Biography
Jean-Marie Besset (born 1959) is a French contemporary playwright, translator and theater director.
He has been nominated ten times for the Molière award (France's Tony Award) - six times as Best Playwright and four times as Best Translator. He won in 1999 for his adaptation of Michael Frayn's Copenhagen. He won the Best New Play award from the Syndicat National de la Critique Dramatique (Association of French Critics) for Ce qui arrive et ce qu'on attend in 1993, the New Theater Talent prize from the SACD (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers), also in 1993, and the Grand prix du théâtre de l'Académie française in 2005. He was named Chevalier (1995) and Officier (2002) in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite (2009) by the French government.
Filmography
all 8
Movies 8
Writer 5
self 1
Director 1
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles (2023)
La fille et le garçon (2023)
Le banquet d'Auteuil (2016)
Life of Riley (2014)
The Girl on the Train (2009)
Les Grecs (2006)
Grande école (2004)
The Proprietor (1996)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1959-11-22 (64 years old)
Birth NameJean-Marie Louis Étienne Besset
Birth PlaceCarcassonne, France
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsChevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of Arts and Letters, Knight of the National Order of Merit
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