Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Encyclopedia
Jean-Claude Dreyfus is a French
actor
. He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard
. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of a butcher in the black comedy
Delicatessen
by Marc Caro
and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
. He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon
in the films The City of Lost Children
and A Very Long Engagement
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard is a French comedy film directed by Michel Audiard, released in 1974....
. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of a butcher in the black comedy
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
Delicatessen
Delicatessen (film)
Delicatessen is a 1991 French black comedy film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, starring Dominique Pinon and Karin Viard. It is set in an apartment building in a post-apocalyptic France of an ambiguous time period. The story focuses on the tenants of the building and their desperate...
by Marc Caro
Marc Caro
Marc Caro, born April 2, 1956, is a French filmmaker and cartoonist, best known for his co-directing projects with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The two of them met at a film festival in 1974, and directed three short and two feature length films together....
and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
-Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and...
. He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon
Dominique Pinon
Dominique Pinon is a French actor whose most famous roles have been in the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Jean-Jacques Beineix. In the theatre, he has appeared in the plays of Gildas Bourdet, Jorge Lavelli and Valère Novarina...
in the films The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children is a dystopian French fantasy/drama film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet released in 1995. The film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, Delicatessen and Amélie. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:A mad scientist,...
and A Very Long Engagement
A Very Long Engagement
A Very Long Engagement is a 2004 French romantic war film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed on the battle of the Somme, during World War I...
.
Selected filmography
- Immoral WomenImmoral WomenImmoral Women is a French adult film directed by Walerian Borowczyk, written by Borowczyk and André Pieyre de Bandiargues and starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marina Pierro and Françoise Quéré...
(1979) - Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichardComment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichardComment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard is a French comedy film directed by Michel Audiard, released in 1974....
- DelicatessenDelicatessen (film)Delicatessen is a 1991 French black comedy film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, starring Dominique Pinon and Karin Viard. It is set in an apartment building in a post-apocalyptic France of an ambiguous time period. The story focuses on the tenants of the building and their desperate...
(1991) - La Cité des enfants perdusThe City of Lost ChildrenThe City of Lost Children is a dystopian French fantasy/drama film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet released in 1995. The film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, Delicatessen and Amélie. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:A mad scientist,...
(The City of Lost Children) (1995) - L'Anglaise et le ducThe Lady And The DukeThe Lady and the Duke is a 2001 feature film by French director Éric Rohmer.The film was inspired by Ma vie sous la révolution, the colourful memoirs of Grace Elliott, an Edinburgh-born royalist caught up in the political intrigue following the French Revolution...
(The Lady and the Duke) (2002) - Un long dimanche de fiançaillesA Very Long EngagementA Very Long Engagement is a 2004 French romantic war film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed on the battle of the Somme, during World War I...
(A Very Long Engagement) (2004) - Two BrothersTwo BrothersTwo Brothers is a 2004 adventure family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. It is about two tigers who are separated as cubs and then reunited years later.-Plot:...
(2004) - Automne (Autumn) (2006)