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Jean-Pierre Bacri

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Jean-Pierre Bacri
Bacri in 2007
Born(1951-05-24)24 May 1951
Bou Ismaïl, French Algeria
Died18 January 2021(2021-01-18) (aged 69)
Paris, France
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Screenwriter
Years active1976–2018

Jean-Pierre Bacri (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃pjɛʁ bakʁi]; 24 May 1951 – 18 January 2021) was a French actor and screenwriter. He frequently worked in collaboration with his wife, the actress, screenwriter and director Agnès Jaoui.

Bacri won five César Awards (including four jointly with Jaoui) and was nominated a further eight times. In 2021 he was posthumously awarded a Honorary César for his entire career. In 2001 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for The Taste of Others.

Life and career

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One of Bacri's earliest film appearances was Subway. He co-wrote with Jaoui Smoking/No Smoking, and co-wrote and starred in Un air de famille, On connaît la chanson, for which he won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998, The Taste of Others and Look at Me. Together, he and Jaoui have won the César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation four times, the Best Screenplay Award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival[1] and the European Film Awards, and the René Clair Award in 2001.

Agnès Jaoui and Bacri in 2013

He died of cancer in 2021 at the age of 69.[2]

Filmography

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As screenwriter

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As actor

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References

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  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Look at Me". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  2. ↑ Grater, Tom^ (19 January 2021). "Jean-Pierre Bacri Dies: French Actor & Screenwriter Was 69". Deadline. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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