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Jérôme Savary

Jérôme Savary

Director · Born 1942-06-27 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Biography

Jérôme Savary (27 June 1942 – 4 March 2013) was an Argentinian-French theater director and actor. His work has democratized and widened the appeal of musical theater in France, drawing together and blending such genres as opera, operetta, and musical comedy. Savary was born in Buenos Aires; his father was a writer and his mother the daughter of Frank W. Higgins, governor of New York (1905–1907). Savary moved to Paris at a very young age. Here, he studied music under Maurice Martenot, continuing his studies at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. At nineteen, he moved to New York, where he associated with Lenny Bruce, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Count Basie, and Thelonious Monk. In 1962, he returned to Argentina to fulfill his military service requirements. He remained as an illustrator of dictionaries and a cartoonist, contributing to the same magazine as Copi. In 1965, after returning to Paris, he created the "Compagnie Jérôme Savary", which evolved into "Le Grand Magic Circus" and finally into "Le Grand Magic Circus et ses animaux tristes". His version of Cabaret won awards in France (the Molière, 1987) and Spain (1993). He has remained active, producing such …

Directed

  1. The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975) — Director
  2. Cyrano de Bergerac (1985) — Director
  3. The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard (1975) — Director
  4. Le Comte Ory (1997) — Director
  5. Attila (1991) — Director
  6. Rigoletto (1996) — Director
  7. The Merry Widow (2007) — Director
  8. Le Grandi Operette : La bella Elena (2000) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
  2. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
  3. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
  4. It Comes, It Goes (1972) — Jérôme
  5. Victoires de la musique (1985) — Self
  6. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self - Main Guest
  7. Paris top secret (1969) — L'organisateur du happening
  8. The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975)
  9. The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard (1975) — Le garde-barrière
  10. Bio’s Bahnhof (1978) — Self
  11. Midi trente (1972) — Self
  12. Samedi soir (1971) — Self
  13. Matin Bonheur (1987) — Self