gymnast until she was 11, she studied Classic dance at the Paris Opera and was nominated "Etoile" at age 19.
* Heymann, Mathias
* Hoffalt, Josua
* Letestu, Agnès
* Le Riche Nicolas
* Motte, Claire (1937-1986): nominated Ballet Mistress of the Paris Opera by Rudolf Nureyev, Artistic Director of the Paris Opera. She created the role of Esmeralda in Roland Petit's ''Notre Dame de Paris''.
* Moreau, Hervé
* Nureyev, Rudolf (Russian, British & French; 1938-1993 in Paris): Defected from USSR during a tour with the help of French police in 1961, and signed with Ballet du Marquis de Monaco. He was later authorized to go back to Russia by M. Gorbatchev and danced with the Kirov Ballet. He joined the Queen's Royal Ballet as Principal dancer in 1962. He was invited to perform in Paris at the Opera Ballet. In 1983, he became Directeur du Ballet de l'Opera de Paris. He is buried in France, at Sainte Genevieve des Bois cemetery.
* Parquette, Karl
* Pech, benjamin
* Pontois, Noëlla
* Moreau, Hervé
* Nureyev, Rudolf (Russian, British & French; 1938-1993 in Paris): Defected from USSR during a tour with the help of French police in 1961, and signed with Ballet du Marquis de Monaco. He was later authorized to go back to Russia by M. Gorbatchev and danced with the Kirov Ballet. He joined the Queen's Royal Ballet as Principal dancer in 1962. He was invited to perform in Paris at the Opera Ballet. In 1983, he became Directeur du Ballet de l'Opera de Paris. He is buried in France, at Sainte Genevieve des Bois cemetery.
* Parquette, Karl
* Pech, benjamin
* Pontois, Noëlla
* Pujol, Laetitia
Verdy, Violette (1933)
Verdy, Violette (1933)
Azzedine, Ala
Azria, Max / BCBG
B, Agnès
Balmain, Pierre
Cardin, Pierre
Cartier: the jewellery company was founded in Paris in 1847 by Louis-François Cartier. It's now the world number 1 Jeweller. "King of jeweller, Jeweller of Kings" as King Edouard VII called it in 1900.
Chanel, Coco (1883-1971): "One of the 100 most Influential People of the 20th Century" (Time Magazine).
Courrèges, AndréDior, Christian
Esposito, Caroline
Hechter, Daniel
Hermès, Thierry
Gaultier, Jean-Paul
Givenchy, Hubert de
Klein, Michel
Lapidus, Ted
Lagarfeld, Karl (French German)
Louboutin, Christian
Mugler, Thierry
Patou, Jean
Rabanne, Paco
Thomass, Chantal
Saint Laurent, Yves
Slimane, Hedi
Ungaro, Emmanuel
Van Cleef & Arpels: 2 Frenchmen Alfred Van Cleef and Salomon Arpels created a little clockmaker company in Paris in 1896.
Vuitton, Louis (1821-1892): Louis began as luggage repairman. Today LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) is world number 1 in luxury goods.
9 - Movie Directors - Réalisateurs & Réalisatrices + Top 6 French Movies
C = César French Movie Industry Award F = Cannes Film Festival Award O = Oscar US Movie Industry Award G = Golden Globes US
Audiard, Michel (1920-1985): Screenwriter for: Caroline Chérie - Les Trois Mousquetaires - Poisson d'Avril - Babette s'en va-t-en guerre - Un Taxi pour Tobrouk - Mélodie en Sous-sol - Les Tontons Flingeurs - Tendre voyou - Les Barbouzes - Flic ou Voyou - Tendre Poulet - etc
Autant-Lara, ClaudeArcady, Alexandre (Arcady Egry; 1947):
Becker, Jacques
Berri, Claude
Besson, Luc
Bezançon, Remi
Boisset, Yves
Boon, Dany (Daniel Hamidou; 1966): La Maison du Bonheur - Rien à déclarer - Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis - etc
Bunuel, Luis (Spanish & French)Canet, Guillaume (1973): Mon idole - C Ne le Dis a Personne - Les Petits Mouchoirs - Jappeloup - etc
Carion, Christian (1963): Une Hirondelle a fait le Printemps - Joyeux Noel - L'Affaire Farewell
Carné, Marcel
Chabat, Alain
Chabrol, Claude
Christian-Jacques
Clavier, Christian
Clément, René
Cloche, Maurice (1907-1990): O O Monsieur Vincent - Quand Vient l'Amour - Le Tueur aime les bonbons - Bal de Nuit - Cocagne - etc
Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963): La Belle et la Bête - Les Enfants Terribles - Orphée - L'aigle à deux têtes - etc
Corneau, Alain
Blier, Bertrand
Dayan, Josée
De Brocca, Philippe
Demi, Jacques
Deray, Jacques
Doillon, Jacques
Durringer, Xavier (1963): La Conquête (Nicolas Sarkozy's Story - First autobiographic movie ever about a French President)
Duvivier, Julien
Enrico, RobertDuvivier, Julien
Fontaine, Anne
Gance, Abel
Girot, Francis
Gondry, Michel (1963): Human Nature - La Science des rêves - O Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Soyez sympas, Rembobinez - L’Écume des jours - etc
Grangier, GillesHazanavicius, Michel (1967): C F O L'Artiste - Mes Amis - OSS117: Le Caire ... - Les Infidèles
Hunebelle, André
Huth, James (1967): Serial Lover - Brice de Nice - Lucky Luke - Hellphone - etc
Jacquot, Benoit
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre (1953): Delicatessen - Alien, la Résurrection - Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain - Micmac à tire-larigot - etc.
Jugnot, Gerard
Kechiche, Abdellatif (French / Tunisian; 1960) C F : L'Esquive - La Venus Noire - La Graine et le Mulet - La Faute à Voltaire - La Vie d'Adèle - etc.
Kury, Diane (1948): Diabolo Menthe - Cocktail Molotov - Un Homme amoureux - Je reste - A la Folie - Sagan - etc
Kury, Diane (1948): Diabolo Menthe - Cocktail Molotov - Un Homme amoureux - Je reste - A la Folie - Sagan - etc
Lautner, Georges www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbe0s5-yT50
Leconte, Patrice
Lelouch, Claude (1937): C F O Un homme et une femme - Robert et Robert - Vivre pour vivre - Les Uns et les autres - La Bonne année - L'Aventure, c'est l'aventure - Edith et Marcel - Les Misérables - Le Courage d'aimer - etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7OBV4G6hH4
Malle, Louis
Marchand, GillesMéliès, Georges (1861-1938); often considered as the 1st Sc-Fi & Horror Director: Voyage dans la Lune - 20 000 Lieues sous les Mers - Voyages dans l'Impossible - L'Affaire Dreyfus - etc
Melville, Jean-Pierre
Miller, Claude
Mocky, Jean-Pierre
Nakache, Olivier (1973): Nos Jours Heureux - Tellement Proches - Intouchables (see: Eric Toledano) - etc
Oury, Gérard
Ozon, François
Pialat, Maurice
Pirès, Gerard
Poiré, Jean-Marie
Renoir, Jean
Rappeneau, Jean Paul
Resnais, Alain
Robert, Yves
Rohmer, Eric
Sacha, Guitry
Sautet, Claude
Serreau, Coline
Téchiné, André
Toledano, Eric (1971): Nos Jours Heureux - Tellement Proches - Intouchables (see: Olivier Nakache) - etc
Trintignant, Nadine
Truffaut, François
Vadim, Roger (Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov; ex husband of Brigitte Bardot and of Jane Fonda; 1928 - 2000): Et Dieu créa la femme - Liaisons dangereuses - Barbarella - Le Repos du Guerrier - Une femme fidele - Jeu de Nuit - Amour fou - etc.
Varda, Agnès (Belgian born 1928) C : Les Plages d'Agnès - Cléo de 5 à 7 - Les Créatures - Sans toit, ni loi - Deux ans après - etc
Verneuil, Henri
Zidi, Claude
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TOP 10 French movies since 1950
(Largest audience in French-speaking countries)
(Largest audience in French-speaking countries)
- Intouchables by Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano (2011): 24 million Drama
- Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis by Dany Boon (2008): 23 million Comedy
- La Grande Vadrouille by Gérard Oury (1966): 20 million Comedy
- Astérix et Obélix, mission Cléopâtre by Alain Chabat (2002): 16 million Comedy
- Les Visiteurs by Jean-Marie Poiré (1993): 15 million Comedy
- Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo by Julien Duvivier (1951): 13 million Comedy
- Le Corniaud by Gérard Oury (1965): 12 million Comedy
- Taxi 2 by Luc Besson (2000): 11 million Comedy (US remake: New York Taxi)
- 3 hommes et un couffin by Coline Serreau (1985): 10.6 million Comedy (US remake: 3 Men and a Baby)
- Les Bronzés by Troupe du Splendid (1978): 10.3 million Comedy
w10 - Orchestra Conductors - Chefs d'Orchestre
Boulez, Pierre (1925) Also Composer: Symphony Orchestra of BBC; Philarmonic Orchestra of New York; Symphony Orchestra of Baden-Baden; etc
Prêtre, Georges (1924) 11 - Painters - Peintres
- 20th & 21th centuries
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947)
Braque, Georges (1882-1963)
Buffet, Bernard (1915-1970)
Cocteau, Jean (1899-1963)
Dubuffet, Jean (1901-1985)
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956)
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955)
Maillol, Aristide (1861-1944)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954)
Oudot, Georges (1928-2004)
Signac, Paul (1863-1935)
Vuillard, Edouard (1868-1940)
- 18th & 19th century
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926): Co-creator of the Impressionism Movement -
Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919)
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901)
- 17th century and before
Le Brun, Charles (1619-1690) 1st painter of Louis the XIV: Paintings in Vaux-leVicomte castle, in Versailles, and other castles - Ceiling of the Mirors Hall in Versailles - (Most paintings at the Louvre Museum).
Mignard, Pierre (1612-1695)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665)
12 - Philosophers - Philosophes (See also Writers)
- 20th & 21th centuries
Agacinsky, Sylviane (1945); also Professor: Defender of "Differentialism" in French Feminism, arguing that the human condition cannot be understood without reference to both sexes. She was a leading originator of a bill in the French Constitution reinforcing equality between men and women at any level. Despite her pro social (and socialist) opinions, she is an opponent to Gay mariage and Gay child adoption. Works: Critique de l'égocentrisme, la question de l'Autre - Politique des sexes, mixité et parité - Métaphysique des Sexes - etc
Alain (Emile Chartier; 1868-1951); also Writer: Liberal in politics, he became pacifist militant after WW1 and opponent to any state control over any media. Works: Spinoza - Les Marchands de sommeil - Propos sur le Pouvoir - Les Dieux - Stendhal - Vigiles de l'Esprit - etc
Aron, Raymond-Claude (1905-1983); also Journalist: He was supporter of Democracy, of Liberalism and, despite his left wing position, of the Atlantism. He strongly opposed to any "totalitarism" and to any mediatic support to Communism. As an analyst in International relations, he was appreciated by Henry Kissinger. Works: La Sociologie allemande contemporaine - Le Grand schisme - L'Opium des intellectuels - La Lutte des Classes - Le Marxisme de Marx - etc
Bachelard, Gaston (1884-1962): Rationalist involved in the fields of Poetics and Philosophy of Sciences, Bachelard declared that the Theory of Probabilities was a way to complexifiyng reality. He introduced the concept of Epistemological Obstacle and claimed that Sciences replaced the Ontology of Substance by the Ontology of "Relations". Works: Essai sur la connaissance approchée - La Valeur inductive de la Relativité - La Dialectique de la durée - Le Matérialisme rationnel - etc
Bergson, Henri (1851-1949; Nobel Prize in Literature): Bergson was a major philosopher who initiated what he called the Theory of Duration. He rejected what he saw as the overly mechanistic predominant view of causality. He convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more important than rationalism and science for understanding reality. He considered the appearance of novelty as a result of pure undetermined creation. Bergson also regarded planning ahead for the future as impossible, since time itself unravels unforeseen possibilities. Bibliography: Matière et Mémoire - L'Evolution créatrice - L'Energie spirituelle - La Pensée et le Mouvant - etc
Bourg, Dominique (1953): Butler, Judith
Camus, Albert (1913-1960; Nobel Prize in Literature): Proponent of Existantialism, he rejected this label. He is also known for a philosophy courant called Absurdism. Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were often meeting at the Café de Flore in Saint Germain, Paris. First Anarchist, Resistant during the Nazi occupation, he stood on the left side of politics but criticized Soviet Communism as well as the use of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. He became activist defender of the Human Rights. Bibliography: L'Étranger - La Peste - La Mort Heureuse - Le Premier Homme. He also wrote short stories La Femme adultère - Les Muets - La Pierre qui pousse - etc, and Non-fiction books such as L'envers et l'endroit - Le Mythe de Sisyphe - Noces - etc.
De Beauvoir, Simone (1908-1986): Writer, Existantialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist, Simone de Beauvoir lived with Jean-Paul Sartre but never accepted to marry him. She was also know to have female lovers. Originally published in parts in Les Temps Modernes, a political journal founded by Sartre, De Beauvoir's Le Deuxième Sexe became a worldwide successful book. She argued that the "woman" is made as the "other" by the male society, the same way as for races, religions, etc. The Second Sex prescribed a moral revolution set from feminist existantialism. Bibliography: L'Invitée - Les Mandarins - Le Sang des autres - Pour une Morale de l'ambiguïté - Le Deuxième Sexe - Les Belles Images - Lettre a Sartre - etc
Descombes, VincentFerry, Luc
Foucault, Michel
Gide, André
Girard, René
Lévi-Strauss, Claude
Levinas, Emmanuel
Lévy, Bernard-Henri
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice
Mongis, Henri
Ouaknin, Marc-Alain
Proust, Marcel
Revel, Jean-François
Rostand, Edmond
Sartre, Jean-Paul
Serres, Michel
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
- 18th & 19th centuries
Chasseboeuf, Constantin
Condorcet, Nicolas de
Comte, Auguste
Cousin, Victor
D'Alembert
De Lamennais, Robert
De Tocqueville, Alexis
Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph
Saint-simon
- 17th & 16th centuries
De la Boétie, Etienne
Descartes, René: "I think, therefore I am"
Diderot, Denis
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de
Pascal, Blaise
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- 15th century & before
D'Aquin, Thomas
De Champeau, Guillaume
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