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Michel Such‌

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Birthday

calendar1944-08-15

Popularity

star2.2

Michel Such

Algiers, Algeria

Michel Such

Algiers, Algeria

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1944-08-15

Popularity

star2.2

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The Inquisitor

The Inquisitor‌
star7.6
calendar 1981

Mon fils d'ailleurs

Mon fils d'ailleurs‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

Deadly Circuit

Deadly Circuit‌
star6.2
calendar 1983

The Thirst for Gold

The Thirst for Gold‌
star5.4
calendar 1993

The Best Way to Walk

The Best Way to Walk‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Felix and Lola

Felix and Lola‌
star6.0
calendar 2001

The Inheritor

The Inheritor‌
star6.3
calendar 1973

Ménage

Ménage‌
star6.6
calendar 1986

Dog's Dialogue

Dog's Dialogue‌
star6.5
calendar 1979

Stress

Stress‌
star5.0
calendar 1984

These Kids Are Grown-Ups

These Kids Are Grown-Ups‌
star4.3
calendar 1979

L'Objectif

L'Objectif‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

L'été en pente douce

L'été en pente douce‌
star6.4
calendar 1987

Heat of Desire

Heat of Desire‌
star5.9
calendar 1981

Elli Fat Mat

Elli Fat Mat‌
star10.0
calendar 1989

Levy & Goliath

Levy & Goliath‌
star5.1
calendar 1987

New Year's Eve At Bob's

New Year's Eve At Bob's‌
star6.2
calendar 1984

Manipulations

Manipulations‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Thomas

Thomas‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Triple sec

Triple sec‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Lucie sur Seine

Lucie sur Seine‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

The Laboratory of Fear

The Laboratory of Fear‌
star4.7
calendar 1971

Pourquoi pas nous ?

Pourquoi pas nous ?‌
star5.9
calendar 1981

French Fried Vacation

French Fried Vacation‌
star6.6
calendar 1978

French Fried Vacation 2: The Bronzés go Skiing

French Fried Vacation 2: The Bronzés go Skiing‌
star7.3
calendar 1979

Trop tard Balthazar

Trop tard Balthazar‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

That Most Important Thing: Love

That Most Important Thing: Love‌
star7.1
calendar 1975

Les p'tits gars Ladouceur

Les p'tits gars Ladouceur‌
star9.5
calendar 2001

Spoiled Children

Spoiled Children‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Tv Credits

Le Gerfaut

Le Gerfaut‌
star9.0
calendar 1987

Ladies of the Law

Ladies of the Law‌
star6.8
calendar 2000