French actor, film director and screenwriter
Éric Caravaca
Born (1966-11-21 ) 21 November 1966 (age 57) Occupation(s) Actor, film director, screenwriter Years active 1998–present
Éric Caravaca (born 21 November 1966) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.[ 1] [ 2]
The son of an engineer, Caravaca (of Spanish origin) studied literature while taking acting lessons. After obtaining his degree, he left for Paris , where he joined l'École nationale supérieure d'arts et techniques du théâtre, and completed his formation at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique . He then went to New York City in 1993, where he studied at the Actors Studio for a year.
Upon his return to France, he began his career in theatre and gained attention in Samuel Beckett 's Waiting for Godot . He made his film debut in 1996, in Un samedi sur la terre by Diane Bertrand . He played mostly small roles until C'est quoi la vie? , directed by François Dupeyron in 1999, which earned him the César Award for Most Promising Actor . He worked again with Dupeyron in La chambre des officiers in 2001, and appeared as Luc in Patrice Chéreau 's film Son frère in 2003, opposite Bruno Todeschini .
He directed his first film The Passenger in 2005, in which he also played a role (Thomas), opposite Julie Depardieu , which was presented at the Venice Film Festival .
Selected filmography
1998 - La voie est libre , directed by Stéphane Clavier
1999 - Empty Days , directed by Marion Vernoux
1999 - La vie ne me fait pas peur , directed by Noémie Lvovsky
1999 - C'est quoi la vie?
2000 - La parenthèse enchantée , directed by Michel Spinosa
2000 - Sans plomb , director Muriel Téodori
2001 - The Officers' Ward , directed by François Dupeyron
2002 - Les amants du Nil , directed by Eric Heumann
2002 - Novo , directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin
2003 - Son frère , directed by Patrice Chéreau
2003 - That Woman , directed by Guillaume Nicloux
2004 - Inguelezi , directed by François Dupeyron
2005 - The Passenger
2006 - La Raison du plus faible , directed by Lucas Belvaux
2007 - Mon colonel , directed by Laurent Herbiet
2008 - Cliente , directed by Josiane Balasko
2009 - Eden à l'ouest [1] , directed by Costas Gavras
2009 - Une petite zone de turbulences , directed by Alfred Lot
2010 - La petite chambre , directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond
2011 - Chicken with Plums directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
2015 - Prejudice directed by Antoine Cuypers
2017 - Back to Burgundy directed by Cédric Klapisch
2017 - Lover for a Day
2018 – Hippocrate , directed by Thomas Lilti
2019 - By the Grace of God directed by François Ozon
2021 - Everything Went Fine directed by François Ozon
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