Eric Ruf
Éric Ruf (born May 21, 1969 in Belfort ) is a French actor, set designer, theater and opera director. Ruf has played at the Comédie-Française since 1993 , has been a member ( societaire ) since 1998 and head ( administrateur général ) of the house since 2014 .
life and career
Éric Ruf studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des Métiers d'arts (ENSAAMA) and at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'Art dramatique. He made his theater debut in 1992 at the Avignon Festival in L'Éducation d'un prince , by Marivaux . In 1993 he got his first engagement at the Comédie-Française, where he made his stage debut at the Théâtre du Vieux Colombier in a play by Michel Vinaver .
Ruf has taught at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and at the Cours Florent . He is the brother of the theater and film director Jean-Yves Ruf. He is married to the actress Florence Viala, also from the Comédie-Française.
Theater (selection)
- 2003: Phèdre by Jean Racine , directed by Patrice Chéreau ; (Role of Hippolytus ); Théâtre de l'Odéon
- 2006: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand , stage design and role of Christian ; Comédie-Française
- 2008: Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare , directed by Jean-Yves Ruf; ( Angelo ); Comédie-Française
- 2012: Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen , direction and set design; Comédie-Française
- 2013: Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare , director: Jean-Eric Ruf, set design and role of Ulysses ; Comédie-Française
- 2015: 20,000 lieues sous les mers by Jules Verne , adapted for the theater and directed by Christian Hecq and Valérie Lesort; Stage design; Comédie-Française
- 2016: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare , direction and set design; Comédie-Française
- 2017: Le Misanthrope by Molière , directed by Clément Hervieu-Léger; Stage design; Comédie-Française
Opera
- 2009: Fortunio by André Messager ; Opéra-Comique , Paris; Stage design
- 2014: La clemenza di Tito , opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Théâtre des Champs-Élysées , Paris; Stage design
- 2015: Le Pré aux Clercs ; Opera by Ferdinand Hérold , Opéra-Comique, Paris; Director
- 2017: La Cenerentola , opera by Gioachino Rossini , Paris Opera ; Stage design
- 2017: Pelléas et Mélisande , opera by Claude Debussy , Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; Director
- 2018: Le comte Ory by Gioachino Rossini; Opéra Royale de Wallonie-Liège in a co-production with the Opéra Comique and the Opéra royal du château de Versailles ; Stage design
Films (selection)
Éric Ruf has been involved in over 40 cinema and television films as an actor since 1995.
- 1995: Marie-Louise ou la permission
- 1996: The Proprietor
- 1998: Place Vendôme
- 2010: Night screen (L'homme qui voulait vivre sa vie)
- 2011: Who Killed Marilyn?
- 2011: In search of lost time (à la recherche du temps perdu , TV film)
- 2013: Going Away
- 2015: Three Sisters (Les trois sœurs)
- 2019: Intrigue (J'accuse)
- 2019: Mon chien Stupide
Prizes and awards
In 1999 Ruf was awarded the Prix Gérard-Philipe de la Ville de Paris and in 2007 the Molière for stage decoration and the role of Christian in a production of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Comédie-Française by Denis Podalydès . In 2012 he received the Prix Beaumarchais du Figaro and the Grand Prix du syndicat de la Critique as play of the year for his production of Peer Gynt . He received another Molière in 2016 for his adaptation of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea .
Éric Ruf is Commandeur des Ordre des Arts et Lettres .
Web links
- Éric reputation in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Eric Ruf de la Comédie-Française
- Eric Ruf, director, set design, costumes; Operabase
- Thierry Dague: Le portrait de la semaine: Eric Ruf, chef de troupe Le Parisien, July 2, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eric Ruf reconduit à la direction de la Comédie-Française , Communiqué de presse, Ministère de la Culture, July 24, 2019, accessed on September 9, 2019
- ↑ Eric Ruf nommé à la tête de la Comédie-Française , accessed on September 10, 2019
- ↑ Pelléas d'Éric Ruf: l'opéra qui réussit aux vrais hommes de théâtre Le Figaro, May 7, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2019
- ↑ Le comte Ory , Theaterpur.net, accessed on September 10, 2019
- ↑ Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres été 2017 Communiqué de presse, Ministère de la Culture, September 25, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Call, Eric |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Societaire, Eric; General, administrator |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor, set designer, theater and opera director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belfort |