Roger Planchon
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).
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Acting
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A Man Escaped
as Guard on a Bike
1956
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The Return of Martin Guerre
as Jean de Coras
1982
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Danton
as Antoine Fouquier-Tinville
1983
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I... for Icarus
as David Naggara
1979
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Camille Claudel
as Morhardt
1988
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The Seventh Target
as Le commissaire Paillard
1984
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Dossier 51
as Esculape 1
1978
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Molière
as Colbert
1978
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Legitimate Violence
as Philippe Miller
1982
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The Big Brother
as Inspecteur Valin
1982
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Radio corbeau
as M. Faber, le maire
1989
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The Year of Awakening
as Le Capitaine
1991
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Roads to the South
as Parisian Attorney-at-law
1978
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Jean Galmot, aventurier
as Castellane
1990
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La Comédie-Française ou L'amour joué
as Self
1996
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A Strange Passion
as L'évêque
1984
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The Others
as Alexis Artaxerxès
1975
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Apostrophes
as Self
1975
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Celluloid and Marble
as Self
2011
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Leclerc, a dream of Indochina
as Admiral Argenlieu
2004
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Discorama
as Self
1959
