Jean-Michel Ribes (born 15 December 1946, in Paris) is a French playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, film maker and actor. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point.
Jean-Michel Ribes | |
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 Jean-Michel Ribes during the 2014 Molière Award | |
| Born | Jean-Michel Pierre Fernand Ribes 15 December 1946 |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, screen writer, film director, theatre director |
| Years active | 1966–present |
Between 1982 and 1984 Ribes had directed Merci Bernard and since 1988 works on Palace. In 2008, Ribes had directed Batailles which he co-wrote with Roland Topor and next year became a director of the Un garçon impossible, a play by Petter S. Rosenlund and Roland Dubillard's's Les Diablogues. In 2010, in Théâtre du Rond-Point he directed Les Nouvelles Brèves de Comptoir in which Jean-Marie Gourio had starred. In 2011, he wrote and directed René l’énervé - Opéra bouffe et tumultueux, on the music by Reinhardt Wagner. A year later, he returned to Théâtre du Rond-Point at which he directed play Théâtre sans animaux and Sébastien Thiéry's L’Origine du Monde in 2013.[1]
Theater
edit| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Chez l'illustre écrivain | Octave Mirbeau | |
| Je rêvais peut-être | Luigi Pirandello | ||
| 1967 | The Alchemist | Ben Jonson | |
| Herman est de retour | Anonymous | ||
| 1969 | Le lai de Barrabas | Fernando Arrabal | |
| 1970 | Les Fraises musclées | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1971 | Il faut que le sycomore coule | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1972 | Rumeurs | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| Je suis un steak | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| Par delà les marronniers | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| 1973 | Les Fraises musclées | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1974 | L'Odyssée pour une tasse de thé | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1975 | Dieu le veut | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| Omphalos Hôtel | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| On loge la nuit-café à l'eau | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| 1976 | Tout contre un petit bois | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1977 | Jacky Parady | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1983 | Batailles | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1984 | True West | Sam Shepard | |
| 1986 | Révoltes | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1987 | Le pont des soupirs | Jacques Offenbach | Nominated – Molière Award for Best Musical |
| The Birthday Party | Harold Pinter | ||
| 1988 | La Cagnotte | Eugène Labiche | |
| 1990 | La Cuisse du steward | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1994 | Brèves de comptoir | Jean-Marie Gourio | Nominated – Molière Award for Best Director Nominated – Molière Award for Best Comedy |
| Cirque à deux | Barry Creyton | ||
| 1997 | Monsieur Monde | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1998 | Rêver peut-être | Jean-Claude Grumberg | Nominated – Molière Award for Best Director Nominated – Molière Award for Best Creation Grand Prix de la critique – Best French Creation |
| Les Talons devant | Patrick Bosso & Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| 1999 | Les Nouvelles Brèves de comptoir | Jean-Marie Gourio | Nominated – Molière Award for Best Comedy |
| Teddy | Jean-Louis Bourdon | ||
| 2000 | Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell | Keith Waterhouse | |
| Amorphe d'Ottenburg | Jean-Claude Grumberg | ||
| 2001 | Théâtre sans animaux | Jean-Michel Ribes | Molière Award for Best Comedy Molière Award for Best Playwright Grand Prix du Théâtre de l’Académie française Nominated – Molière Award for Best Creation |
| 2002 | L'Enfant do | Jean-Claude Grumberg | |
| Le Complexe de Thénardier | José Pliya | ||
| La Priapée des écrevisses | Christian Siméon | ||
| 2003 | Le professeur Rollin a encore quelque chose à dire | François Rollin | |
| Guy Bedos | Guy Bedos, Nicolas Bedos & Gérard Miller | ||
| 2004 | Musée haut, musée bas | Jean-Michel Ribes | Nominated – Molière Award for Best Living Francophone Author Nominated – Molière Award for Best Creation |
| Le Jardin aux betteraves | Roland Dubillard | ||
| 2005 | Merci | Daniel Pennac | |
| Dieu est un steward de bonne composition | Yves Ravey | ||
| Sans ascenseur | Sébastien Thiéry | ||
| 2006 | Collection particulière | François Morel | |
| 2007 | J'ai tout | Thierry Illouz | |
| 2008 | La Ferme des concombres | Patrick Robine | |
| Batailles | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| 2009 | En umulig gutt | Petter S. Rosenlund | |
| Les Diablogues | Roland Dubillard | ||
| 2010 | Les Nouvelles Brèves de comptoir | Jean-Marie Gourio & Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 2011 | René l'énervé | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 2013 | Théâtre sans animaux | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 2016 | Par-delà les marronniers | Jean-Michel Ribes |
Filmography
edit- 1978: The Swindle
- 1986: La galette du roi
- 1993: Chacun pour toi
- 2008: A Day at the Museum
- 2014: Brèves de comptoir
Awards
edit- 2001: Plaisir du Théâtre Award
- 2007: Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur[2]
References
edit- ^ "George Banu in dialogue with Jean-Michel Ribes and Matei Vișniec". 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Décret du 6 avril 2007 portant promotion et nomination". JORF. 2007 (84): 6583. 6 April 2007. PREX0710142D. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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