
About
Serge Gainsbourg
Overview
Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, electronic, disco, new wave, and funk. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians.
Known for
Acting |
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2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2022 | Archives secrètes • Les copains d'abord | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2022 | Jane by Charlotte | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2021 | Serge Gainsbourg, les meilleures chansons | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2021 | La Story de Serge Gainsbourg : Le Punchliner | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2020 | Anna Karina, Remember | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
2020 | L'affaire Matzneff | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2019 | Jane Birkin: Simply an Icon | Actor | Self - Singer (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2019 | Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2018 | Serge Gainsbourg, entre les murs | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2018 | Gainsbourg, art(s) et essai(s) | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2017 | Jane Birkin - Alcaline le Concert | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2017 | Whitney: Can I Be Me | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
2016 | The Discreet Françoise Hardy | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2012 | Les Enfants de la Pop 80's | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2012 | Gainsbourg by Gainsbourg: An Intimate Self Portrait | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2011 | Souvenirs of Serge | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2011 | Public Speaking | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2010 | Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2010 | Gainsbourg and His Girls | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2009 | The World of Gaston Rébuffat | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2008 | The Beaches of Agnès | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 62 Fair |
2005 | Serge Gainsbourg – D'autres nouvelles des étoiles | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2003 | Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2000 | De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1998 | In and Out of Fashion | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
1990 | Stan the Flasher | Actor | Un ami de David (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1990 | Gainsbourg... Le Zénith - Live | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1989 | Le Zenith de Gainsbourg | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1988 | Jane B. by Agnès V. | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1986 | Charlotte for Ever | Actor | Stan | 58 Average |
1986 | Gainsbourg... Casino de Paris 1986 | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1982 | The Big Pardon | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1981 | Droit de Réponse | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1981 | Reporters | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1980 | I Love You All | Actor | Simon | 58 Average |
1980 | Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1975 | Serious as Pleasure | Actor | L'inconnu du lac | 58 Average |
1973 | Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes | Actor | Police Inspector | 58 Average |
1972 | The Day the Clown Cried | Actor | 60 Fair |
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1972 | Seduction Squad | Actor | Albert | 58 Average |
1972 | The Day the Clown Cried | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1971 | Melody | Actor | L'homme | 58 Average |
1971 | Romance of a Horsethief | Actor | Sigmund | 58 Average |
1971 | The Rage of War | Actor | Mornar | 58 Average |
1970 | Cannabis | Actor | Serge Morgan | 58 Average |
1969 | Paris Does Not Exist | Actor | Laurent | 58 Average |
1969 | Katmandu | Actor | Ted | 58 Average |
1969 | Slogan | Actor | Serge Fabergé | 58 Average |
1969 | Erotissimo | Actor | l'individu dragueur au cinéma | 58 Average |
1969 | Mr. Freedom | Actor | Mr. Drugstore | 58 Average |
1968 | Love in the Night | Actor | Mathieu | 58 Average |
1968 | Spécial Bardot | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1968 | The Marriage Came Tumbling Down | Actor | Rémy | 59 Average |
1968 | Pasha | Actor | Serge Gainsbourg (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
1967 | The Looters | Actor | Clyde | 58 Average |
1967 | All Mad About Him | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1967 | The Unknown Man of Shandigor | Actor | le chef des Chauves | 58 Average |
1967 | Anna | Actor | L'ami de Serge | 58 Average |
1966 | The Gardener of Argenteuil | Actor | Patrick Gérard | 58 Average |
1966 | Four Queens for an Ace | Actor | Man Asking for a Lighter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1963 | Teuf-teuf | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1963 | L'inconnue de Hong Kong | Actor | Jean le pianiste | 58 Average |
1963 | Sweet Skin | Actor | le pianiste/ Pianist | 58 Average |
1962 | The Fury of Hercules | Actor | Menistus | 58 Average |
1961 | Samson | Actor | Warkalla | 58 Average |
1960 | The Revolt of the Slaves | Actor | Corvino | 58 Average |
1959 | Come Dance with Me! | Actor | Léon | 58 Average |
Gainsbourg... Le Zenith | Actor | Himself | 61 Fair |
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Directing |
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1990 | Stan the Flasher | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1989 | Le Zenith de Gainsbourg | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1986 | Charlotte for Ever | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1983 | Renaud - Morgane de toi | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1983 | Equator | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1976 | I Love You, I Don't | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Gainsbourg... Le Zenith | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
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Writing |
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1998 | Belle & Sebastian: The Black Sessions | Writing | Lyricist | N/A N/A |
1990 | Stan the Flasher | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1986 | Charlotte for Ever | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1983 | Equator | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1976 | I Love You, I Don't | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1976 | I Love You, I Don't | Writing | Author | 58 Average |
1971 | Melody | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1967 | Anna | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Sound |
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2021 | Ballade de Melody Nelson | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
2021 | La Chanson de Prévert | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
2021 | Pretend It's a City | Sound | Songs | 71 Good |
2016 | The Discreet Françoise Hardy | Sound | Songs | 58 Average |
2010 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | Sound | Songs | 62 Fair |
1998 | Belle & Sebastian: The Black Sessions | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
1995 | Elisa | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
1990 | Stan the Flasher | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1989 | Le Zenith de Gainsbourg | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
1986 | Charlotte for Ever | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1986 | Gainsbourg... Casino de Paris 1986 | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
1986 | Ménage | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
1985 | Mode in France | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1983 | Equator | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1980 | I Love You All | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1979 | Melancoly Baby | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1978 | French Fried Vacation | Sound | Original Music Composer | 63 Fair |
1977 | Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1977 | Emmanuelle 3 | Sound | Original Music Composer | 56 Average |
1977 | Madame Claude | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1976 | I Love You, I Don't | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1973 | Private Screening | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1972 | Seduction Squad | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1972 | Sex Shop | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1971 | Melody | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1971 | The Rage of War | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1970 | Cannabis | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1970 | The Horse | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
1969 | A Boy Named Charlie Brown | Sound | Songs | 61 Fair |
1969 | Paris Does Not Exist | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1969 | Katmandu | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1969 | Slogan | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1969 | Mr. Freedom | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1968 | The Marriage Came Tumbling Down | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
1968 | Pasha | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
1968 | Pasha | Sound | Songs | 60 Fair |
1968 | Manon 70 | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1967 | The Other One | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1967 | If I Were a Spy | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1967 | All Mad About Him | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1967 | The Unknown Man of Shandigor | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
1967 | The Unknown Man of Shandigor | Sound | Songs | 58 Average |
1967 | The Unknown Man of Shandigor | Sound | Music Editor | 58 Average |
1967 | Horizon | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1967 | Anna | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1966 | The Defector | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1966 | The Gardener of Argenteuil | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1966 | Four Queens for an Ace | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Sound | Main Title Theme Composer | 58 Average |
1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Sound | Theme Song Performance | 58 Average |
1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1964 | How Do You Like My Sister? | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1963 | Dans le vent | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1963 | Sweet Skin | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1960 | The Wolves in the Sheepfold | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
1960 | A Game for Six Lovers | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
Crew |
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1979 | Nocturnal Uproar | Crew | Compositor | 58 Average |
1968 | Love in the Night | Crew | Compositor | 58 Average |
1966 | Naked Hearts | Crew | Compositor | 58 Average |