Jean-Michel Ribes (born 15 December 1946, in

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and actor. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the

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. Between 1982 and 1984 Ribes had directed ''Merci Bernard'' and since 1988 works on ''Palace''. In 2008, Ribes had directed ''Batailles'' which he co-wrote with

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and next year became a director of the ''Un garçon impossible'', a play by Petter S. Rosenlund and 's ''Les Diablogues''. In 2010, in Théâtre du Rond-Point he directed ''Les Nouvelles Brèves de Comptoir'' in which Jean-Marie Gourio had starred. In 2011, he wrote and directed ''René l’énervé -

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et tumultueux'', on the music by Reinhardt Wagner. A year later, he returned to Théâtre du Rond-Point at which he directed play ''Théâtre sans animaux'' and Sébastien Thiéry's '' L’Origine du Monde'' in 2013.

Theater

Filmography

*1978: '' The Swindle'' *1986: ''La galette du roi'' *1993: ''Chacun pour toi'' *2008: '' The Maiden and the Wolves'' *2008: '' A Day at the Museum'' *2014: '' Brèves de comptoir''

Awards

*2001: Plaisir du Théâtre Award *2007: ''Chevalier'' (Knight) of the

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References

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Portrait of Jean-Michel Ribes
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