This article is about the French author, filmmaker, composer and actor. For the Australian footballer see Cyril Collard (footballer).Cyril Collard (19 December 1957, Paris − 5 March 1993) was a French author, filmmaker, composer, musician and actor. He is known for his unapologetic portrayals of bisexuality and HIV in art, particularly his autobiographical novel and film Les Nuits Fauves (Savage Nights). Openly bisexual, Collard was also one of the first French artists to speak openly about his HIV-positive status.
December 19, 1957, 16th arrondissement, Paris, France
Died
March 5, 1993, Paris, France
Place Of Birth
Paris, France
Profession
Writer, Actor, Director
Parents
Claude Collard, Janine Chokier
Albums
Les nuits fauves
Movies
Savage Nights, To Our Loves, Alger la blanche
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Fact
1
It was not vanity that had him playing the 1992 autobiographical role of bisexual Jean in "Savage Nights." No other French actor was willing to touch such a risky, career-threatening part.
2
The controversy unleashed by his autobiographical book and film "Savage Nights" was compounded after the actual woman on whom the female character of Laura is based, became infected, contracted AIDS and died.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rai
1995
screenplay
Les nuits fauves
1992
Le Lyonnais
TV Series adaptation - 1 episode, 1990 dialogue - 1 episode, 1990
Alger la blanche
1986
Short
Grand huit
1982
Short
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les nuits fauves
1992
Jean
Côté nuit
1987
Short
Mariage blanc
1986
TV Movie
Mathieu
Le petit docteur
1986
TV Series
Didier
À nos amours
1983
Jean-Pierre
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les nuits fauves
1992
Le Lyonnais
1990
TV Series 1 episode
Alger la blanche
1986
Short
Grand huit
1982
Short
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le coeur musicien
1987
Documentary second unit director
À nos amours
1983
assistant director
L'heure exquise
1981
Documentary assistant director
Loulou
1980
assistant director
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alger la blanche
1986
Short producer
Grand huit
1982
Short co-producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
House of Boys
2009
music: "L
Casting Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Under the Sun of Satan
1987
casting
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les nuits fauves
1992
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le Lyonnais
1990
TV Series 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Après le sud
2011
dedicatee
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chien-Loup: Un portrait de Cyril Collard
1994
TV Movie documentary
Cinema 3
1993
TV Series
Himself
Apostrophes
1987
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois
2004
Documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1993
César
César Awards, France
Best Film (Meilleur film)
Les nuits fauves (1992)
1993
César
César Awards, France
Best First Work (Meilleure première oeuvre)
Les nuits fauves (1992)
1992
FIPRESCI Prize
Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
Les nuits fauves (1992)
1992
Jury Special Prize
Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
Feature Film
Les nuits fauves (1992)
1992
Audience Award
Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
Best Feature Film
Les nuits fauves (1992)
1987
Critics Award
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
Best Short
Alger la blanche (1986)
1986
Audience Award
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
National Competition
Alger la blanche (1986)
1986
Canal+ Award
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Alger la blanche (1986)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1993
César
César Awards, France
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
Les nuits fauves (1992)
1993
César
César Awards, France
Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation)
Les nuits fauves (1992)
1992
Prize of the City of Torino
Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
Best Feature Film
Les nuits fauves (1992)
1987
César
César Awards, France
Best Short Film - Fiction (Meilleur court-métrage de fiction)
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