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.

Most Known For

Apostrophes

as Self

Discorama

as Self

Danton

as Antoine Fouquier-Tinville

Molière

as Colbert

I... For Icarus

as David Naggara

A Man Escaped

as Guard on a Bike

The Others

as Alexis Artaxerxès

Camille Claudel

as Morhardt

The Return of Martin Guerre

as Jean de Coras

Dossier 51

as Esculape 1

The Seventh Target

as Le commissaire Paillard

La Comédie-Française ou L'amour joué

as Self

A Strange Passion

as L'évêque

Legitimate Violence

as Philippe Miller

Radio corbeau

as M. Faber, le maire

Roads to the South

as Parisian Attorney-at-law

Jean Galmot, aventurier

as Castellane

The Year of Awakening

as Le Capitaine

The Big Brother

as Inspecteur Valin

Leclerc, a dream of Indochina

as Admiral Argenlieu