Michel Jacques Daniel Piccoli was the son of Henri Piccoli, violinist and Marcelle Expert-Bezançon (1892-1990), pianist and daughter of the French industrialist and politician Charles Expert-Bezançon. In 1954, Michel Piccoli married actress Éléonore Hirt with whom he had a daughter, Anne-Cordélia Piccoli. In 1966, he married the singer Juliette Gréco, then in 1978 the screenwriter Ludivine Clerc, with whom he adopted two children of Polish origin, Inord and Missia. Placed in an establishment for problem children, the commitments of the young Piccoli, are made in opposition to his maternal grandfather, senator of the Third Republic, financier of the Radical Party, and important industrial painter, accused by the trade union left and by Georges Clemenceau, of having intoxicated his workmen through lead white which causes lead poisoning. Michel Piccoli then trained as an actor first with Andrée Bauer-Théraud and then during Simon. After an appearance as an extra in "Sortilèges" by Christian-Jaque in 1945, Michel Piccoli made his film debut in "Le Point Du Jour" by Louis Daquin. In the theater he distinguished himself with the Renaud-Barrault and Grenier-Hussot companies as well as at the Théâtre de Babylone. Noticed in the film "French Cancan" in 1954, he continued on stage and worked with directors Jacques Audiberti, Jean Vilar, Jean-Marie Serreau, Peter Brook, Luc Bondy, Patrice Chéreau and André Engel, and became also know in popular TV movies. Having become an atheist after a family bereavement, he met Luis Buñuel in 1956, and ironically took on the role of a priest in "La Mort En Ce Jardin". In 1959, he shot "Le Rendez-Vous De Noël", a short film by André Michel based on the short story by Malek Ouary "Le Noël Du Petit Cireur", in Algiers. The 1960s sounded his consecration, noticed in "Le Doulos" by Jean-Pierre Melville, he was revealed internationally with "Le Mépris" by Jean-Luc Godard alongside Brigitte Bardot. From then on, he toured with the greatest French and international filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Youssef Chahine, Manoel de Oliveira... He began the 1980s with the interpretation prize at the Cannes festival in 1980, with "Le Saut Dans Le Vide" by Marco Bellocchio, and that of the Berlin festival in 1982, with "Une Étrange Affaire" by Pierre Granier-Deferre. . He worked with Jacques Doillon, Leos Carax, before trying his hand at directing. In 2001 he received the IX Europe Prize for Theatre. He was part of the jury of the 60th Cannes Film Festival in 2007, chaired by Stephen Frears. In 2011, he played in "Habemus Papam" by Nanni Moretti. The last film in which Michel Piccoli appears is the film "Le Goût Des Myrtilles", by Thomas de Thiers in 2013. Politically committed to the left, member of the Peace Movement (communist), Michel Piccoli distinguished himself by his positions against the National Front, and mobilized for Amnesty International. Michel Piccoli died on May 12, 2020 following a stroke in his mansion in Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle in Eure. His funeral takes place in Évreux on May 19, 2020, where he is cremated, his ashes are scattered within the family property.
253 movies · 20 shows
The Life of Mirrors
2025·0.0
It's Not Me
2024·7.1
Godard by Godard
2023·7.8
Romy, A Free Woman
2022·6.0
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022·7.2
Marx Can Wait
2021·7.3
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
2021·6.0
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
2019·6.2
Dios de monoambiente
2018·0.0
Coming Apart
2017·0.0
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
2017·0.0
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
2017·6.9
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017·7.7
Our Lady of Hormones
2015·5.2
The Taste of Blueberries
2014·0.0
Lines of Wellington
2012·5.7
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
2012·6.6
Holy Motors
2012·7.0
The Bardot mystery
2012·10.0
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011·7.6
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011·0.0
We Have a Pope
2011·6.8
Portrait Of My Father
2010·7.3
Le Bel Âge
2009·4.2
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009·0.0
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
2009·8.0
The Beaches of Agnès
2008·7.7
The Dust of Time
2008·6.3
On War
2008·4.9
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
2008·6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
2007·6.5
Le Roi Lear
2007·0.0
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
2007·6.2
Boxes
2007·5.3
Rencontre Unique
2007·0.0
The Duchess of Langeais
2007·5.2
Belle Toujours
2006·6.0
Gardens in Autumn
2006·6.0
Magic Mirror
2006·6.6
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur
2006·5.0
Everything's Connected
2005·6.5
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
2004·5.0
Raining Cats and Frogs
2003·6.9
Little Lili
2003·5.5
That Day
2003·5.9
A Man, a Real One
2003·7.6
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
2002·7.0
Il bambino di Betlemme
2002·0.0
I’m Going Home
2001·6.8
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving
2000·4.2
Speaking of Buñuel
2000·6.0
Actors
2000·5.8
Kiarostami in Close up
2000·0.0
París-Tombuctú
1999·5.9
Libero Burro
1999·5.3
The Happiest Place on Earth
1999·3.3
Nothing About Robert
1999·6.0
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998·9.0
Passion in the Desert
1997·5.8
Genealogies of a Crime
1997·6.6
Tykho Moon
1996·5.6
Ousmane Sow
1996·10.0
Party
1996·6.5
Traveling Companion
1996·6.3
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996·6.6
The World of Jacques Demy
1995·6.9
One Hundred and One Nights
1995·6.1
Tödliches Geld
1995·10.0
The Black Angel
1994·5.4
The Emigrant
1994·5.8
Train de nuit
1994·7.0
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
1994·9.0
Bête de scène
1994·8.0
Rupture(s)
1993·7.0
Loonies at Large
1993·7.3
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993·7.2
Archipel
1993·4.0
The Supper
1992·6.7
From Time to Time
1992·8.0
Le Bal des casse-pieds
1992·5.9
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
1992·6.8
Lest We Forget
1991·7.0
The Children Thief
1991·4.4
La Belle Noiseuse
1991·7.3
Walking a Tightrope
1991·4.9
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
1991·3.8
Martha and I
1990·7.0
May Fools
1990·6.9
The Monkey Folk
1989·7.8
Un coupable
1988·8.8
La Ruelle au clair de lune
1988·8.0
Blanc de Chine
1988·7.0
How Good the Whites Are
1988·6.6
Malady of Love
1987·5.1
The Veiled Man
1987·4.5
La Rumba
1987·5.3
The Distant Land
1987·7.0
The Prude
1986·4.9
Mauvais Sang
1986·7.1
The Nonentity
1986·6.1
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
1986·4.6
Adieu Bonaparte
1985·5.9
Going and Coming Back
1985·6.5
Death in a French Garden
1985·6.0
La Lune
1985·0.0
Le Matelot 512
1984·4.8
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984·6.5
Long Live Life
1984·6.0
Dangerous Moves
1984·5.8
The General of the Dead Army
1983·6.3
The Prize of Peril
1983·6.5
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
1982·5.5
A Room in Town
1982·6.4
The Eyes, the Mouth
1982·5.5
Beyond the Door
1982·4.2
Godard's Passion
1982·5.7
That Night of Varennes
1982·6.9
The Passerby
1982·6.2
La Cerisaie
1982·4.7
Scénario du film Passion
1982·5.8
Spy, Stand Up
1982·7.2
Strange Affair
1981·6.2
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.
1981·8.0
Confused Feelings
1981·4.9
The Prodigal Daughter
1981·7.0
Atlantic City
1980·6.8
The Price of Survival
1980·8.0
A Leap in the Dark
1980·6.3
The Bit Between the Teeth
1979·5.9
Le Divorcement
1979·8.0
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
1979·6.4
Sugar
1978·6.7
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
1978·5.7
The Savage State
1978·6.3
Strauberg ist da
1978·7.0
Fire's Share
1978·5.6
Spoiled Children
1977·6.2
The Accuser
1977·6.2
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977·7.4
Rene the Cane
1977·4.5
Mado
1976·6.5
F as in Fairbanks
1976·6.5
One Way or Another
1976·7.6
The Last Woman
1976·6.1
Seven Deaths by Prescription
1975·6.1
Leonor
1975·5.7
Weak Spot
1975·6.5
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun
1974·10.0
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
1974·7.0
The Phantom of Liberty
1974·7.5
Life Size
1974·5.7
The Infernal Trio
1974·5.5
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974·5.5
Loving in the Rain
1974·5.1
Far West
1973·6.5
La Grande Bouffe
1973·7.1
Wedding in Blood
1973·6.4
Themroc
1973·6.5
The Woman in Blue
1973·5.4
Cesar and Rosalie
1972·7.2
The Assassination
1972·6.6
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972·7.5
Liza
1972·6.1
The Audience
1972·6.5
Ten Days' Wonder
1971·6.2
Touch and Go
1971·5.2
Max and the Junkmen
1971·7.1
Invasion
1970·5.0
The Things of Life
1970·7.1
Topaz
1969·6.0
The Uninvited
1969·6.1
The Milky Way
1969·7.0
Dillinger Is Dead
1969·7.1
Délire à deux
1968·0.0
Woman in Chains
1968·7.0
Heartbeat
1968·6.5
Danger: Diabolik
1968·6.4
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
1968·6.0
My Love, My Love
1967·6.5
Belle de Jour
1967·7.3
Shock Troops
1967·6.7
The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967·6.2
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967·7.7
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
1967·6.8
Is Paris Burning?
1966·7.2
Elsa the Rose
1966·6.1
The Creatures
1966·6.4
La Voleuse
1966·5.7
The Game Is Over
1966·5.4
The Devil's Tricks
1966·5.8
The War Is Over
1966·6.5
Le Coup de grâce
1966·5.8
Lady L
1965·5.8
The Sleeping Car Murders
1965·6.9
Dom Juan
1965·6.3
Masquerade
1965·5.1
Café tabac
1964·9.0
All About Loving
1964·4.7
Marie Soleil
1964·10.0
Chance at Love
1964·6.5
Paparazzi
1964·6.7
Bardot et Godard
1964·6.4
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
1964·7.8
Diary of a Chambermaid
1964·7.1
L'Été en hiver
1964·6.0
Hello Cubans
1963·7.4
Contempt
1963·7.0
The Day and the Hour
1963·6.8
Le Doulos
1962·7.4
Adieu Philippine
1962·6.9
Climates of Love
1962·10.0
Parisienne... Parisiennes
1962·0.0
Le Temps des assassins
1962·10.0
Rendezvous
1961·6.3
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
1961·9.0
Hauteclaire
1961·5.0
Amazons of Rome
1961·4.8
La Chevelure
1961·5.7
Quarante fontaines
1961·10.0
Le Rendez-vous de Noël
1960·0.0
Danger in the Middle East
1960·7.0
La dragée haute
1960·7.0
Les Joueurs
1960·5.5
Le Chalet sous la neige
1959·0.0
Beast at Bay
1959·4.8
La Nuit de Tom Brown
1959·7.3
Tabarin
1958·5.5
Sinners of Paris
1958·5.5
Nathalie
1957·6.6
Le Quadrille des diamants
1957·6.0
Le Plus Heureux des trois
1957·10.0
Sunday Buddies
1957·6.2
The Witches of Salem
1957·6.9
La France romane
1956·8.0
Death in the Garden
1956·6.4
The Grand Manoeuvre
1955·6.1
Bad Liaisons
1955·6.4
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
1955·7.1
Croissance de Paris
1955·0.0
French Cancan
1955·7.2
Price of Love
1955·5.4
Tout chante autour de moi
1954·7.0
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954·7.0
Daughters of Destiny
1954·4.6
Horizons...
1953·7.0
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952·5.7
Chicago Digest
1951·9.0
Terreur en Oklahoma
1951·10.0
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc
1951·0.0
Without Leaving an Address
1951·6.4
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
1949·7.5
The Mark of the Day
1949·7.0
The Bellman
1945·6.9