FrameThrower · Actors · Gérard Darmon
Gérard Darmon
4 films · 260 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1981–2009
Born 29 February 1948 · Paris, France
Gérard Darmon is a French-Moroccan actor and singer. He has been nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for his roles in Betty Blue (1987) and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2003).
He was the second husband of actress Mathilda May (mother of his two youngest children). He has three children: Virginie (born 1968) and, by May, daughter Sarah (born 17 August 1994) and son Jules (born 4 March 1997).
Darmon also did a cover of "Mambo Italiano".
Darmon is of Sephardic Jewish (Algerian-Jewish) descent. In July 2012, he was naturalised Moroccan by a decree from King Mohamed VI.
Source: Article "Gérard Darmon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 260 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1981–2009
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres2023
- Officer of Arts and Letters
How their films are shot
Measured across 260 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Gérard takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 52% low key — the look of the work Gérard takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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