# Film Legend Michel Piccoli Dies Aged 94

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R.I.P.

[Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michel-piccoli-dead-french-actor-godards-contempt-was-94-1219481)

[Yahoo News](https://news.yahoo.com/french-screen-legend-michel-piccoli-dead-94-115408608.html)

Jean Renoir, Alexandre Astruc, Luis Buñuel, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Costa-Gavras, Alain Resnais, Roger Vadim, Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy, Michel Deville, Mario Bava, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Marco Ferreri, Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Sautet, Claude Chabrol, Claude Faraldo, Bertrand Tavernier, Sergio Corbucci, Louis Malle, Liliana Cavani, Claude Lelouch, Jerzy Skolimowski, Youssef Chahine, Leos Carax, Jirí Weiss, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Claude Brisseau, Édouard Molinaro, Manoel de Oliveira, Enki Bilal, Raoul Ruiz, Pascal Bonitzer, Bertrand Blier, Otar Iosseliani, Bertrand Bonello, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Nanni Moretti, these are just some of the filmmakers Michel Piccoli worked with.

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> **[Michel Piccoli - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681566/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)**
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> Michel Piccoli. Actor: Contempt. This suave, elegant character star was a ubiquitous presence in French cinema for nearly seven decades. His distinguished career extended to both stage and screen and his versatility was such that he could take on...

Loved La Grande Bouffe. RIP.