Bernard Giraudeau

Bernard René Giraudeau (18 June 1947 – 17 July 2010) was a French sailor, actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer.

Early life He was born on 18 June 1947 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. In 1963 he enlisted in the French navy as a trainee engineer, qualifying as the first in his class a year later. He served on the helicopter carrier Jeanne d'Arc in 1964–1965 and 1965–1966, and subsequently on the frigate Duquesne and the aircraft carrier Clemenceau before leaving the navy to try his luck as an actor.

Career Giraudeau first appeared on film in Two Men in Town (1973), and his first film as director was in 1987, though he continued to work as an actor. As a writer, wrote the text of books of photography as well as publishing children's stories (Contes d'Humahuaca, 2002) and several novels. He was also the reader on the French audiobooks of the Harry Potter series. He has also created a recording of The Little Prince, a world renowned book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Personal life He was married to actress and author Anny Duperey, with whom he had two children; one of them, Sara Giraudeau, has achieved success as an actress. They separated in 1990.

Death In 2000 he suffered from cancer which led to the removal of his left kidney, with a subsequent metastasis in 2005 affecting his lungs. He said that the cancer led him to re-evaluate his life and understand himself better. He devoted some of his time to the support of cancer victims through the Institut Curie and the Institut Gustave-Roussy in Paris. He died of his cancer on 17 July 2010 in a Paris hospital.

Filmography as film actor

1973: Revolver – Kidnapper 1973: Deux Hommes dans la ville (directed by José Giovanni) – Frédéric Cazeneuve 1975: Le Gitan (directed by José Giovanni) – Mareuil 1976: Jamais plus toujours – Denis 1977: Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff – Le juge Davoust 1977: Bilitis (directed by David Hamilton) – Lucas 1977: Moi, fleur bleue – Isidore 1977: Et la tendresse ? Bordel ! – Luc 1979: Le Toubib (directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre) – François 1980: La Boum – Éric Lehman 1981: Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (directed by Patrice Leconte) – Daniel 1981: Passione d'amore (directed by Ettore Scola) – Capitaine Giorgio Bacchetti 1981: Croque la vie (directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella) – Alain 1982: (directed by Alexandre Arcady) – Pascal Villars 1982: Meurtres à domicile – Max Queryat 1982: Hécate (directed by Daniel Schmid) – Julien Rochelle 1983: Le Ruffian (directed by José Giovanni) – Gérard 1983: Papy fait de la résistance (directed by Jean-Marie Poiré) – Un resistant arrêté 1984: (directed by Gilles Béhat) – Chet 1984: L'Année des méduses (directed by Christopher Frank) – Romain Kalides 1985: Les Spécialistes (directed by Patrice Leconte) – Paul Brandon 1985: (directed by Gérard Vergez) – Delancourt 1985: Moi vouloir toi – L'ex-ami d'alice 1985: Among Wolves – L'exécuteur de De Saintes (uncredited) 1986: Les Longs Manteaux – Murat 1986: ''Killing Time – Inspector Simon Blount 1987: The Veiled Man – Pierre 1987: Vent de panique – Roland Pochon 1991: La Reine blanche (directed by Jean-Loup Hubert) – Yvon 1991: Le coup suprême – Jacques Mercier 1992: Après l'amour (directed by Diane Kurys) – David 1992: Drôles d'oiseaux (directed by Peter Kassovitz) – Constant Van Loo 1993: Une nouvelle vie (directed by Olivier Assayas) – Constantin 1994: Elles ne pensent qu'à ça... (directed by Charlotte Dubreuil) – l'homme de la fin 1994: Le Fils préféré (directed by Nicole Garcia) – Francis 1996: Unpredictable Nature of the River – Jean-François de La Plaine 1996: Ridicule (directed by Patrice Leconte) – Abbé de Vilecourt 1997: Marianna Ucrìa – Grass 1997: Marquise (directed by Véra Belmont) – Molière 1997: Marthe (directed by Jean-Loup Hubert) – The Colonel 1998: TGV (directed by Moussa Touré) – Roger 1998: Le Double de ma moitié (directed by Yves Amoureux) – Thierry Montino 1999: Une affaire de goût (directed by Bernard Rapp) – Frédéric Delamont 2000: Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (directed by François Ozon) – Léopold 2003: That Day – Pointpoirot 2003: La Petite Lili (directed by Claude Miller) – Brice 2003: Les marins perdus – Diamantis 2004: Je suis un assassin – Brice Kantor 2005: Chok-Dee – Jean

Filmography as director 1988 – La Face de l'ogre (film TV)

1991 – L'Autre (film, 1991), d'après le roman d'Andrée Chedid

1992 – Un été glacé (film TV)

1996 – Unpredictable Nature of the River

Documentaries 1992- The travels of Bernard Giraudeau

1992- La Transamazonienne

1999- Un ami chilien

1999- Chili Norte – Chili Sure

2003 – Esquisses Philippines