Aurignac, Patrick

(June 30, 1965, France - May 16, 1997, Paris, France)

   His acting career, started in 1983 (Le Voyage à Deau-ville, short, Jacques Duron), was interrupted by a first imprisonment. He took part in several holdups and spent a total of six years in jail. Spotted by talent agent Dominique Besnehard when he was still in the prison of Bois d'Arcy, he had a second chance and played in half a dozen films (1991 Sale comme un Ange, Catherine Breillat; 1992 Max et Jérémie, Claire Devers; 1992 La Fille de l'Air, Maroun Bagdadi; Max et Jérémie / UK and USA: Max et Jérémie, Claire Devers; 1993 Mensonge. François Margolin; 1994 A la Folie / UK and USA: Alice and Elsa / Six Days, Six Nights, Diane Kurys). In 1996, he directed an autobiographical film. One year later, he shot himself with a revolver.

 Filmography

1996 ◘ Mémoires d'un jeune Con (also co-screenwriter, actor; France / Italy)