Escaping a military career forced on him by his officer father thanks to a chance meeting, while still enlisted, with future director Philippe de Broca, Brialy went on to became a central actor of the French New Wave, appearing in films by Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and, particularly, Claude Chabrol; he turned in a masterful performance as the cynically demonic urbanite opposite Gerard Blain's country bumpkin in Chabrol's "The Cousins" (1959). Brialy's directorial efforts, beginning in 1971 with "Eglantine", have proved competent but unexceptional.
- Born:
March 30, 1933 in Aumale, Algeria
- Died:
May 30, 2007.
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Job Titles:
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Education
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Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France, philosophy
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Strasbourg Conservatoire, Strasbourg, France
Milestones
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1956 Acted in short films by Rohmer ( La Sonate a Kreutzer ), Rivette ( Le coup de Berger ), Godard ( Tous les garcons s appelent Patrick ) and Doniol-Valcroze ( Les surmenes )
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1956 Acted in Renoir s Elena et les hommes but cut from final version
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1957 Feature film acting debut in L ami de la famille (dir. Jacques Pinoteau)
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1971 Feature film directing and co-writing debut, Eglantine
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Narrated Army-produced shorts and newsreels for two years
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Staged plays and shows on amateur basis during military service in Baden-Baden