Michel Such
Michel Such, born in 1944 in Algiers, is a French actor, screenwriter and director. Michel Such entered the film industry somewhat by chance. "I was working in a bistro, the Santa Cruz, on rue Saint-André-des-Arts in Paris, near a film school. I met people behind the bar who allowed me to get a foot in the door in the profession," he explains. Michel Such went on stage and made his mark there. One day while he was working on a medium-length film by director Luc Béraud, the latter's assistant fell ill. "I gave him a helping hand and he never left me. He was the one who introduced me to Claude Miller, Patrice Leconte and the others." Claude and Annie Miller were particularly important to him. "They followed me and helped me when I moved on to directing. » Michel Such, becomes one of the essential supporting actors of French cinema, with very popular films like The Best Way to Walk, Les Bronzés or even Come to My Place, I Live with a Copine. Subscribed to supporting roles, silhouettes and appearances, everyone has already seen him at least once. He is the one who takes the scrabble on the face in "Les Bronzés font du ski", the one who goes underwater on water skis in "Les Bronzés", the killer in "Garde à vue", a policeman in "Mes meilleurs copains", a patient in "Chouchou" with Gad Elmaleh, the man with the briefcase in "Mortal hike" or the shoe salesman in "Police Python 357" by Alain Corneau... Michel who was assistant director to Luc Béraud, Claude Miller, Patrice Leconte, Gérard Vergez, Jean-Marie Poiré, Jean-Louis Leconte, James Cellan Jones etc, will direct three short films: Elli Fat Mat (1990), Vagues À L'Âme (1992) and Vingt-Trois Rue Des Francs Bourgeois (1995), and a feature, Oranges Amères, released in theaters in 1997. The story of Angèle, a pied-noir, who falls in love with Saïd, an Algerian, after the Second World War. The film received the SACD Beaumarchais Prize for the screenplay (1996), as well as the Audience Award at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival in 1996. Michel Such has been directing the amateur theatre troupe Saujon Comédia, in Saujon in Charente-Maritime, since the end of the 1990s.
Known For
Credits
- 2004 · Mon fils d'ailleurs as The controller
- 2001 · Felix and Lola as Frantz
- 2001 · Les p'tits gars Ladouceur as Le chef de gare
- 2000 · Ladies of the Law as Michel le vigile
- 1993 · The Thirst for Gold as Le gendarme
- 1989 · Elli Fat Mat as
- 1987 · Le Gerfaut as Monsieur
- 1987 · L'été en pente douce as Paul le vigile
- 1987 · Levy & Goliath as Le cafetier
- 1986 · Trop tard Balthazar as Lino
- 1986 · L'Objectif as
- 1986 · Ménage as
- 1986 · Triple sec as
- 1984 · New Year's Eve At Bob's as
- 1984 · Manipulations as Michel
- 1984 · Stress as
- 1983 · Deadly Circuit as l'homme à l'attaché-case
- 1982 · Lucie sur Seine as L'inspecteur au bonnet
- 1981 · The Inquisitor as Jean-Marie Jabelain, Stolen Car Owner
- 1981 · Pourquoi pas nous ? as Un client de la librairie
- 1981 · Heat of Desire as L'employé des wagons-lits
- 1979 · French Fried Vacation 2 as Le co-propriétaire de l'appartement parti en retard
- 1979 · Dog's Dialogue as
- 1979 · These Kids Are Grown-Ups as Le caissier
- 1978 · French Fried Vacation as Le gras du bide qui veut faire du ski nautique
- 1977 · Spoiled Children as Un locataire
- 1976 · The Best Way to Walk as Léni
- 1975 · Thomas as Antoine
- 1975 · That Most Important Thing: Love as The Electrician
- 1973 · The Inheritor as (uncredited)
- 1971 · The Laboratory of Fear as Antoine