Daniel Mesguich
Daniel Mesguich (born 15 July 1952) is a French actor and director in theater and opera, and professor of stage acting school.
Daniel Mesguich
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- Born
- 1952. · Algiers.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- theatre director, actor, writer, drama teacher and film director.
- Education
- Lycée Thiers, Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Marseille and Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the National Order of Merit and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
- Languages
- French.
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Daniel Mesguich studied at Lycée Thiers, Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Marseille and Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique. Florence Viala and Xavier Thiam are recorded as having studied under Daniel Mesguich. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include director. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the National Order of Merit and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
In 1970, he was admitted into the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, after which he opened the Théâtre du Miroir ("Mirror Theater"), with whom he opened a course in drama. After ten years, he returned to the school to teach at the request of Jean-Pierre Miquel, becoming the youngest professor on campus. He is currently the director of the school. He has acted in over a hundred plays, fifty operas in France and abroad, and some 40 movies and television pieces. The actor William Mesguich is his son.
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1978: Molière by Ariane Mnouchkine 1978: Le Dossier 51 by Michel Deville 1979: Love on the Run by François Truffaut 1980: The Lady Banker by Francis Girod 1981: Quartet by James Ivory 1983: La Belle captive by Alain Robbe-Grillet 1990: L'Autrichienne by Pierre Granier-Deferre (as Fouquier-Tinville) 1994: Jefferson in Paris by James Ivory 1996: Limited Edition by Bernard Rapp 2001: The Musketeer by Peter Hyams (as King Louis XIII) 2003: Le Divorce by James Ivory
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scholarly publication
- Daniel Mesguich, Contemporary European Theatre Directors, 2020
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- 1.« Une enfance juive en Méditerranée musulmane », africultures.com, 21 mai 2012.
- 2.Nadia Khouri-Dagher, « Une enfance juive en Méditerranée musulmane ». Textes recueillis par Leïla Sebbar, babelmed.net, 28 mai 2012.
- 3.Vie d'artiste. Ecriture. 2012-11-07. 978-2-35905-082-0.
- 4.Estuaires. Editions Gallimard. 2017-05-25. 978-2-07-272875-4.
- 5.Denise Bonal et Daniel Mesguich sont nommés professeurs. Le Monde. 1983-07-02 lire en.
- 6.Conservatoire d'art dramatique : Daniel Mesguich cède la place à Claire Lasne. Franceinfo. 2013-11-04.
- 7.Fronde étudiante au Conservatoire. Le Monde. 2013-02-20 lire en.
- 8.Claire Lasne-Darcueil nommée au Conservatoire d'art dramatique. Le Monde. 2013-11-06 lire en.
- 9.Coup de coeur Parole Enregistrée et Documents Sonores 2020. Académie Charles-Cros.
- 10.Poker tournant. INA.
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