---
name: "Antoine Bourseiller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/antoine-bourseiller"
fi1m_id: "antoine-bourseiller"
imdb_id: "nm0100171"
tmdb_id: 7566
wikidata_id: "Q2853722"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 July 1930"
died: "21 May 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:11:12.932258+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Antoine Bourseiller

## Identity

Antoine Bourseiller

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/antoine-bourseiller
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** antoine-bourseiller
- **IMDb ID:** nm0100171
- **TMDB ID:** 7566
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2853722
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Bourseiller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2853722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7566

Actor. Born 8 July 1930 in Paris, France. Died 21 May 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 July 1930, Paris, France
- **Died:** 21 May 2013
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Bourseiller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2853722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7566

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cléo from 5 to 7*](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md) (88)
- **HBO Max:** [*Masculin Féminin*](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Antoine Bourseiller (1930–2013) was a French actor, theatre director and opera director. Born in Paris, he studied under Jean Vilar and won the Concours des Jeunes Compagnies in 1960 with his production of Mélissa. He subsequently directed a number of Parisian and regional theatres, including the Studio des Champs-Élysées, the Centre dramatique national du Sud-Est and the Opéra de Nancy et de Lorraine.

Bourseiller appeared in several films, notably as the soldier Antoine in Agnès Varda’s *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962) and, uncredited, as Brigitte Bardot’s director in Jean-Luc Godard’s *Masculin Féminin* (1966). He also directed the feature *Marie Soleil* (1964). He received the Grand Prix du théâtre du Syndicat de la critique in 1963 and was appointed Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1993.

He was the father of costume designer Rosalie Varda from his relationship with Agnès Varda.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), Fi1m 88, as Antoine — [page](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Masculin Féminin* (1966), Fi1m 76, as Brigitte Bardot's Director (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Three Seats for the 26th* (1988), as Fonteneau
- *Clara and the Why Notes* (1981), Actor
- *Jean Genet: An Interview with Antoine Bourseiller* (1981), Director
- *A Bad Son* (1980), as psychologue de l'hygiène mentale
- *Joséphine, ou la comédie des ambitions* (1979), series, as Fouché
- *A. Constant* (1977), as Uncle Charles
- *The War Is Over* (1966), as Male Traveler
- *Masculin Féminin* (1966), as Brigitte Bardot's Director (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md)
- *Marie Soleil* (1964), Director, Writer
- *Les Culottes rouges* (1962), as Le metteur en scène
- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), as Antoine — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md)
- *Famous Love Affairs* (1961), as Gaudry, le parfumeur boiteux
- *O Seasons, O Castles* (1958), as Narrator (voice)
- *Diary of a Pregnant Woman* (1958), Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1993: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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