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Jean-Pierre Mocky

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Director · Born 1929-07-06 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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Biography

Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Mocky was born in Nice, France to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska and Adam Mokiejewski. His father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic. Mocky appeared as an actor in the 1955 film Gli Sbandati and in many other movies, including some of those he also directed (Solo, L'albatros, L'Ombre d'une chance, Un Linceul n'a pas de poches). His 1987 film Le Miraculé was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. He began as an actor in the cinema and theater. In particular, he played in Jean Dréville's Les Casse-pieds (1948), Jean Cocteau's Orphée (1950) and Bernard Borderie's The Mask of the Gorilla (1957). But it was especially in Italy that he became famous, thanks to his role in I vinti by Michelangelo Antonioni. After working as an assistant with Luchino Visconti on Senso (1954) and Federico Fellini on La strada (1954), he wrote his first film, La Tête contre les murs (1959) and planned to direct it himself, but the producer preferred to entrust the task to Georges Franju. He went on to direct the following…

Directed

  1. Thank Heaven for Small Favors (1963) — Director
  2. Kill the Referee (1984) — Director
  3. The Big Wash (1968) — Director
  4. The Big Scare (1964) — Director
  5. Miracle Healing (1987) — Director
  6. Solo (1970) — Director
  7. The Witness (1978) — Director
  8. Agent trouble (1987) — Director
  9. Litan (1982) — Director
  10. The Seasons of Pleasure (1988) — Director
  11. No Pockets in a Shroud (1974) — Director
  12. Is There a Frenchman in the House? (1982) — Director
  13. Black for Remembrance (1995) — Director
  14. Order of the Daisy (1967) — Director
  15. The Red Ibis (1975) — Director
  16. The Albatross (1971) — Director
  17. The Stud (1970) — Director
  18. The Chasers (1959) — Director
  19. Your Money or Your Life (1966) — Director
  20. The King of Ads (1991) — Director
  21. The Virgins (1963) — Director
  22. 13 French Street (2007) — Director
  23. The Unsewing Machine (1986) — Director
  24. Bonsoir (1994) — Director
  25. Le Furet (2003) — Director
  26. Snobs! (1962) — Director
  27. Le Pactole (1985) — Director
  28. Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale (1988) — Director
  29. Le piège à cons (1979) — Director
  30. A Couple (1960) — Director
  31. Ville à vendre (1992) — Director
  32. La Candide Madame Duff (2000) — Director
  33. Les Ballets écarlates (2007) — Director
  34. Le Cabanon rose (2016) — Director
  35. Le mystère des jonquilles (2014) — Director
  36. Le Bénévole (2007) — Director
  37. Vénéneuses (2017) — Director
  38. Vidange (1998) — Director
  39. Grabuge! (2005) — Director
  40. Le Renard jaune (2013) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Godard Mon Amour (2017) — Customer in the Restaurant
  2. Orpheus (1950) — Band Leader (uncredited)
  3. Senso (1954) — Un Soldato (uncredited)
  4. First Name: Carmen (1983) — The Screaming Patient (uncredited)
  5. Thank Heaven for Small Favors (1963) — Tramp with pram (uncredited)
  6. The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) — Albert de Morcerf
  7. Speaking of Murder (1957) — Pierre
  8. Kill the Referee (1984) — Inspector Granowski
  9. The Vanquished (1953) — Pierre
  10. Head Against the Wall (1959) — François Gérane
  11. Americano (2011) — Le père
  12. Solo (1970) — Vincent Cabral
  13. The Mask of the Gorilla (1958) — Sébut
  14. Litan (1982) — Jock
  15. Agent trouble (1987) — L'agent de la DST (non crédité)
  16. No Pockets in a Shroud (1974) — Michel Dolannes
  17. Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (1986) — Jean Almereyda
  18. Abandoned (1955) — Andrea
  19. Is There a Frenchman in the House? (1982) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  20. The Albatross (1971) — Stef Tassel
  21. Aznavour by Charles (2019) — Self - Actor (archive footage)
  22. Keep an Eye on Amelia (1949) — Joseph Strauss (uncredited)
  23. The Spice of Life (1948)
  24. At the Grand Balcony (1949) — (uncredited)
  25. Stain on the Snow (1953) — Violinist
  26. Portrait of a Murderer (1949) — (uncredited)
  27. The Unsewing Machine (1986) — Ralph Enger
  28. Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
  29. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
  30. Snobs! (1962) — Horse dealer (uncredited)
  31. Le piège à cons (1979) — Michel Rayan
  32. God Needs Men (1950) — Pierre
  33. Bibi Fricotin (1951) — (non crédité)
  34. Strip-Tease (1985)
  35. The Eternal Husband (1946) — Groomsman (uncredited)
  36. Ville à vendre (1992) — Shade
  37. La Candide Madame Duff (2000) — Jacob Duff
  38. Les Ballets écarlates (2007) — Mathieu, the gunsmith
  39. Le mystère des jonquilles (2014) — Tarling
  40. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self