About

Known credits:
38
Birthday:
1925-09-23
Place of birth:
Cherbourg, Manche, Haute-Normandie, France
Website:
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Jean-Charles Tacchella

Overview

Jean-Charles Tacchella (born 23 September 1925) is a French screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his film Cousin Cousine (1975), which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and which was later (1989) remade in a US version starring Ted Danson and titled Cousins.

Jean-Charles Tacchella studied in Marseilles and, just after the Liberation, left for Paris with the aim of becoming a film director. He joined L'écran Français when he was nineteen where he worked with Renoir, Becker and Grémillon. While with the magazine, he wrote about filmmakers, actors, films and met André Bazin, Nino Frank, Roger Leenhardt, Roger Thérond and Alexandre Astruc. He became friends with Erich Von Stroheim, Anna Magnani, Vittorio de Sica and created the monthly “Ciné Digest” with Henri Colpi. In 1948, Tacchella, along with Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Astruc, Claude Mauriac, René Clément and Pierre Kast, established Objectif 49, an avant-garde film club whose president was Jean Cocteau. Objectif 49 became the birthplace of the New Wave.

Jean-Charles Tacchella has since directed eleven features, many of which have had successful international careers and been awarded prestigious prizes. They include Voyage to Grand Tartarie (1974), Cousin cousine (1975, nominated for the Oscars Césars, Silver Shell for Best Director at the 1976 San Sebastian International Film Festival), Le Pays bleu (1977), It's a Long Time I've Loved You (1979, Jury Prize at the Montreal Film Festival), Croque la vie (1981), Staircase C (1985, Prix de l'Académie française, Grand Prix at the Uppsala Film Festival), Travelling avant (1987, Best Male Newcomer for Thierry Frémont – Golden Tulip for Best Director at the Istanbul Film Festival), Gallant Ladies (Best Director, Digne Film Festival 1990), The Man of My Life (1992), Seven Sundays (1995).

Tacchella is described as being "a smooth technician, Tacchella's camera work is fluid and precise". And his movie Traveling avant (1987), roughly equivalent to the American film term "Tracking Shot", is described as "a semi-autobiographical paean to his youth as a cinema fanatic and cine-club enthusiast in post-war Paris".

Tacchella was President of the Cinémathèque Française from 2000–2003.

Source: Article "Jean-Charles Tacchella" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting
2013 René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague Actor Self N/A
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1970 Happy He Who Like Ulysses Actor Un automobiliste / Un homme aux arènes d'Arles (uncredited) 59
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1960 The Itchy Palm Actor 58
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Directing
2000 People Who Love Each Other Directing Director 58
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1995 Seven Sundays Directing Director 59
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1992 L'homme de ma vie Directing Director 58
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1990 Gallant Ladies Directing Director 58
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1987 Travelling avant Directing Director 58
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1985 Staircase C Directing Director 58
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1981 Croque la vie Directing Director 58
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1979 Silver Anniversary Directing Director 58
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1977 Blue Country Directing Director 59
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1975 Cousin, Cousine Directing Director 59
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1974 Voyage to Grand Tartarie Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2000 People Who Love Each Other Writing Writer 58
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1995 Seven Sundays Writing Writer 59
Average
1992 L'homme de ma vie Writing Writer 58
Average
1990 Gallant Ladies Writing Writer 58
Average
1989 Cousins Writing Original Story 59
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1987 Travelling avant Writing Writer 58
Average
1985 Staircase C Writing Writer 58
Average
1981 Croque la vie Writing Screenplay 58
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1979 Silver Anniversary Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1977 Blue Country Writing Writer 59
Average
1975 Cousin, Cousine Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1971 Les jambes en l'air Writing Writer 58
Average
1966 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! Writing Writer 73
Good
1966 Long March Writing Writer N/A
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1964 The Big Hit Writing Adaptation 59
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1962 Crime Does Not Pay Writing Scenario Writer 59
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1962 The Honors of War Writing Writer 58
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1960 The Itchy Palm Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1959 Come Dance with Me! Writing Writer 59
Average
1959 Time Bomb Writing Story 58
Average
1959 Time Bomb Writing Screenplay 58
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1958 The Law Is the Law Writing Story 60
Fair
1957 Typhoon Over Nagasaki Writing Writer 59
Average
1955 Heroes and Sinners Writing Writer 59
Average