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Melvil Poupaud
Melvil Poupaud (born 26 January 1973) is a French actor, author and filmmaker.
Career.
Poupaud's first appearance was, as a child, in Raúl Ruiz's 1983 film "City of Pirates". He met Ruiz through his mother, Chantal Poupaud, who was a well-known press relations officer in the French film world.
He starred in François Ozon's "Time to Leave", and co-starred with Parker Posey in Zoe Cassavetes' "Broken English".
Poupaud dated actress Chiara Mastroianni for four years from the age of 16 to 20. Though the two split up they remained friends and collaborators for decades with Mastroianni crediting Poupaud with encouraging her to pursue acting as a career and Poupaud crediting Mastroianni for his friendship with her ex-husband Benjamin Biolay.
Bibliography.
Melvil Poupaud, Quel est Mon noM, Paris, Éditions Stock, coll. « La Bleue », 7 septembre 2011, 288 p. ()
Other awards.
- 1998: Berlin International Film