FrameThrower · Actors · Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky
2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1959–1982
Born 6 July 1929 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France · died 8 August 2019
Jean-Pierre Mocky, 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1959–1982
- Honorary Lumière Award2015
- Alphonse Allais Award2013
- Henri-Langlois award2010
- Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award1982
How their films are shot
Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jean-Pierre takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 63% of their frames are day, 55% natural — the look of the work Jean-Pierre takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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