Trivia

Served as a master teacher of film at the Columbia University, the City College of New York, and the School of Visual Arts for a program called On Set With French Cinema (2003).

Mainly stage director, who became well-known to critics as actor, director and manager of his high school's theater at the age of 15.

President of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 56th Cannes International Film Festival in 2003.

Directed the centennial staging of Richard Wagner's opera "The Ring of the Nibelung" at the Bayreuth Festival, polarizing fans and critics (1976).

Has supported Lionel Jospin's 2002 and Ségolène Royal's 2007 presidential campaign.

President of La Fémis, France's most prestigious film school, during three months (January 2007 - March 2007).

He worked very closely with the illustrious Claude Stratz in Parisian National Theatre and Cinema and the CNSAD - Paris Conservatory - for decades.

Youngest child of his parents, both painters.

Created and directed a public theater in Sartrouville, being just 22 years old (1966).

His funeral took place in the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. Mourners included Isabelle Huppert, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Vincent Perez, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Agnès Varda, François Hollande, Jane Birkin, Romain Duris, Nicole Garcia and Louis Garrel.