Jérôme Deschamps
Jérôme Deschamps, born Neuilly-sur-Seine on 5 October 1947, is an actor, director and stage author, as well as a cinema actor and director associated with the Famille Deschiens troupe founded by Macha Makeïeff in 1978. In 2003 he was appointed artistic director of the Théâtre national de Nîmes, leaving that post for the equivalent at the Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique in June 2007, where he remained until 2015.
Deschamps is the nephew of Hubert Deschamps and his mother was the distant half cousin to Micheline Winter who married Jacques Tati, Upon the release of the animated film The Illusionist this non-biological relationship to Tati has been openly challenged by the grandchildren of Jacques Tati in a published letter to Roger Ebert.
He studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand where he met Patrice Chéreau and Jean-Pierre Vincent with whom he made his first stage appearances, before moving toward a professional career in theatre, at the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre and the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique de Paris. He joined the Comédie-Française under Antoine Vitez and directed his first play in 1977.
In 1979 Jérôme Deschamps was advised by Jacques Tati on Les Oubliettes and created a play Les Deschiens from Antoine Vitez's commission for the Ivry spring. In 1981, with Makeieff he founded the Les Deschiens company, which in 1993 became a television series on Canal+ with Yolande Moreau. He was the director of the 6th Festival du court-métrage de Saint Maur in 2008.
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Acting
Movie
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Friend of Alexandre (uncredited)
1973
Movie
My Afternoons with Margueritte
as Le maire
2010
Movie
Number One
as Le PDG de Theorès
2017
Movie
The True Story of Puss 'n Boots
as Le chat
2009
TV
Capitaine Marleau
as Charles Le Tallec
2015
Movie
La Séparation
as Victor
1994
Movie
An Irrepressible Woman
as Georges Mandel
2020
TV
Maigret
as Prosper
1991
Movie
A Man in Love
as La Veillee Actor
1987
Movie
Constance aux enfers
as Lorelle
2023
Movie
Loving in the Rain
1974
TV
La Garçonne
as Dr Paul
2020
Movie
Mrs.
as André Casella
2026
Movie
Line of Life
1996
Movie
Goodbye Vinyle
as Antoine Meliot
2023
Movie
Les filles, personne s'en méfie
as Director
2003
Movie
Partage de midi
as De Ciz
1977
Movie
Je suis vivante et je vous aime
as Julien
1998
Movie
Desproges est vivant
1998
TV
Un film et son époque
as Self
2003
Movie
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
as Monsieur Jourdain
2021
Movie
L’Avare de Molière
as Harpagon
2023
Movie
Ciboulette
as Le directeur d'opéra
2013
Movie
Les Précieuses ridicules
1997
Crew
Movie
The True Story of Puss 'n Boots
Director
2009
Movie
Les Deschiens - série moderne
Director
2003
TV
Les Deschiens
Director
1993
Movie
Les Deschiens - Lapin chasseur
Director
1989
Movie
Everything's Connected
Producer
2005
Movie
La Cour des Grands
Screenplay
2009
Movie
Un fil à la patte
Stage Director
2010
Movie
Les Deschiens : Qui va m'aimer ?
Director
1999
Movie
Everything Is Beautiful: Fashion
Producer
2005
Movie
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Director
2021
Movie
Splendeur et gloire des Deschiens
Director
2007
Movie
Les Deschiens - C'est magnifique
Director
1994