Jacques Nolot
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Jacques Nolot was born on 31 August 1943 in Marcillac, France and is a
well known stage and character actor whose first feature film
L'arrière pays (1998) won the
First Film Special Distinction Award at the Montreal World Film
Festival and a FIPRESCI Special Mention Award at the Venice Film
Festival both in 1998. It earned a nomination for Best New Director of
a Feature Film at the César Awards in 1999. His next movie
The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
also was critically acclaimed. He previously shot the short film
Manège (1986) and also wrote several
screenplays including
I Don't Kiss (1991) and
La Matiouette (1983),
both directed by André Téchiné and
Guys in the Cafe (1988),
directed by Paul Vecchiali. Nolot first
appeared in
Hotel America (1981)
and performed in many other films including
Viva la vie (1984),
Scene of the Crime (1986),
Les innocents (1987) or
Nénette and Boni (1996).
