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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.
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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
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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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