Biography: life and films
Serge Gainsbourg was a French actor, singer and film director whose birth name was Lucien Ginsburg. He was born in Paris, France on 2nd April 1928 and died in Paris, France on 2nd March 1991, aged 62.His best films as a musician include Raoul Lévy's The Defector (1966), Bertrand Blier's thriller Si j'étais un espion (1967), Georges Lautner's crime-thriller Le Pacha (1968), Robert Benayoun's Paris n'existe pas (1969) and Je t'aime moi non plus (1976), and whose best work as a film director include Je t'aime moi non plus (1976), Équateur (1983) and Charlotte for Ever (1986).
Serge Gainsbourg supplied the music for 42 films, appeared in 30 films, directed 6 films (including 2 shorts) and scripted 5 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jacques Poitrenaud (4 films), William Klein (2), Robert Benayoun (2), Michel Boisrond (2), Gianfranco Parolini (2), François Leterrier (2), Claude Berri (2), Clarisse Gabus (2) and Bertrand Blier (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (22 films), comedy-drama (10), comedy (9), Thriller (6), romance (5), crime-thriller (4), comedy-romance (3), Documentary (3) and Fantasy (2).
Our average rating for Serge Gainsbourg over all films is: 2.5
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer; m = musician
Voulez-vous danser avec moi? (1959) [a]
La Rivolta degli schiavi (1960) [a]
Les Loups dans la bergerie (1960) [m]
Sansone (1961) [a]
La Furia di Ercole (1962) [a]
Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur? (1963) [m]
L'Inconnue de Hong Kong (1963) [a]
Strip-tease (1963) [a,m]
Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964) [m]
Carré de dames pour un as (1966) [a,m]
Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil (1966) [a,m]
Les Coeurs verts (1966) [m]
The Defector (1966) [m]
Ce sacré grand-père (1967) [a,m]
Estouffade à la Caraïbe (1967) [a]
L'Horizon (1967) [m]
L'Inconnu de Shandigor (1967) [a]
L'Une et l'autre (1967) [m]
Si j'étais un espion (1967) [m]
Toutes folles de lui (1967) [m]
Vivre la nuit (1967) [a]
Le Pacha (1968) [m]
Les Chemins de Katmandou (1969) [a,m]
Mr. Freedom (1969) [a,m]
Paris n'existe pas (1969) [a,m]
Slogan (1969) [a,m]
Cannabis (1970) [a,m]
La Horse (1970) [m]
Romance of a Horsethief (1971) [a]
Sex-shop (1972) [m]
The Day the Clown Cried (1972) [a]
Trop jolies pour être honnêtes (1972) [a,m]
La Morte negli occhi del gatto (1973) [a]
Projection privée (1973) [m]
Sérieux comme le plaisir (1975) [a]
Je t'aime moi non plus (1976) [d,w,m]
Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible (1977) [m]
Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977) [m]
Melancholy Baby (1979) [m]
Melancoly Baby (1979) [m]
Tapage nocturne (1979) [m]
Je vous aime (1980) [a,m]
Reporters (1981) [a]
Équateur (1983) [d,w,m]
Mode in France (1984) [m]
Charlotte for Ever (1986) [a,d,w,m]
Jane B. par Agnès V. (1987) [a]
Stan the Flasher (1990) [a,d,w,m]
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