Person Details

Birthday: 1939-07-26 21:59:25

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 24

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

Jean-Claude Grumberg (born 26 July 1939) is a French writer of children's books and a playwright. Before becoming a playwright, Jean-Claude Grumberg held several jobs including working as a tailor, he takes to the middle part of his play L'Atelier. He discovered drama being an actor in the company. He became a writer in 1968 with Demain, une fenêtre sur rue, and short texts like Rixe which played at the Comédie-Française. He writes about what haunts him since childhood: the death of his father in the Nazi death camps: Maman revient pauvre orphelin, Dreyfus (1974), L'Atelier (1979) and Zone libre (1990). In 1998, L'Atelier returned to Théâtre Hébertot in Paris, won great success and won the 1999 Molière for best play directory. In film, he is writer: Les Années Sandwiches, co-writer with François Truffaut for The Last Metro, La Petite Apocalypse of Costa-Gavras, Le Plus Beau Pays du monde by Marcel Bluwal (1999), Fait d'hiver Robert Enrico (1999). For television, he wrote scenarios Thérèse Humbert, Music Hall, by Marcel Bluwal, Les Lendemains qui chantent, by Jacques Fansten et Julien l'apprenti, by Jacques Otmezguine. He is one of the few contemporary French playwrights alive to be studied in school (including L'Atelier). Jean-Claude Grumberg received the Grand Prize of the Académie française in 1991 and SACD Prize in 1999 for lifetime achievement; the Molière's best playwright in 1991 for Zone libre and in 1999 L'Atelier. Jean-Claude Grumberg is the father of actress Olga Grumberg. Source: Article "Jean-Claude Grumberg" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

The Last Metro
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7

The Last Metro

(1980) Dialogue
The Artist
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7

The Artist

(2011) Thanks
Amen.
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7

Amen.

(2002) Screenplay
Capital
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6

Capital

(2012) Screenplay
The Ax
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7

The Ax

(2005) Screenplay
Eden Is West
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6

Eden Is West

(2009) Writer
93, rue Lauriston
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5

93, rue Lauriston

(2004) Dialogue
Les Milles
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6

Les Milles

(1995) Writer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2009 L'homme à la sortie du métro
1997 le père de Raymond
1972 Self
1966 Monsieur Lepic
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

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