Jacques Nolot

Jacques Nolot was born on 31 August 1943 in Marcillac, France and is a well known stage and character actor whose first feature film L'Arrière pays (1998) won the First Film Special Distinction Award at the Montreal World Film Festival and a FIPRESCI Special Mention Award at the Venice Film Festival both in 1998. It earned a nomination for Best New Director of a Feature Film at the César Awards in 1999. His next movie The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) also was critically acclaimed. He previously shot the short film Manège (1986) and also wrote several screenplays including I Don't Kiss (1991) and La Matiouette (1983), both directed by André Téchiné and Guys in the Cafe (1988), directed by Paul Vecchiali. Nolot first appeared in Hotel America (1981) and performed in many other films including Viva la vie (1984), Scene of the Crime (1986), Les innocents (1987) or Nénette and Boni (1996).