Jugnot, Gérard

(May 4, 1951, Paris, France - )

   Educated at Lycée Pasteur of Neuilly, he was sixteen years old when he met Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, and Thierry Lhermitte. In 1971, he co-wrote and performed a first show, Non Georges, pas ici, with Clavier and Lhermitte while attending Tsilla Chel-ton's acting class. After a second play, Jvais craquer or C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa Gueule, he co-founded a café theater, Le Spendid, in 1974. Until 1981 and the dislocation of the group, he co-authored and co-starred in successful plays: Ma Tête est malade, Le Pot de Terre contre le Pot de Vin, Amours, Coquillages et Crustacés (adapted on-screen as Les Bronzés, Patrice Leconte, 1978), and Le Père Noël est une Ordure (brought to the screen by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1982). He entered films as an actor in 1972 (L'An 01, Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais, Jean Rouch) and played supporting and then leading roles in about 100 movies, including those he directed. In 1981, he performed in a one-man show (Enfin seul . . .). He also collaborated as a screenwriter on the follow­ing movies: 1975 Le Bol d'Air (short, Charles Nemes, also actor); C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa Gueule (co-author of original play, Jacques Besnard, also actor); 1978 Les Bronzés / USA: French Fried Vacation (Patrice Leconte, also actor); 1979 Les Héros n'ont pas froid aux Oreilles (Alain Jaspard, shot in 1977); Les Bronzés font du Ski (Patrice Leconte, also actor); 1982 Le Quart d'Heure américain (Philippe Gal-land); 2006 Les Bronzés 3:Amis pour la Vie / US festival: Friends Forever (Patrice Leconte).

 Filmography

        ◘ Pinot simple Flic (also co-adapter, co-producer, actor)

        ◘ Scout toujours . . . (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, co-producer, actor)

1988 ◘ Sans Peur et sans Reproche (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer, actor)

1991 ◘ Une Epoque formidable (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer, actor)

1994 ◘ Casque bleu (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer, actor)

        ◘ 3000 Scénarios contre un Virus (segment La Pharmacie)

1996 ◘ Fallait pas! . . . / Caiga quien caiga, manana me caso / Caigui qui caigui, em caso (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer, actor)

2000 ◘ Meilleur Espoir féminin (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer, actor)

2002 ◘ Monsieur Batignole (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer, actor)

2005 ◘ Boudu (also co-producer)