Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud | |
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FIPRESCI Prize (2000) (2001)The Pornographer |
Jean-Pierre Léaud, ComM (French: [ʒɑ̃pjɛʁ le.o]; born 28 May 1944) is a French actor best known for his portrayal of Antoine Doinel in a series of films by François Truffaut, beginning with The 400 Blows (1959). Léaud is a significant figure of the French New Wave, having also worked with Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, and Jacques Rivette, as well as other notable directors such as Jean Cocteau, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Aki Kaurismäki.
Early life
Born in Paris, Léaud made his major debut as an actor at the age of 14 as
Truffaut was immediately captivated by the fourteen-year-old Léaud,[1] who had already appeared with Jean Marais in Georges Lampin's La Tour, prends garde ! (1958). He recognized traits they both shared, "for example a certain suffering with regard to the family...With, however, this fundamental difference: though we were both rebels, we hadn't expressed our rebellion in the same way. I preferred to cover up and lie. Jean-Pierre, on the contrary, seeks to hurt, shock and wants it to be known...Why? Because he's unruly, while I was sly. Because his excitability requires that things happen to him, and when they don't occur quickly enough, he provokes them".[1]: 129 In his final interview, Truffaut mentioned he was happy with how Léaud improvised within the flexibly written script.[2]
Jean-Pierre Léaud, then in the eighth grade at a private school in Pontigny, was a far from ideal student. The director of the school wrote this to Truffaut, "I regret to inform you that Jean-Pierre is more and more 'unmanageable'. Indifference, arrogance, permanent defiance, lack of discipline in all its forms. He has twice been caught leafing through pornographic pictures in the dorm. He is developing more and more into an emotionally disturbed case".[1]: 129 But this unstable boy, who often ran away with the older students on their nights out, could also be brilliant, generous, and affectionate. Extremely cultured for his age,[1]: 130 he was already very good at writing, and he even claimed to Truffaut that he had written a "verse tragedy", Torquatus.[1]: 130
Truffaut's influence from adolescence into adulthood
Throughout the production of The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups, 1959), wrote Jay Carr, "Truffaut would take Léaud to see rushes of Godard's Breathless each evening. They'd sit up late talking film with Godard, Rivette, Rohmer, Eustache, Orson Welles."[3] Upon the filmmaker's death, the actor reminisced Truffaut was the first person he admired and that he "spoke to children like they were adults. He realized that children understood things better than adults did. He was purely intuitive. We operated in a sort of complicity."[3]
During and following the filming of The 400 Blows, Truffaut's concern for Léaud extended beyond the film set. He took charge of the difficult adolescent's upbringing after Léaud was expelled from school and kicked out of the home of the retired couple taking care of him. Truffaut subsequently rented a studio apartment for Léaud. Truffaut also hired him for assistant work on The Soft Skin (La peau douce, 1964) and Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964).[4]
Acting career
Léaud starred in four more Truffaut films depicting the life of Doinel, spanning a period of 20 years—after the short-film
Léaud is one of the most visible and well-known actors to be associated with the
In March 1966, Léaud won the
Léaud acted in films by other influential directors, such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jerzy Skolimowski, Aki Kaurismäki, Olivier Assayas and Tsai Ming-liang.
Personal life
He is married to the French actress Brigitte Duvivier.[8]
Honours and awards
Awards
- (1961) Nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for being the "Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles" for his role in The 400 Blows(1959).
- (1966) Won the Masculin Féminin.
- (1987) Nominated for Les keufs.
- (1996) Won "Best Actor" at the Thessaloniki Film Festival for his role in Pour rire!
- (2000) Received the Honorary César at the César Awards.
- (2001) Shared the FIPRESCI Prize with Bertrand Bonello for his role in The Pornographer.
- (2016) Received the Honorary Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival[9]
- (2017) Won the Lumières Award for Best Actor for his role in The Death of Louis XIV.
Honours
- Commander of the Order of Merit, Portugal (12 January 2017)[10]
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Director | Role |
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1958 | King on Horseback | Georges Lampin | Pierrot |
1959 | The 400 Blows | François Truffaut | Antoine Doinel |
1960 | Boulevard | Julien Duvivier | Jojo |
Testament of Orpheus | Jean Cocteau | Dargelos | |
1962 | Antoine and Colette | François Truffaut (2) | Antoine Doinel |
1965 | Pierrot le Fou | Jean-Luc Godard | A Spectator |
Love at Sea | Guy Gilles | Cameo Appearance | |
1966 | Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus | Jean Eustache | Daniel |
Made in U.S.A.
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Jean-Luc Godard (2) | Donald Siegel | |
Masculin Féminin | Jean-Luc Godard (3) | Paul | |
Alphaville | Jean-Luc Godard (4) | The Waiter | |
1967 | Weekend | Jean-Luc Godard (5) | Saint-Just |
La Chinoise | Jean-Luc Godard (6) | Guillaume | |
The Departure
|
Jerzy Skolimowski | Marc | |
1968 | Stolen Kisses | François Truffaut (3) | Antoine Doinel |
1969 | Pigsty | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Julian Klotz |
Joy of Learning | Jean-Luc Godard (7) | Le Rousseau | |
1970 | Bed and Board | François Truffaut (4) | Antoine Doinel |
The Seven Headed Lion
|
Glauber Rocha | Preacher | |
1971 | Two English Girls | François Truffaut (5) | Claude Roc |
Out 1 | Jacques Rivette | Colin | |
1972 | Last Tango in Paris | Bernardo Bertolucci | Tom |
1973 | The Mother and the Whore | Jean Eustache (2) | Alexandre |
Day for Night | François Truffaut (6) | Alphonse | |
1979 | Love on the Run | François Truffaut (7) | Antoine Doinel |
1981 | Help Me Dream
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Pupi Avati | Mario |
1985 | Treasure Island
|
Raúl Ruiz | Midas |
Détective | Jean-Luc Godard (8) | Inspector Neveu | |
1987 | Les keufs
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Josiane Balasko | Commissioner Bullfinch |
1988 | 36 Fillette | Catherine Breillat | Boris Golovine |
1989 | Bunker Palace Hôtel | Enki Bilal | Solal |
1990 | I Hired a Contract Killer | Aki Kaurismäki | Henri Boulanger |
1992 | La Vie de Bohème
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Aki Kaurismäki (2) | Blancheron |
1993 | La Naissance de l'amour
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Philippe Garrel | Marcus |
1995 | One Hundred and One Nights | Agnès Varda | Jean-Pierre |
1996 | My Man | Bertrand Blier | Monsieur Claude |
Irma Vep | Olivier Assayas | René Vidal | |
2001 | The Pornographer | Bertrand Bonello | Jacques Laurent |
What Time Is It There? | Tsai Ming-Liang
|
Jean-Pierre/Man at Cemetery | |
2004 | Folle embellie
|
Dominique Cabrera | Fernand |
2005 | J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka
|
Serge Le Péron and Saïd Smihi | Georges Franju |
2009 | Face | Tsai Ming-Liang (2) | Antoine/King Herodes |
2011 | Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki (3) | The Informer |
2012 | Camille redouble
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Noémie Lvovsky | The Jeweller |
2014 | La collection: Ecrire pour... la trentaine vue par des écrivains (2014 TV Mini-Series) | Cameo appearance in "Rosa mystica" episode | |
2016 | The Death of Louis XIV | Albert Serra | Louis XIV |
2017 | M. | Sara Forestier | Lila's father |
2017 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Nobuhiro Suwa | Jean |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-520-22524-4. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ a b Brody, Richard. "Truffaut's Last Interview". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ a b Carr, Jay. "Jean-pierre Leaud Going It Alone With Loss Of Father-protector". The Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ISBN 9780805068863. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ "Essay on Léaud's career". Archived from the original on 2010-01-27.
- ISBN 978-0-440-50991-2. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ "Berlinale 1966: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ Lounas, Thierry. "- Interview : JEAN-PIERRE LEAUD – " Il me faut la caméra. Dans la vie, il n'y a pas de caméra et je deviens ennuyeux. "". Sofilm. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ Nancy Tartaglione (10 May 2016). "Jean-Pierre Léaud To Receive Honorary Palme d'Or – Cannes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Cidadãos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 31 July 2017.