Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc (born 28 April 1943) is a French singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and actor. Some of Dutronc's best-known hits include "Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille" (which AllMusic has called "his finest hour"), "Le Responsable", and "Les Cactus". Dutronc played guitar in the rock group El Toro et les Cyclones. He wrote successful songs for singer Françoise Hardy in the 1960s before moving on to pursue a successful solo career. His music incorporated traditional French pop and French rock as well as styles such as psychedelic and garage rock. He was also very important in the yéyé music movement and has been a longtime songwriting collaborator with Jacques Lanzmann. According to AllMusic, Dutronc is "one of the most popular performers in the French-speaking world", although he "remains little known in English speaking territories" aside from a cult following in the UK. Dutronc later branched out into film acting, starting in 1973. He earned a César Award for Best Actor for the leading role in Van Gogh (1991), which was directed by Maurice Pialat. He married Hardy in 1981 and together they have a son, guitarist Thomas Dutronc (born 1973); the couple separated in 1988, but never divorced. Jacques Dutronc was born on 28 April 1943 at 67 Rue de Provence in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, the home of his parents, Pierre and Madeleine. His father was a manager for the state-run Office of Coal Distribution. Jacques was educated at Rocroy-Saint-Léon elementary school (now a lycée), the École de la Rue Blanche (now a drama school), and then at the École Professionnelle de Dessin Industriel, where he studied graphic design from 1959. In 1960, Dutronc formed a band with himself as guitarist, schoolfriend Hadi Kalafate as bassist, Charlot Bénaroch as drummer (later replaced with André Crudot), and Daniel Dray as singer. They auditioned in 1961 for Jacques Wolfsohn, an artistic director at Disques Vogue, who signed them and gave them the name El Toro et les Cyclones. The group released two singles, "L'Oncle John" and "Le Vagabond", but disbanded when Dutronc was obliged to undertake military service. After being discharged from the army in 1963, Dutronc briefly played guitar in Eddy Mitchell's backing band and was also given a job at Vogue as Jacques Wolfsohn's assistant. In this capacity, he co-wrote songs for artists such as ZouZou, Cléo, and Françoise Hardy. Wolfsohn asked Dutronc to work with Jacques Lanzmann, a novelist and editor of Lui magazine, to create songs for a beatnik singer called Benjamin. Benjamin released an EP in 1966, featuring songs written with Dutronc and a Lanzmann–Dutronc composition, "Cheveux longs" ("Long Hair"). However, Wolfsohn was disappointed by Benjamin's recording of a song titled "Et moi, et moi, et moi". A second version was recorded, with Dutronc's former bandmate Hadi Kalafate on vocals. Wolfsohn then asked Dutronc if he would be interested in recording his own version. The single reached number 2 in the French charts in September 1966. ... Source: Article "Jacques Dutronc" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For: Acting

Born: Paris, France, 1943-04-28

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1966	Le trésor de l’orpheline		0
2	1966	Christmas at Vaugirard	Self	0
3	1974	Antoine and Sebastian	Sébastien	0
4	1974	OK Patron	Léon Bonnet	50
5	1975	That Most Important Thing: Love	Jacques Chevalier	70
6	1976	The Good and the Bad	Jacques	56
7	1976	Mado	Pierre	65
8	1976	Mosaïque	Self	90
9	1977	Violette & Francois	François Levene	61
10	1977	Focal Point	Julien	50
11	1978	Sale rêveur	Jérôme	0
12	1978	The Savage State	Avit	62
13	1979	Pierrot mon ami	Pierrot	40
14	1979	Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
15	1979	Return to the Beloved	Julien	60
16	1979	Us Two	Simon Lacassaigne	62
17	1979	The Bit Between the Teeth	Loïc Le Guenn	56
18	1979	The Black Sheep	Vincent Messonier	0
19	1980	L'entourloupe	Olivier	53
20	1980	Every Man for Himself	Paul Godard	62
21	1981	Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))	Self	0
22	1981	Malevil	Colin	66
23	1981	The Red Shade	Léo	51
24	1982	Is There a Frenchman in the House?	Eric Plante	53
25	1982	Paradise for All	Pierre Valois	60
26	1983	Sarah	Arnold Samson	53
27	1983	Une jeunesse	Brossier	0
28	1984	Cheaters	Elric	51
29	1989	My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days	Lucas	61
30	1989	Separate Bedrooms	Francis	53
31	1991	Van Gogh	Van Gogh	68
32	1992	Sweetheart	Antoine Gardella	63
33	1993	Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania		65
34	1993	Dutronc au Casino	Self	60
35	1995	Le Maître des éléphants	Garoubier	58
36	1996	Les Victimes	Bernard Jaillac	45
37	1998	Place Vendôme	Battistelli	63
38	2000	Nightcap	André Polonski	63
39	2001	C'est la vie	Dimitri	70
40	2002	Summer Things	Bertrand Lannier	59
41	2002	A Day in the Life of French Cinema	Self	0
42	2004	Pédale dure	Charles	34
43	2007	My Place in the Sun	Gérard	54
44	2007	UV	Dad	62
45	2007	The Second Wind	Orloff	60
46	2010	Joseph et la fille	Joseph	0
47	2010	Jacques Dutronc - Et vous, et vous, et vous...	Self	0
48	2014	Les Francis	Orso	50
49	2014	Les Vieilles Canailles	Self	70
50	2014	Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui		80
51	2016	Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires	Self	0
52	2016	The Discreet Françoise Hardy	Self	85
53	2017	Les Vieilles Canailles 2017	Self	80
54	2017	Dutronc, la vie malgré lui	Self	0
55	2018	Kiss & Tell	Bertrand	58
56	2019	Les Vieilles Canailles : Histoire d'un concert mythique	Self	80
57	2020	Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses	Self	80
58	2022	La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président	Self (archive footage)	72
59	2022	Sheila, toutes ces vies-là	Self (archive footage)	75

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	Discorama	Self	0
2	1964	Vergißmeinnicht	Self	0
3	1965	Hör hin, schau zu!	self	0
4	1965	Dim Dam Dom	Self	60
5	1965	Beat-Club	Self	83
6	1966	4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet	Self	0
7	1971	Samedi soir	Self	60
8	1971	Cadet Rousselle	Self	0
9	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
10	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self - Main Guest	80
11	1972	Midi trente	Self	60
12	1974	Spécial cinéma	Self	0
13	1975	Midi Première	Self	100
14	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
15	1975	Numéro un	Self	60
16	1977	Fan School	Self	73
17	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
18	1985	Télématin	Self	45
19	1985	Victoires de la musique	Self	20
20	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
21	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self (Duplex)	65
22	1987	Collaricocoshow	Self	0
23	1987	Lahaye d'honneur	Self	0
24	1987	Téléthon	Self	50
25	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
26	2001	Star Academy	Self	64
27	2006	On n'est pas couché	Self - Guest	52
28	2021	Archives secrètes	Self (archive footage)	0
29	2022	Il était une fois Champs-Élysées	Self (archive footage)	66

Jacques Dutronc

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