Jean-Pierre Leo, a French hereditary actor, a performer of wide-range roles

Jean-Pierre Leo (pictured below), a hereditary French actor, whose flowering of creativity fell at the end of the 50's, 60's and 70's of the last century. Born in 1944, May 28, in Paris, in the family of screenwriter Leo Pierre and Pierre Jacqueline, actress. Parents worked at the studio "Gomon Societe" in the comedy films department, and when little Jean-Pierre reached the age of four, the mother began to take her son to the set to introduce the child to the difficult but extremely interesting process of making films.

The first role

Jean-Pierre Leo made his debut in cinema at the age of fourteen.

His first role he played in the film "La Tour, beware" in 1958. Then he took part in the production of the director François Truffaut's film Four Beats, in which he played Antoine Duannel, the alter-ego of Truffaut himself.

And since the film was the director's debut film, he began to develop the theme and relocate Duannel to other characters in order to continue the planned line of using the alter ego. Jean-Pierre Leo met Truffaut through his mother, who heard that the director wanted to find a teenager for the main role in his film, and brought his son to the test. Hardly the director saw a gloomy youth immersed in himself, he immediately realized that luck literally put in his hands the finished performer of the main role.

The future hero of the film at that time studied at the municipal boarding house Yonne, and in character perfectly answered his character. As a result, Jean-Pierre Leo was accepted for the role of Antoine. The first episodes, shot with his participation, confirmed the correctness of the choice - Leo absolutely corresponded to the role of Duannel, the name of the main character. The shooting ended more than successfully, and the director was able to continue experimenting with the alter-ego.

Cooperation with masters

In the next few years, the actor joined the group of directors of the "new wave", continued cooperation with Francois Truffaut, and also became close with Jean-Luc Godard. He played with actress Claude Jade in three films of Truffaut: "Family hearth", "Escaping love" and "Stolen kisses".

Creativity with philosophy

Then Truffaut and Jean-Pierre continued the theme of the alter ego. So there was a motion picture "Antoine and Colette".

Then Jean-Pierre Leo took part in the filming of the films "The Last Tango in Paris", "Pornographer", "The Legged". At the same time, he participated in the creation of film projects by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci.

A notable role was the image of Mark in the film Jerzy Skolimovsky, entitled "Start", filmed in 1967. In 1966 Leo was awarded a prize at the Berlin Film Festival for raotu in the film "Men's - Women's".

At the International Film Festival in Cannes, the actor received the "Silver Bear", in 1966 - a prize for acting, "Honorary Cesar" in 2002 and other awards.

Jean-Pierre Leo, whose private life interests his fans, did not have a family and children. The actor devotes all his time to his favorite profession. Therefore, unlimited personal freedom promotes its implementation as a professional actor. All the time it takes to read scripts and rehearsals. And when shooting begins, Leo does not appear at home, he keeps on the set all the time.

Jean-Pierre Leo. Filmography

During his career, the actor starred in almost a hundred films. Below is an approximate list of films with his participation.

• "Four Hits", the work of Francois Truffaut, (1959).
• "Boulevard" (1960), the tape Duvivier Julien.
• "Antoine and Colette," directed by François Truffaut, (1962).
• "Mad Pierrot", directed by J.-L. Godard, (1965).
• "Alphaville" (1965), the production of Jean-Luc Godard.
• "Male - female", directed by J.-L. Godard, (1966).
• "Chinese Woman" (1967), directed by J.-L. Godard.
• "Week-End" (1967), production of J.-L. Godard.
• "Stolen Kisses," directed by François Truffaut, (1968).
• "Blue-eyed Grandfather Frost", director Jean Estash, (1969).
• "Pig" (1969), directed by Paolo Pasolini.
• "Family hearth" (1970), directed by François Truffaut.
• "Continent" and two Englishwomen "(1971), directed by Truffaut Francois.
• "The Last Tango in Paris," directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, (1972).
• "American Night" (1973), directed by François Truffaut.
• "Whore and Mommy" (1973), staged by Jean Eustache.
• "Education of the senses" (1973), director Weis Creven.
• "Escaped Love", directed by François Truffaut (1979).
• "Body and Soul" (1986), directed by Jacques Benoit.

Currently, Jean-Pierre Leo collaborates with virtually all the directors of the "new wave", occasionally occasionally filming in a commercial film to support their financial situation. Usually these are small advertising screensavers that give pleasure to the audience, allowing you to see your favorite actor once again.

A new approach to creativity

The creative reputation of Jean-Pierre is in full bloom, the actor is full of strength and new ideas. Although age increasingly declares itself, there is already no previous speed in finding the only correct mise-en-scene. But there are no mistakes in the definition of episodic positions. In other words, the process of shooting now resembles a well-established mechanism, which is satisfied by the entire film crew.