The Resume

(July 13, 1941-April 21, 2022)
Born in Paris, France
Birth name was Jacques Simonet
Appeared in the films 'Girl with a Suitcase' (1960), 'The Truth' (1960), 'Corruption' (1963), 'The Sleeping Car Murders' (1965), 'The 317th Platoon' (1965), 'Almost a Man' (1966), 'The Search' (1966), 'The Young Girls of Rochefort' (1967), 'Z' (1969), 'Donkey Skin' (1970), 'Home Sweet Home' (1973), 'A Captain's Honor' (1982), 'Cinema Paradiso' (1988), 'Nothing But Lies' (1992), 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' (2002), and 'The Chorus' (2004)
Formed Reggane Films
Produced over a dozen films

Why he might be annoying:

He made his film debut at age five in an uncredited bit part in Marcel Carné's 'Gates of Night' (1946).
He was typecast as military officers.
He named his son Maxence after the role he played in 'The Young Girls of Rochefort.'
Oddly, he said about 'The Young Girls of Rochefort' (and the other Jacques Demy film he made, 'Donkey Skin'), 'Those characters weren't me.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was named best actor at the Venice Film Festival for 'Almost a Man' and 'The Search.' (1966)
He produced two films that won the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film, 'Z' (1969) and 'Black and White in Color' (1976).
He produced and directed several nature documentaries, including the Oscar nominee 'Winged Migration' (2001) and the César Award winner 'Oceans' (2009).
He was named a commander of the Legion of Honor.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actors Turned Directors
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 87]
• Documentarians
• French New Wave Films
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Became a Dad in 2000
• I Died in 2022 (Ranked: 80)
• I Died in the City I Was Born In
• I Have Kids at Least 20 Years Apart
• I Married in 1995
• Profiles 54251-54500 (Ranked: 54386)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20220421)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 215 Votes: 54.42% Annoying