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Jérôme Deschamps
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Name
Jerome Deschamps
Role
Actor
Movies
My Afternoons with Margueritte, Line of Life, Au-dela De Playtime
Awards
Moliere Award for Best Comedy, Moliere Award for Best Show in a Public Theatre
Similar People
Macha Makeieff, Francois Morel, Juliette Deschamps, Christian Hecq, Jacques Tati
Jérôme Deschamps, born Neuilly-sur-Seine on 5 October 1947, is an actor, director and stage author, as well as a cinema actor and director associated with the Famille Deschiens troupe founded by Macha Makeïeff in 1978. In 2003 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Théâtre national de Nîmes, leaving that post for the equivalent at the Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique in June 2007, where he remained until 2015.
Deschamps is the nephew of Hubert Deschamps and his mother was the distant half cousin to Micheline Winter who married Jacques Tati, Upon the release of the animated film The Illusionist this non-biological relationship to Tati has been openly challenged by the grandchildren of Jacques Tati in a published letter to Roger Ebert.
He studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand where he met Patrice Chéreau and Jean-Pierre Vincent with whom he made his first stage appearances, before moving toward a professional career in theatre, at the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre and the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique de Paris. He joined the Comédie-Française under Antoine Vitez and directed his first play in 1977.
In 1979 Jérôme Deschamps was advised by Jacques Tati on Les Oubliettes and created a play Les Deschiens from Antoine Vitez's commission for the Ivry spring. In 1981, with Makeieff he founded the Les Deschiens company, which in 1993 became a television series on Canal+ with Yolande Moreau. He was the director of the 6th Festival du court-métrage de Saint Maur in 2008.
Recognition
1981 : Prix de la révélation théâtrale de l'année du Syndicat de la critique for La Petite Chemise de nuit.
1988 : Molière du meilleur spectacle musical for Les Petits Pas.
1990 : Molière du meilleur spectacle comique for Lapin chasseur.
1992 : Académie française prize for 'jeune théâtre'.
1992 : Grand prix national du théâtre.
1993 : Molière du meilleur spectacle comique pour Les Pieds dans l'eau.
1996 : Molière du meilleur spectacle comique pour C'est magnifique.
2011 : Molière du théâtre public for Un fil à la patte
Filmography
Actor
2023
Adieu Vinyle (TV Movie) as
Antoine Méliot
2022
Constance aux Enfers (TV Movie) as
Lorelle
2021
A Radiant Girl as
Le médecin
2020
La Garçonne (TV Mini Series) as
Dr. Paul
- Épisode 6 (2020) - Dr. Paul
- Épisode 5 (2020) - Dr. Paul
- Épisode 4 (2020) - Dr. Paul
- Épisode 3 (2020) - Dr. Paul
- Épisode 2 (2020) - Dr. Paul
- Épisode 1 (2020) - Dr. Paul
2019
An Irrepressible Woman as
Georges Mandel
2017
Number One as
Le PDG de Theorès
2013
Ciboulette (TV Movie) as
Le directeur du théâtre
2010
My Afternoons with Margueritte as
Le maire
2009
Divorces! as
Le réceptionniste
2009
The True Story of Puss'N Boots as
Le Chat Botté / Le Meunier / Le Paysan (voice)
2002
Les filles, personne s'en méfie as
Le réalisateur
1998
Ça boum (Short)
1998
Je suis vivante et je vous aime as
Julien
1996
Ligne de vie
1994
Les pieds sous la table (Short)
1994
The Separation as
Victor
1992
Maigret (TV Series) as
Prosper
- Maigret et les caves du Majestic (1992) - Prosper
1987
A Man in Love as
La Veillée Actor
1985
Tam-tam
1981
Caméra une première (TV Series) as
Le commentateur
- Eole Epifanio (1981) - Le commentateur
1978
Sam et Sally (TV Series) as
Hubert Caro
- Lili (1978) - Hubert Caro
1977
Partage de midi (TV Movie) as
De céz
1975
Ondine (TV Movie) as
Alouin
1974
Un amour de pluie (uncredited)
1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob as
Un ami d'Alexandre (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
2022
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (TV Special) (stage director)
2021
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune (Documentary) (artistic advisor)
2013
Les pêcheurs de perles (TV Movie) (director: Opéra Comique)