Roger Planchon

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1931-09-12

Deathday 2009-05-12 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Saint-Chamond, Loire, France

Roger Planchon

Biography

Roger Planchon (born 12 September 1931 in Saint-Chamond, Loire, died on 12 May 2009 in Paris), was a French playwright, director, and filmmaker. Roger Planchon spent his childhood in the Ardèche, notably in Dornas. He found its inspiration from his rural origins and this issue was a recurring theme in his writings. He started on stage in 1949 after winning an amateur theater. In 1952, he founded the Théâtre de la Comédie, located in the rue des Marronniers, in Lyon. He was the director of the Théâtre de la Cité of Villeurbanne since 1957 (which became the Théâtre National Populaire in 1972). Roger Planchon transposed many works by Brecht, Molière, Shakespeare, and many works of contemporary authors, including Arthur Adamov and Michel Vinaver, but also opened the Théâtre National Populaire to Patrice Chéreau, then Georges Lavaudant. As films, he directed George Dandin ou le Mari confondu by Molière, Louis, enfant roi, which was entered at Cannes, and another one by Lautrec. In 2002, Christian Schiaretti succeeded him as director of the TNP; he created his own company with which he continued to write and direct until his death. He died on 12 May 2009 after a heart attack, he is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery (22nd division). Source: Article "Roger Planchon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Actor

1991
The Year of Awakening

as Le Capitaine

1990
1989
Radio corbeau

as M. Faber, le maire

1988
Camille Claudel

as Morhardt

1984
The Seventh Target

as Le commissaire Paillard

1984
A Strange Passion

as L'évêque

1983
1982
The Big Brother

as Inspecteur Valin

1982
Legitimate Violence

as Philippe Miller

1982
1979
I... For Icarus

as David Naggara

1978
Dossier 51

as Esculape 1

1978
Molière

as Colbert

1978
Roads to the South

as Parisian Attorney-at-law

1975
The Others

as Alexis Artaxerxès

1975
Apostrophes

as Self

1959
Discorama

as Self

1956
A Man Escaped

as Guard on a Bike

Writer

1998
Lautrec

as Writer

1993
Louis, the Child King

as Screenplay

1988
Dandin

as Writer

Director

1998
Lautrec

as Director

1993
1988
Dandin

as Director