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- Anne Charrier was born on 16 March 1974 in Charente, France. She is an actress, known for Par le sang (2018), Prêtes à tout (2017) and Chefs (2015).
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Bernard Giraudeau was born on 18 June 1947 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. He was an actor and director, known for L'autre (1991), Ridicule (1996) and That Day (2003). He was married to Anny Duperey. He died on 17 July 2010 in Paris, France.- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Laurence Arné was born on 4 February 1982 in Angoulême, Charente, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Les Hennedricks (2024), Stuck Together (2021) and Best in Bed (2014).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Nicolas Giraud was born on 12 November 1978 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Taken (2008), The Astronaut (2022) and High Lane (2009).- Music Department
- Composer
Christian Escoudé was born on 23 September 1947 in Angoulême, Charente, France. He was a composer, known for La vraie histoire de Gérard Lechômeur (1982), La gitane (1986) and Le beau monde (1981). He died on 13 May 2024 in Charente, France.- Writer
- Director
- Art Department
Vincent Paronnaud was born in 1970 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. He is a writer and director, known for Persepolis (2007), Chicken with Plums (2011) and The Death, Dad & Son (2017).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Noëlle Adam was born on 24 December 1933 in La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure [now Charente-Maritime], France. She is an actress, known for Ni vu, ni connu (1958), Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion (1960) and Quem é Beta? (1973). She was previously married to Serge Reggiani and Sydney Chaplin.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Pierre Vernier was born on 25 May 1931 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Charente-Maritime, France. He is an actor, known for Farewell De Gaulle, Farewell (2009), Rocambole (1964) and Les Thibault (2003).- Dominique Frot was born on 23 August 1957 in Rochefort-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France. She is an actress, known for Titane (2021), Inside (2007) and La Cérémonie (1995).
- Marion Lambert was born on 21 September 1988 in Cognac, Charente, France. She is an actress, known for As Above, So Below (2014), Mongeville (2013) and Pavillon Noir (2020).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Frank Villard was born on 24 March 1917 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Charente-Maritime, France. He was an actor, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), Gigi (1949) and L'ennemi sans visage (1946). He died on 19 September 1980 in Geneva, Switzerland.- Marie Sabouret was born on 31 January 1924 in La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure [now Charente-Maritime], France. She was an actress, known for Rififi (1955), Would-Be Gentleman (1958) and The Three Musketeers (1953). She died on 23 July 1960 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.
- Dominique Aury, a French writer, translator, editor, and journalist who received the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. She was born in 1907, abandoned at birth by her mother, and raised by her paternal grandmother. After completing her studies she worked in publishing and translating, where she gained the respect of many prominent French intellectuals. She wrote the novel "Story of O", later adapted as The Story of O (1975) for Jean Paulhan, a member of the Academie Francaise, thirty years her senior whom, she feared, was losing interest in her after many years of their love affair. Paulhan loved the novel, did not lose interest in her, wrote a preface for the book, and got it published simultaneously in French and English under a pen name. The book's authorship remained a secret. Aury meanwhile continued her productive, purposeful, intellectual life, despite the firestorm of controversy her novel provoked. A sequel did not fare as well as the original novel. In 1992 Aury consented to interviews and verified her authorship of 'O", ending a guessing game that had lasted forty years.
- Emile Gaboriau has been described both as the father of the detective novel and the Edgar Allan Poe of France. His fictional detective, Monsieur Lecoq, is thought to have been based on the "Mémoires" (1828-29) of Eugène-François Vidocq, a reformed petty criminal who helped establish the Police de Sûreté in Paris. Lecoq is considered a precursor of Sherlock Holmes. Gaboriau wrote 21 novels altogether.
- Thomas Narcejac was born on 3 July 1908 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. He was a writer, known for Vertigo (1958), Diabolique (1955) and Eyes Without a Face (1960). He died on 9 June 1998 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Félicien Trewey was born on 23 May 1848 in Angoulême, Charente, France. He was an actor, known for La transformation d'un chapeau (1897), Danseuses des rues (1896) and Écriture à l'envers (1896). He died on 2 December 1920 in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Director
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Dominique Ladoge was born on 26 June 1958 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. Dominique is a director and writer, known for Comme un bateau, la mer en moins (1992), Lucky Punch (1996) and La cour des grands (2008).- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Jean Comandon was born on 3 August 1877 in Jarnac, Charente, France. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Crayfish (1914), A Friend of Birds (1913) and The Hosts of the Sea (1914). He died on 30 October 1970 in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Jean-Marie Galey was born on 6 July 1947 in Angoulême, Charente, France. He is an actor, known for Zabana! (2012), Les mystères de Loudun (1976) and La peau de chagrin (1980).
- François Mitterrand was born in Jarnac on October 26, 1916. He was finishing his studies in Paris when he was called by the French army in September 1939. He was 3 times mentioned, then injured and imprisoned but he escaped in December 1941 during his transfer to another war camp. Back to France, he joined the Résistance where he had an important role. After the war, in November 1946, he was elected deputy in the Nièvre and had several ministerial responsibilities during the 10 first years of the Fourth Republic. He was Minister of the French Overseas Departments, which allowed him to show his will of decolonization, to calm different tensions in the colonies and to create personal and lasting relationships with African leaders; then he retired from this post in 1953 before becoming Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1954-1955 and Minister of Justice in 1956.
In 1958, he criticized the Fifth Republic and the way Charles de Gaulle became president and lost his deputy seat, which he got again in 1962 after a short time at the Senate. Then he became mayor of Château-Chinon in 1959 and president of the General Council of the Nièvre in 1964. When the constitution was modified in 1962, it said that French people would directly elect the President of the Republic; thus Mitterrand was the only left-side candidate in 1965 and was qualified for the second round where he had 45% against Charles de Gaulle. The next presidential elections (in 1969) were a disaster for the left-side parties (with Georges Pompidou's victory) but after the reform of the Socialist Party in Epinay in 1971, Mitterrand became definitely the candidate of the "Left Union" and after having failed again (but shortly) in 1974 against Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, he was elected in 1981 then again in 1988. His 14-years-long presidency mainly allowed him to take a lot of social measures that were expected by the workers, but also to abolish the death penalty, to modernize the penal code, to extend and enforce the freedom of speech, etc... He was also careful of the involvement of France in big international problems (especially in the name of peace), and comfimed the place of France within the European Union. He also allowed several "Big Projects" to be developed as the Pyramid of the Louvre, the Arche de la Défense and the National Library (which later took his name), and he also became one of the best political writer of the 20th century. Then he died from cancer, less than one year after having finished his second presidency, at the age of 79. - Writer
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Dominique Lapierre was born on 30 July 1931 in Châtelaillon, Charente-Inférieure [now Charente-Maritime], France. He was a writer and director, known for Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997), Freedom at Midnight and Viceroy's House (2017). He was married to Aliette and Dominique Conchon-Lapierre. He died on 2 December 2022 in Sainte-Maxime, Var, France.- Jean-Louis Foulquier was born on 24 June 1943 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. He was an actor, known for Fabio Montale (2001), Dolmen (2005) and David Nolande (2006). He died on 10 December 2013 in Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Charente-Maritime, France.
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Eric Laugérias was born on 5 May 1963 in Cognac, Charente, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Suspectes (2007), Marseille (1998) and Blague à part (1998).- Carima Amarouche was born on 6 March 1977 in Angoulême, Charente, France. She is an actress, known for My Sole Desire (2022), The Worst Ones (2022) and Full Time (2021).
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Jean de Limur was born on 13 November 1887 in Vouhé, Charente-Maritime, France. He was a director and writer, known for Slipper Episode (1935), Mon gosse de père (1930) and The Parisian (1931). He died on 5 June 1976 in Paris, France.- Costume Designer
- Art Director
- Director
Paul Iribe was born on 8 June 1885 in Angoulême, Charente, France. He was a costume designer and art director, known for Forty Winks (1925), Changing Husbands (1924) and The Night Club (1925). He died on 21 September 1935 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Pascal Kané was born on 21 January 1946 in Angoulême, Charente, France. He was a director and writer, known for Liberty belle (1983), Je ne vous oublierai jamais (2010) and Nouvelle suite vénitienne (1984). He was married to Martine Giordano. He died on 31 August 2020 in Paris, France.- Actor
- Writer
- Music Department
René Dorin was born on 13 November 1892 in La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure [now Charente-Maritime], France. He was an actor and writer, known for Un coup de rouge (1937), L'amant de Bornéo (1942) and Quatre à Troyes (1934). He died on 25 July 1969 in Noisy-le-Grand, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.- Alfred Baillou was born on 1 March 1915 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, Charente-Maritime, France. He was an actor, known for Steppenwolf (1974), Les brigades du Tigre (1974) and Le café du port (1940). He died on 17 February 1982 in Ris-Orangis, Essonne, France.
- Director
- Writer
- Costume Designer
Jacques Dupont was born on 21 April 1921 in Ruelle-sur-Touvre, Charente, France. He was a director and writer, known for La passe du diable (1958), Crèvecoeur (1955) and Trapped by Fear (1960). He died on 10 March 2013 in Crozon, Finistère, France.- Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet was a French entrepreneur, diplomat, financier, administrator, and political visionary. An influential supporter of European unity, he is considered one of the founding fathers of the European Union. Jean Monnet has been called "The Father of Europe" by those who see his innovative and pioneering efforts in the 1950s as the key to establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, the predecessor of today's European Union. Although Monnet was never elected to public office, he worked behind the scenes of American and European governments as a well-connected "pragmatic internationalist".
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lova Moor was born on 5 March 1946 in La Grève-sur-Mignon, Charente-Maritime, France. She is an actress, known for Sabato, domenica e venerdì (1979), Le tronc (1993) and Le zèbre (1992).- Director
- Writer
- Actor
After graduating from the FEMIS film school, Yves Caumon decided to return to Gaillac, near Toulouse, his native region and started directing shorts such as La beauté du monde (1999). One of these, Les filles de mon pays (1999) was awarded the 2000 Jean Vigo Award. Caumon's first feature-length movie Boyhood Loves (2001) won a prize at Cannes. His second feature (and last to-date) was Cache cache (2005), shot in the Summer of 2005, both a wonderful children's film and allegoric tale about the haves and have-nots.- Marguerite de Navarre was born on 11 April 1492 in Angoulême, Charente, France. Marguerite was a writer, known for Hry lásky sálivé (1971), L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères) (1973) and Gli altri racconti di Canterbury (1972). Marguerite died on 21 December 1549 in Odos, Hautes-Pyrénées, France.
- Colette Besson was born on 7 April 1946 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, Charente-Maritime, France. She died on 9 August 2005 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.
- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Pierre Desgraupes was born on 18 December 1918 in Angoulême, Charente, France. He was a producer and writer, known for Les dossiers éclatés (1979), En votre âme et conscience (1955) and Les procès témoins de leur temps (1977). He died on 16 August 1993 in Paris, France.- Robert Gaillard was born on 8 April 1909 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France. Robert was a writer, known for Marie of the Isles (1959), Captain Blackjack (1950) and L'homme de la Jamaïque (1950). Robert died on 19 April 1975 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Visual Effects
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Bruno Ghigou was born on 7 May 1975 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. Bruno is a production manager, known for The Triplets of Belleville (2003), Red Cliff II (2009) and Fear(s) of the Dark (2007).- Odette Meslier was born on 5 July 1932 in Fléac, Charente, France. She died on 6 May 2013 in Marnes-la-Coquette, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Georges Paulais was born on 16 September 1884 in Guimps, Charente, France. He was an actor, known for Le prince Jean (1934), La merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d'Arc (1929) and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933). He died on 12 December 1967 in Chabanais, Charente, France.
- Producer
- Actor
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pierre Bergé was born on 14 November 1930 in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France. He was a producer and actor, known for Opium (2013), L'école des femmes (2005) and Stanley Marcus Documentary. He was married to Madison Cox. He died on 8 September 2017 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Franck Apprederis was born on 26 April 1940 in Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux, Charente-Maritime, France. He is a director and assistant director, known for Passeur d'enfants (1995), Le coeur à l'envers (1980) and Doux amer (1987).- Nora Costes was born on 28 June 1927 in Saint-Christophe, Charente, France. She was an actress, known for Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949), Agence matrimoniale (1952) and La maternelle (1949). She was married to Léon Schwartzenberg. She died on 19 June 2015 in Paris, France.
- Jean Duvignaud was born on 22 February 1921 in La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure [now Charente-Maritime], France. He was a writer, known for Ramparts of Clay (1970), Hung Up (1969) and Personnalités suisses (1958). He died on 17 February 2007 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.
- Pierre-Jean Rémy was born on 21 March 1937 in Angoulême, Charente, France. He was a writer and actor, known for The Devil in the Heart (1976), Orient-Express (1979) and Stormy Summer (1989). He died on 28 April 2010 in Paris, France.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Jean Clarieux was born on 3 April 1911 in La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure [now Charente-Maritime], France. He was an actor, known for The Milky Way (1969), Bernadette of Lourdes (1960) and Les cinq dernières minutes (1958). He died on 11 February 1970 in Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, France.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Philippe Pelletier was born on 12 March 1961 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, Charente-Maritime, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Ma richesse (2022), Les larmes de sang (2022) and Regards (2023).- Luce Berthommé was born on 14 February 1945 in Villejésus, Charente, France. She was an actress, known for La Bonzesse (1974), Deux amies d'enfance (1983) and Façades (1980). She was married to Christian Le Guillochet. She died on 21 January 2004 in Paris, France.
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Michel Boujut was born on 13 May 1940 in Jarnac, Charente, France. He was a producer and writer, known for Cinéma cinémas (1982), Miss Missouri (1990) and The Middle of the World (1974). He died on 29 May 2011 in Paris, France.- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Stunts
Pierre Cheminat was born on 14 June 1972 in Angoulême, Charente, France. He is an assistant director, known for The Core (2003), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and Battlefield Earth (2000).