Roger Planchon
Actor
- Born
- September 12, 1931 · Saint-Chamond, Loire, France
- Died
- May 12, 2009 (age 77)
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.
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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).
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Known for
A Man Escaped
November 11, 1956
The Return of Martin Guerre
May 14, 1982
Danton
January 12, 1983
I... for Icarus
December 19, 1979
Camille Claudel
December 7, 1988
The Seventh Target
December 19, 1984
Dossier 51
August 30, 1978
Molière
August 30, 1978
Legitimate Violence
September 1, 1982
The Big Brother
September 8, 1982
Roads to the South
April 28, 1978
Radio corbeau
February 1, 1989
Acting19
- 2011Celluloid and Marble as Self
- 2004Leclerc, a dream of Indochina as Admiral Argenlieu
- 1996La Comédie-Française ou L'amour joué as Self
- 1991The Year of Awakening as Le Capitaine
- 1990Jean Galmot, aventurier as Castellane
- 1989Radio corbeau as M. Faber, le maire
- 1988Camille Claudel as Morhardt
- 1984The Seventh Target as Le commissaire Paillard
- 1984A Strange Passion as L'évêque
- 1983Danton