Jean Yanne
Jean Yanne , real name: Jean Roger Gouyé (born July 18, 1933 in Les Lilas , Département Seine , † 23 May 2003 in Morsains , Département Marne ), was a French actor , director and screenwriter.
Life
The young Jean Gouyé began working as a journalist before joining Yves Robert 's theater company to become a comedian and eventually an actor.
Jean Yanne was seen alongside many greats in French cinema, such as Stéphane Audran and Catherine Deneuve , and soon one of them himself. He won the Actor Award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1972 and shot until shortly before his death. However , he was unable to complete his last film Atomik Circus - Le retour de James Bataille because he died during the shooting. Its role was taken over by Jean-Pierre Marielle and the film received a dedication to the deceased at the beginning of the credits. As an actor, he has appeared in around 100 film and television productions. As a director, he was responsible for seven films from 1972 to 1985, in which he was also involved in the script development. He also worked as a film producer.
The actor was married to the French actress Mimi Coutelier since 1975 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1964: The Reversed Life (La Vie à l'envers) - Director: Alain Jessua
- 1965: Even large bills can be wrong (Monnaie des singes) - Director: Yves Robert
- 1966: The Lord with the MP (Le Saint prend l'affût)
- 1967: Weekend (Week End) - Director: Jean-Luc Godard
- 1968: Erotissimo - Director: Gérard Pirès
- 1969: The Beast Must Die (Que la bête meure) - Director: Claude Chabrol
- 1970: The Butcher (Le Boucher) - Directed by Claude Chabrol
- 1970: The commissioner's great coup (Laisse aller… c'est une valse) - Director: Georges Lautner
- 1970: The felt louse returns (Il rompiballe… rompe ancora) - Director: Gérard Pirès
- 1970: What would you do if you were me? (Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne?) - also screenplay - director: Jean Aurel
- 1972: The big mesh (Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil) - also screenplay and direction
- 1972: Sorry, comrades! Nobody is noble, helpless and rich (Moi, y'en a vouloir des sous) - also script and direction
- 1972: We don't grow old together (Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble) - Director: Maurice Pialat
- 1974: The Chinese in Paris (Les Chinois à Paris) - also screenplay, direction and production
- 1976: The Blackmailer (Armaguedon) - Director: Alain Jessua
- 1977: The Prosecutor (L'Imprécateur) - Director: Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
- 1977: Staatsraison (La Raison d'état) - Director: André Cayatte
- 1980: Asphalt (Asphalt) - Director: Denis Amar
- 1982: The craziest 90 minutes before the birth of Christ (Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ) - actor and director
- 1983: Hanna K. - Director: Costa-Gavras
- 1986: The Booby (Le Paltoquet) - directed by Michel Deville
- 1986: The Eyes of the Wolf (Oviri) - Director: Henning Carlsen
- 1987: The time of crime (Attention bandits!) - Director: Claude Lelouch
- 1987: Jungle Gold: Cayenne Palace (Cayenne Palace) - Director: Alain Maline
- 1987–1991: The raft of the Medusa (Le Radeau de la Méduse)
- 1989: Faster than the eye (Quicker Than the Eye) - Director: Nicolas Gessner
- 1991: Madame Bovary - Director: Claude Chabrol
- 1992: Indochine - Director: Régis Wargnier
- 1992: The Seznec Affair (L'Affaire Seznec) - Director: Yves Boisset
- 1992: Fausto - directed by Rémy Duchemin
- 1992: Sevillana (Le Sevillane) - Director: Jean-Philippe Toussaint
- 1993: The Triple Locke (Chacun pour toi) : Director: Jean-Michel Ribes
- 1993: Double Camouflage (Profil bas) - Director: Claude Zidi
- 1993: Maigret in distress (Maigret et l'écluse) - directed by Denys de La Patellière
- 1993: When Men Fall (Regarde les hommes tomber) - Director: Jacques Audiard
- 1994: A Heart for Angel (Ils n'ont pas 20 ans) - Director: Charlotte Brandstrom
- 1995: News from the Love of God (Des nouvelles du Bon Dieu) - directed by Didier Le Pêcheur
- 1995: The Hussar on the Roof (Le Hussard sur le toit) - Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- 1996: Désiré - Director: Bernard Murat
- 1996: Beaumarchais - The Insolent (Beaumarchais, l'insolent) - Director: Édouard Molinaro
- 1996: Children of the Fiend (Enfants de salaud) - Director: Tonie Marshall
- 1999: My beautiful mother-in-law (Belle maman) - Director: Gabriel Aghion
- 1999: In my father's footsteps (Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père)
- 2001: Pact of the Wolves (Le Pacte des Loups) - Director: Christophe Gans
- 2001: Love makes you dizzy (Vertiges de l'amour) - Director: Laurent Couchan
- 2003: Pay Off: The Reckoning (Gomez et Tavares) - Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
- 2003: Small Wounds (Petites Coupures) - Director: Pascal Bonitzer
Web links
- Jean Yanne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Yanne, Jean |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gouyé, Jean Roger (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor, director, screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Les Lilas , Seine department , France |
DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 2003 |
Place of death | Morsains , Marne department , France |