Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Mocky was born in Nice, France to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska and Adam Mokiejewski. His father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic. Mocky appeared as an actor in the 1955 film Gli Sbandati and in many other movies, including some of those he also directed (Solo, L'albatros, L'Ombre d'une chance, Un Linceul n'a pas de poches). His 1987 film Le Miraculé was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. He began as an actor in the cinema and theater. In particular, he played in Jean Dréville's Les Casse-pieds (1948), Jean Cocteau's Orphée (1950) and Bernard Borderie's The Mask of the Gorilla (1957). But it was especially in Italy that he became famous, thanks to his role in I vinti by Michelangelo Antonioni. After working as an assistant with Luchino Visconti on Senso (1954) and Federico Fellini on La strada (1954), he wrote his first film, La Tête contre les murs (1959) and planned to direct it himself, but the producer preferred to entrust the task to Georges Franju. He went on to direct the following year with Les Dragueurs (1959). Since then, he has never stopped shooting. As early as the 1960s, he was able to reach a wide audience with crazy comedies such as A Funny Parishioner (1963) and La Grande Lessive (1968). After May 1968, he turned to darker films with Solo (1969), in which he shows a group of young terrorists of the extreme left, then L'Albatros (1971) which shows the corruption of politicians. In the 1980s, he returned to success with a film denouncing, a year before the drama of Heysel, the excesses of some football fans (À mort l'arbitre, 1984) and a comedy denouncing the hypocrisy around the pilgrimage to Lourdes (Le Miraculé, 1987). In the 1990s and 2000s, his films met with less success, but Mocky continued to shoot with much enthusiasm. In the beginning, his films were dedicated to the uprising against the restrictions imposed by society. Later, he concentrated on farce, as in Bonsoir where the homeless Alex (Michel Serrault) pretends to be the lover of the lesbian Caroline (Claude Jade) in order to save her inheritance from her homophobic relatives. Mocky's cinema, often satirical and pamphleteer, is generally inspired by the truth of society. He worked with few resources and filmed very quickly. He worked with Bourvil (A Funny Parishioner, The City of Unspeakable Fear, La Grande Lessive and The Stallion), Fernandel (The Exchange and Life), Michel Simon (The Red Ibis), Michel Serrault (twelve films including Le Miraculé), Francis Blanche (five films including The City of Unspeakable Fear), Jacqueline Maillan (five films), Jean Poiret (eight films) and with the stars Catherine Deneuve (Agent Trouble), Claude Jade (Bonsoir), Jane Birkin (Noir comme le souvenir), Jeanne Moreau (Le Miraculé) and Stéphane Audran (The Seasons of Pleasure). In 2010, he received the Prix Henri-Langlois for his entire career and the 2013 Alphonse Allais Prize. The International Festival of Film Entrevues in Belfort in 2012 and the Cinémathèque française in 2014 dedicated full retrospectives to him. He died on 8 August 2019. Source: Article "Jean-Pierre Mocky" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
The Vanquished
(Pierre)
Senso
(Un Soldato (uncredited))
Jean-Pierre Mocky, libre et sentimental
(Various Roles (archive footage))
The Story of French Fantasy Cinema
(Self (archive footage))
Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)
(Self)
The Unsewing Machine
(Ralph Enger)
No Pockets in a Shroud
(Michel Dolannes)
Love Hate
(Stef Tassel)
Litan
(Jock)
Droit de Réponse
(Self)
Take Your Bible and Get the Fuck Out of Here!
(Vieux 2)
The Big Flag
(Luc Dutoit - a midshipman)
Kill the Referee
(Inspector Granowski)
Long Live Liberty
The Eternal Husband
(Un garçon d'honneur (uncredited))
Vidange
(Castellin)
Ville à vendre
(Shade)
Queen's Necklace
(Un page de la reine (uncredited))
Dreams of Love
(Extra)
La Cabane aux souvenirs
Orpheus
(Band Leader (uncredited))
The Spice of Life
Head Against the Wall
(François Gérane)
The Hell of Lost Pilots
(Denis)
Keep an Eye on Amelia
At the Grand Balcony
((uncredited))
Portrait of a Murderer
A Night at a Honeymoon
Speaking of Murder
(Pierre)
L'éternel espoir
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
(Un joueur de belote (uncredited))
Le Mentor
(Ludovic)
Abandoned
(Andrea)
Snobs!
(Un maquignon (uncredited))
Solo
(Vincent Cabral)
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
(Tramp with pram (uncredited))
Il gèle en enfer
(Tim)
Un risque à courir
(Self - Host (uncredited))
The Count of Monte Cristo
(Albert de Morcerf)
Looping
(archival material)
Looping
Graziella
(Alphonse de Lamartine)
Le glandeur
(Bruno Bombec)
Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma
(Self)
Rendez-vous
(Victor)
Divine enfant
(Aurélien Brada)
Le Bridge
Shadow of a Chance
(Mathias Caral)
Leon's Husband
(Boris Lossef)
Americano
(Le père)
Guillaume Depardieu, The Story Of An Enfant Terrible
(Self)
Tout est calme
(Lucas)
Dossier Toroto
(Le professeur Lapine)
Les Insomniaques
(Boris)
La Candide Madame Duff
(Jacob Duff)
The Spice of Life
(Le postilloneur)
God Needs Men
(Pierre)
Godard Mon Amour
(Customer in the Restaurant)
Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju
(Self)
Les Ballets écarlates
(Mathieu, the gunsmith)
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
(Jean Almereyda)
Bibi Fricotin
Les araignées de la nuit
(Inspecteur Richard Gordone)
The Mask of the Gorilla
(Sébut)
La parallèle Mocky
(himself)
The Vertical Smile
(Franco, le prêtre borgne)
Stain on the Snow
(Violinist)
La loi de l'albatros
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
(Christophe)
Le parapluie de Cherbourg
Le mystère des jonquilles
(Tarling)
Tu es si jolie ce soir
(Agent Willy)
Tous flics !
(Alex)
Aznavour by Charles
(Self - Actor (archive footage))
Mocky sans Mocky
Vénéneuses
(Dick Grant)
Cocktail Morlock
(Self)
Votez pour moi !
(Pascal, l'ermite)
Monsieur Cauchemar
(Valentin Esbirol)
Calomnies
(Armand)
Les Compagnons de la pomponnette
(L'ange Léonard)
La bête de miséricorde
(Jean Mardet)
Robin des mers
(le père de Mathieu)
Le piège à cons
(Michel Rayan)
Bourvil, un homme vrai
(Himself)
Illicit Motherhood
(La Fouine, un gars de la bande)
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
(Self (archive footage))
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
(Récitant (voice) (uncredited))
L'Invité
(Self)
C à vous
(Self)
Village départ
(Self)
Nulle part ailleurs
(Self)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
Série noire
(Jean Almereyda)
Zone interdite
(Self)
Spécial cinéma
(Self)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self)
Vivement dimanche
(Self)
Matin Bonheur
(Self)
Samedi soir
(Self)
Bonsoir
(Producer)
Bonsoir
(Editor)
Agent Trouble
(Editor)
Agent Trouble
(Screenplay)
Bonsoir
(Screenplay)
Bonsoir
(Director)
Agent Trouble
(Director)
The Red Ibis
(Director)
The Red Ibis
(Producer)
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
(Director)
The Big Wash
(Director)
The Unsewing Machine
(Director)
A Couple
(Director)
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
(Director)
No Pockets in a Shroud
(Director)
Miracle Healing
(Director)
Litan
(Director)
The Virgins
(Director)
The Chasers
(Director)
The Seasons of Pleasure
(Director)
Love Hate
(Director)
Le Furet
(Director)
Le Furet
(Screenplay)
Le Furet
(Editor)
The Witness
(Writer)
The Witness
(Director)
Kill the Referee
(Director)
Black for Remembrance
(Editor)
Ville à vendre
(Director)
Black for Remembrance
(Director)
Vidange
(Editor)
Black for Remembrance
(Screenplay)
Vidange
(Producer)
Vidange
(Director)
Vidange
(Screenplay)
Grabuge!
(Editor)
Grabuge!
(Director)
Grabuge!
(Screenplay)
Grabuge!
(Producer)
The Stud
(Director)
Your Money or Your Life
(Director)
Miracle Healing
(Producer)
The Unsewing Machine
(Producer)
The Big Scare
(Director)
The Unsewing Machine
(Editor)
Miracle Healing
(Editor)
Miracle Healing
(Writer)
Snobs!
(Director)
Litan
(Editor)
The Big Scare
(Screenplay)
The Big Wash
(Producer)
Solo
(Writer)
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
(Editor)
Les Compagnons de la marguerite
(Director)
The Barefoot Contessa
(Assistant Director Trainee)
Solo
(Director)
Head Against the Wall
(Adaptation)
Le Mentor
(Director)
Le Renard jaune
(Director)
13 French Street
(Editor)
13 French Street
(Director)
13 French Street
(Writer)
Le pactole
(Director)
The Seasons of Pleasure
(Editor)
Snobs!
(Writer)
Snobs!
(Adaptation)
Litan
(Writer)
Litan
(Producer)
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
(Screenplay)
Il gèle en enfer
(Director)
Il gèle en enfer
(Writer)
Il gèle en enfer
(Editor)
Calomnies
(Director)
Le Bénévole
(Director)
Chut !
(Director)
Chut !
(Scenario Writer)
Le glandeur
(Director)
Le glandeur
(Writer)
Un risque à courir
(Writer)
Un risque à courir
(Director)
Un risque à courir
(Editor)
Divine enfant
(Director)
Divine enfant
(Writer)
Tous flics !
(Screenplay)
Vis-à-vis d'elle
(Director)
Senso
(Second Assistant Director)
Alliance cherche doigt
(Director)
The Seasons of Pleasure
(Writer)
Love Hate
(Producer)
Love Hate
(Writer)
Shadow of a Chance
(Director)
Shadow of a Chance
(Writer)
Leon's Husband
(Director)
The Big Wash
(Writer)
The Stud
(Writer)
Tout est calme
(Editor)
Tout est calme
(Screenplay)
Tout est calme
(Producer)
Crédit pour tous
(Director)
Tout est calme
(Director)
Your Money or Your Life
(Idea)
Dossier Toroto
(Director)
Dossier Toroto
(Screenplay)
Le Roi des bricoleurs
(Director)
Touristes? Oh Yes!
(Director)
La Candide Madame Duff
(Director)
La Candide Madame Duff
(Producer)
La Candide Madame Duff
(Writer)
Les Insomniaques
(Scenario Writer)
Les Insomniaques
(Director)
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
(Director)
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
(Writer)
Colère
(Director)
Le Rustre et le Juge
(Adaptation)
Le Rustre et le Juge
(Director)
Agafia
(Director)
Agafia
(Adaptation)
Le Magicien et les Siamois
(Director)
Chut !
(Screenplay)
Chut !
(Director)
The Chasers
(Writer)
Les Ballets écarlates
(Director)
Solo
(Producer)
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
(Writer)
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
(Producer)
Les araignées de la nuit
(Director)
Les araignées de la nuit
(Writer)
The Stud
(Producer)
A Couple
(Producer)
A Couple
(Writer)
Black for Remembrance
(Producer)
Crédit pour tous
(Producer)
Colère
(Writer)
A Couple
(Adaptation)
The Chasers
(Adaptation)
The Virgins
(Producer)
Snobs!
(Producer)
Les Compagnons de la marguerite
(Producer)
Your Money or Your Life
(Producer)
The Big Wash
(Story)
The Stud
(Story)
Les Compagnons de la marguerite
(Story)
Au-delà des grilles
(Director)
Dors mon lapin
(Director)
La bête de miséricorde
(Director)
Le deal
(Director)
Vénéneuses
(Director)
Les Compagnons de la pomponnette
(Director)
Rouges étaient les lilas
(Director)
Votez pour moi !
(Director)
Robin des mers
(Director)
Le cabanon rose
(Director)
Le piège à cons
(Director)
The Red Ibis
(Scenario Writer)
Monsieur Cauchemar
(Director)
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
(Director)
No Pockets in a Shroud
(Producer)
No Pockets in a Shroud
(Writer)
Le mystère des jonquilles
(Director)
Tu es si jolie ce soir
(Director)
Tous flics !
(Director)
The Virgins
(Writer)
Le Renard jaune
(Writer)
The Discord
(Story)
The Unsewing Machine
(Writer)
Le piège à cons
(Writer)
Votez pour moi !
(Production Director)
Rouges étaient les lilas
(Production Manager)
Votez pour moi !
(Scenario Writer)
Rouges étaient les lilas
(Scenario Writer)
Le cabanon rose
(Scenario Writer)
Le cabanon rose
(Production Manager)
Monsieur Cauchemar
(Production Manager)
Monsieur Cauchemar
(Scenario Writer)
Les Compagnons de la pomponnette
(Scenario Writer)
Calomnies
(Scenario Writer)
Tu es si jolie ce soir
(Scenario Writer)
Les araignées de la nuit
(Producer)
Robin des mers
(Writer)
Alliance cherche doigt
(Writer)
Les Ballets écarlates
(Writer)
La bête de miséricorde
(Writer)
Leon's Husband
(Writer)
Kill the Referee
(Writer)
Kill the Referee
(Editor)
Nice is nice
(Director)
Crédit pour tous
(Writer)
Dors mon lapin
(Writer)
The King of Ads
(Director)
Le Mentor
(Writer)
Le Mentor
(Editor)
Vénéneuses
(Writer)
Vénéneuses
(Producer)
Touristes? Oh Yes!
(Editor)
Touristes? Oh Yes!
(Writer)
Ville à vendre
(Writer)
Ville à vendre
(Editor)