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name: "Jean-Claude Biette"
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imdb_id: "nm0081661"
tmdb_id: 236609
wikidata_id: "Q3164842"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 November 1942"
died: "10 June 2003"
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average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
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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."
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# Jean-Claude Biette

## Identity

Jean-Claude Biette

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-claude-biette
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-claude-biette
- **IMDb ID:** nm0081661
- **TMDB ID:** 236609
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3164842
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3164842, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/236609

Actor. Born 6 November 1942 in Paris, France. Died 10 June 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 November 1942, Paris, France
- **Died:** 10 June 2003
- **Active:** 1975–1992
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 78 (1), 1990s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3164842, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/236609

## Biography

Jean-Claude Biette (6 November 1942 – 10 June 2003) was a French filmmaker, actor and critic. Born in Paris, he contributed to *Cahiers du cinéma* from 1964 and later co-founded the film journal *Trafic* with Serge Daney. He worked as an assistant director on Pier Paolo Pasolini’s *Oedipus Rex* (1967) during a period spent in Italy.

Biette directed eight feature films, including *Le Théâtre des matières* (1977), *Loin de Manhattan* (1981), *Le Champignon des Carpathes* (1990), *Le Complexe de Toulon* (1995), *Trois Ponts sur la rivière* (1999) and *Saltimbank* (2003). He also appeared as an actor in films such as *The Mother and the Whore* (1973, uncredited), *A Tale of Winter* (1992) as Quentin, and several of his own works.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Tale of Winter* (1992), Fi1m 78, as Quentin — [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-winter.md)
- *India Song* (1975), Fi1m 78, as Voix de la Réception (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/india-song.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Saltimbank* (2003), as Vania · Writer, Director
- *Salò: Yesterday and Today* (2002), Actor
- *The Adolescent* (2001), as Nicolas
- *Three Bridges on the River* (1999), Director, Screenplay
- *Le Dieu Mozart II* (1998), as Nicolas
- *Mange ta soupe* (1997), Actor
- *Oncle Vania* (1997), as Ivan Petrovitch Verkhovenski (oncle Vania)
- *The Complex of Toulon* (1996), Director, Scenario Writer
- *Open Season* (1993), Director
- *A Tale of Winter* (1992), as Quentin — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-winter.md)
- *The Carpathian Mushroom* (1990), Director, Writer
- *Deux dames sérieuses* (1988), as Mr. Dockerty
- *Archipelago of Love* (1983), Director
- *Pornoscopie* (1983), Director, Writer
- *Far from Manhattan* (1982), Director, Production Design, Screenplay
- *The Theatre of the Matters* (1977), Director, Writer
- *Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert* (1976), Actor
- *The Musician Killer* (1976), Actor
- *India Song* (1975), as Voix de la Réception (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/india-song.md)
- *The Garden That Tilts* (1975), Actor
- *The Adventures of Sylvia Couski* (1975), Actor
- *Céline and Julie Go Boating* (1974), as Spectateur au cabaret (uncredited)
- *The Mother and the Whore* (1973), as Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)
- *La Sœur du cadre* (1973), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Le Château de Pointilly* (1972), as Sound Director
- *Othon* (1971), as Martianus
- *Ce que cherche Jacques* (1970), Director
- *La Partenza* (1968), Director
- *Oedipus Rex* (1967), Assistant Director
- *Here I Read* (1966), Director, Writer
- *Suzanne’s Career* (1963), as Jean-Louis (uncredited)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Prix France Culture Cinéma 1999: Prix France Culture Cinéma (won)

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

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