FrameThrower · Actors · Michel Galabru
Michel Galabru
2 films · 118 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1985–2007
Born 27 October 1922 · Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco] · died 4 January 2016
Michel Louis Edmond Galabru was a French actor.
Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for Subway), and Jean-Luc Godard.
He is also well known for his collaborations with Louis de Funès in Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez, Le gendarme se marie, Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres, Le gendarme en balade, Le gendarme à New York, Le gendarme et les gendarmettes, Le petit baigneur, L'avare, Jo (film) and Nous irons a Deauville (with Michel Serrault).
He worked with the actors Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault in La Cage aux Folles, La Cage aux Folles II, and La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding; and Le viager.
Source: Article "Michel Galabru" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 118 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1985–2007
- César Award for Best Actor1977
- César Award
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit2013
- Commander of the National Order of Merit2000
- Prix du Brigadier2011
- Medal of the City of Paris2011
- 22nd Molière Awards2008
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Molière Award for Best Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 118 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Michel 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, 52% of their frames are night, 42% high key — the look of the work Michel takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
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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