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name: "Maurice Pialat"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "31 August 1925"
died: "11 January 2003"
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# Maurice Pialat

## Identity

Maurice Pialat

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maurice-pialat
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maurice-pialat
- **IMDb ID:** nm0681207
- **TMDB ID:** 16988
- **Wikidata ID:** Q503898
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Pialat, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681207/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16988

Director. Born 31 August 1925 in Cunlhat, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France. Died 11 January 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 31 August 1925, Cunlhat, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
- **Died:** 11 January 2003
- **Also known as:** 모리스 피알라,  莫里斯·皮亚拉
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Pialat, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681207/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16988

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Loulou*](https://film.one/film/loulou.md) (80)

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## Biography

Maurice Pialat was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He was born on 31 August 1925 in Cunlhat, Puy-de-Dôme, and died on 11 January 2003 in Paris.

Pialat came to feature filmmaking late, directing his debut *L'enfance nue* (*Naked Childhood*, 1969) at the age of 43. He went on to complete ten features over a 35-year career. His work is noted for its rigorous and unsentimental style, often drawing on autobiographical elements. He directed Gérard Depardieu in four films, including *Loulou* (1980), on which he also served as writer.

Pialat won the Palme d'Or at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for *Sous le soleil de Satan* (*Under the Sun of Satan*). Other notable films include *À nos amours* (1983), *Police* (1985) and *Van Gogh* (1991).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Loulou* (1980), Fi1m 80, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/loulou.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Murderers* (2006), Idea
- *Their First Films* (2004), Director
- *Le Garçu* (1995), Director, Screenplay
- *Van Gogh* (1991), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Under the Sun of Satan* (1987), as Menou-Segrais · Director, Writer
- *Police* (1985), Director, Screenplay
- *Grosse* (1985), as Le réalisateur
- *A Nos Amours* (1983), as Le Père · Director, Screenplay
- *Cinématon XXIV* (1982), as N°236
- *Loulou* (1980), Director, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/loulou.md)
- *Cinématon* (1978), as N°236
- *Graduate First* (1978), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Lola's Lolos* (1976), as The tool seller
- *My Little Loves* (1974), as Henri's Friend
- *The Mouth Agape* (1974), Director, Writer, Producer
- *We Won't Grow Old Together* (1972), Director, Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *The House in the Woods* (1971), series, as Testard, l'instituteur · Director, Creator
- *This Man Must Die* (1969), as Inspecteur Constant
- *Naked Childhood* (1969), Director, Writer
- *La Camargue* (1966), Director, Writer
- *Le Quartier Latin* (1966), Director
- *Lugdunum* (1966), Director
- *De la mer jaillira la lumière* (1966), Director
- *Van Gogh* (1965), Director
- *Pigalle* (1965), Director
- *La Parisienne et les grands magasins* (1965), Director
- *Les Champs-Élysées* (1965), Director
- *Agnès Varda tourne...* (1965), Director
- *The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows* (1964), Actor
- *Byzance* (1964), Director
- *Bosphore* (1964), Director
- *Pehlivan* (1964), Writer, Director
- *Golden Horn* (1964), Director
- *Istanbul* (1964), Director
- *Maître Galip* (1964), Director
- *Pierres éparses* (1962), Director
- *Janine* (1961), Director
- *Love Exists* (1960), Director
- *The Familiar Shadow* (1958), Director, Writer
- *Un américain* (1958), Assistant Director
- *Funny Reels* (1957), as Ruby Alcow · Director, Writer
- *Congrès eucharistique diocésain* (1953), Director
- *Isabelle aux Dombes* (1951), Director

## Gallery

- ![Maurice Pialat](https://film.one/media/person/3923325/gallery-c3597e1e6379.jpg) Maurice Pialat — Image via TMDB
- ![Maurice Pialat](https://film.one/media/person/3923325/gallery-218874b45c24.jpg) Maurice Pialat — Image via TMDB
- ![Maurice Pialat](https://film.one/media/person/3923325/gallery-53e3557ad49e.jpg) Maurice Pialat — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 1987: Palme d'Or (won), for *Under the Sun of Satan*

### Other awards — 2 won, 7 nominated

- César Award for Best Director 1992: César Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Van Gogh*
- César Award for Best Film 1992: César Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Van Gogh*
- César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation 1992: César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation (nominated), for *Van Gogh*
- César Award for Best Director 1988: César Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Under the Sun of Satan*
- César Award for Best Film 1988: César Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Under the Sun of Satan*
- César Award for Best Director 1984: César Award for Best Director (nominated), for *À Nos Amours*
- César Award for Best Film 1984: César Award for Best Film (won), for *À Nos Amours*
- Louis Delluc Prize 1983: Louis Delluc Prize (won), for *À Nos Amours*
- César Award for Best Film 1981: César Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Loulou*

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

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