Jean Yanne


Actor, Director

About

Also Known As
Jean Gouye
Birth Place
Paris, FR
Born
July 18, 1933

Biography

Effective lead of the late 1960s, memorable as the bourgeois protagonist of Godard's "Weekend" (1967) and the psychopathic title character of Chabrol's "Le Boucher" (1969). Since 1972, Yanne has split his time between acting in other peoples' films and directing, writing and producing his own anarchic satires on subjects ranging from the occupation of France by the Chinese ("Les Chinois ...

Biography

Effective lead of the late 1960s, memorable as the bourgeois protagonist of Godard's "Weekend" (1967) and the psychopathic title character of Chabrol's "Le Boucher" (1969). Since 1972, Yanne has split his time between acting in other peoples' films and directing, writing and producing his own anarchic satires on subjects ranging from the occupation of France by the Chinese ("Les Chinois a Paris" 1974) to a contemporary version of the birth of Christ ("Deux heures moins le quart avant J.-Christ" 1982).

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Liberte, Egalite, Choucroute (1985)
Director
Deux heures moins le quart avant Jesus Christ (1982)
Director
Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la Barbichette (1979)
Director
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs (1979)
Director
Chobizenesse (1975)
Director
Les Chinois a Paris (1973)
Director
Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil (1972)
Director
Moi y'en a vouloir des Sous (1972)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Vertiges de l'amour (2001)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Les Acteurs (2000)
Hygiene de l'assassin (1999)
Belle Maman (1999)
Je regle mon pas sur le pas de mon pere (1999)
Bertrand
La Dame du jeu (1998)
Mo' (1997)
Ned
Victory (1997)
Tenue Correcte Exigee (1997)
The Director
Fallait Pas...! (1996)
Magic
Beaumarchais: The Scoundrel (1996)
Goezman
Enfants de salaud (1996)
Julius Mandenne
News From the Good Lord (1996)
Le Radeau de la Meduse (1995)
Captain Chaumareys
Desire (1995)
Corniche
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Regarde les hommes tomber (1994)
Simon
Chacun Pour Toi (1994)
Georges Flavier
Profil bas (1993)
Plana
A La Mode (1993)
Mietek
Petain (1993)
Le Bal des Casse-Pieds (1993)
La Sevillane (1993)
Pascale'S Father
Indochine (1992)
Les Secrets professionnels du Docteur Apfelgluck (1991)
Madame Bovary (1991)
Monsieur Homais--Pharmacist
Quicker Than the Eye (1989)
Inspector Sutter
Cayenne-Palace (1988)
Equateur
Fucking Fernand (1987)
Binet
Bandits (1987)
The Wolf At The Door (1986)
Le Paltoquet (1986)
Commissioner
Liberte, Egalite, Choucroute (1985)
Marat
Le Telephone sonne toujours deux fois!! (1984)
Hannah K (1983)
Victor Bonnet
Papy Fait de la Resistance (1983)
Une Journee en Taxi (1982)
Deux heures moins le quart avant Jesus Christ (1982)
Asphalte (1981)
Arthur Colonna
Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la Barbichette (1979)
Inspector Chodaque
La Raison d'etat (1978)
Jean-Philippe Leroi
Armaguedon (1977)
Carrier
L'Imprecateur (1977)
Moi, Fleur Bleue (1977)
Chobizenesse (1975)
Clenfent
Les Chinois a Paris (1973)
Regis
Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil (1972)
Reporter
Moi y'en a vouloir des Sous (1972)
Benoit
Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (1972)
Jean
Fantasia Chez Les Ploucs (1971)
Doc
Le Saut de l'ange (1971)
Louis
This Man Must Die (1970)
Paul Decourt
Le Boucher (1970)
Popaul
Weekend (1968)
Roland
The Viscount (1967)
Billette
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures (1966)
Pornotropos
La Ligne de Demarcation (1966)
Life Upside Down (1965)
Kerbel

Writer (Feature Film)

Liberte, Egalite, Choucroute (1985)
Screenwriter
Deux heures moins le quart avant Jesus Christ (1982)
Screenplay
Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la Barbichette (1979)
Dialogue
Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la Barbichette (1979)
Screenwriter
Chobizenesse (1975)
Screenwriter
Les Chinois a Paris (1973)
Screenwriter
Moi y'en a vouloir des Sous (1972)
Screenwriter
Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil (1972)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

Andy Warhol's Dracula (1992)
Producer
Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (1992)
Producer
Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la Barbichette (1979)
Executive Producer
Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
Producer
Les Chinois a Paris (1973)
Producer
Don't Touch the White Woman! (1973)
Producer
Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil (1972)
Producer

Music (Feature Film)

Liberte, Egalite, Choucroute (1985)
Music
Deux heures moins le quart avant Jesus Christ (1982)
Music
Chobizenesse (1975)
Music

Life Events

1964

Film acting debut in "Life Upside Down"

1972

First film as producer, director, writer (also actor), "Tout le Monde il est Beau -- Tout le Monde il est Gentil"

Bibliography