Vincent Macaigne (born 19 October 1978) is a French actor, theatre director and film director. He is also a screenwriter and playwright.
Life and career Macaigne was raised in Paris, the son of a French businessman and an Iranian-born painter. He has an elder brother, who is a forensic doctor. He attended the CNSAD between 1999 and 2002, and staged his first play in 2004. Throughout the 2000s, he acted in several theatre productions and also wrote and staged a number of plays. He suffered two strokes at just thirty years old, one of which occurred after his 2009 staging of the theatrical adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot. In an interview, he said the stroke has had no lasting consequences to his health.
His short film What We'll Leave Behind (Ce qu'il restera de nous) won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and was nominated for the César Award for Best Short Film.
In 2014, he received nominations for the César Award for Most Promising Actor and the Lumière Award for Best Male Revelation for his role in La Fille du 14 juillet.
His directorial feature film debut, Dom Juan, is an adaptation of the play of the same name by Molière. It was screened in the Cineasts of the Present section at the 2015 Locarno International Film Festival.
Filmography
As actor Year Title Role Director Notes1998 Jeanne et le loup Cyril Laurent Jaoui TV movie2001 Replay Henri Catherine Corsini2002 Le doux amour des hommes The server Jean-Paul Civeyrac2004 Quand je serai star The actor Patrick Mimouni2007 24 mesures The internal Jalil Lespert2008 On War Bertrand Bonello Le jour où Ségolène a gagné The Belgian Nicolas Pariser short Écrire pour un chanteur Guilhem Amesland TV series (1 episode)2009 Le naufragé Sylvain Guillaume Brac short2011 A Burning Hot Summer Achille Philippe Garrel Rives Unhappy Customer Armel Hostiou La règle de trois Vincent Louis Garrel short Un monde sans femmes Sylvain Guillaume Brac short Moonlight Lover Vincent Guilhem Amesland short I'm Your Man Bruno Keren Ben Rafael short Goldman Victor Christophe Blanc TV movie2012 Crazy Pink Limo The former lover Joséphine de Meaux short Le monde à l'envers Thierry Sylvain Desclous short À l'ombre du palmier The tourist Bruno Veniard short2013 The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu Pator Antonin Peretjatko Nominated – César Award for Most Promising ActorNominated – Lumière Award for Best Male Revelation Age of Panic Vincent Justine Triet Mar del Plata International Film Festival – Best ActorÉtoiles d'Or – Best Male Newcomer 2 Autumns, 3 Winters Arman Sébastien Betbeder Tonnerre Maxime Guillaume Brac Bombay International Film Festival – Best Actor Kingston Avenue Vincent Armel Hostiou short Les lézards Léon Vincent Mariette short2014 Eden Arnaud Mia Hansen-Løve Fool Circle Bruno Camus Vincent Mariette Truffaut au présent Axelle Ropert TV miniseries2015 Two Friends Clément Louis Garrel Nominated – Lumière Award for Best Actor Une histoire américaine Vincent Armel Hostiou Le repas dominical Jean Céline Devaux short2016 Agnus Dei Samuel Anne Fontaine News from Planet Mars Jérôme Dominik Moll La Loi de la jungle Marc Châtaigne Antonin Peretjatko Les philosophes Guilhem Amesland2017 C'est la vie! Julien Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache2018 Doubles vies Léonard Spiegel Olivier Assayas2020 Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait François Emmanuel Mouret2021 The Night Doctor (Médecin de nuit) Mikaël Élie Wajeman Dear Mother Michel Verdoux Laurent Lafitte Love Songs for Tough Guys (Cette musique ne joue pour personne) Eric Lamb Samuel Benchetrit2022 Irma Vep René Vidal / Louis Feuillade Olivier Assayas TV miniseries En même temps Pascal Molitor Benoit Delépine & Gustave Kervern Diary of a Fleeting Affair Simon Emmanuel Mouret Nominated – César Award for Best ActorNominated – Lumière Award for Best Actor 2023 Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe Pierre Bonnard Martin Provost 2024 Suspended Time Paul Berger Olivier Assayas Three Friends Victor Harzouian Emmanuel Mouret 2025 Cicadas Phillip Ina Weisse Arco Dougie (voice) Ugo Bienvenu 2026 Call My Agent! The Movie Himself Émilie Noblet
As filmmaker Year Title Role Notes 2012 Ce qu'il restera de nous Director, writer, cinematographer & editor ShortClermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Grand PrixClermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Press AwardClermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Special Mention of the Youth JuryNominated - César Award for Best Short Film2013 Kingston Avenue Co-writer Short directed by Armel Hostiou Mille pattes et crapaud Animator Short directed by Anna Khlmelevskaya2015 Dom Juan Director Nominated - Locarno International Film Festival - Nescens Prize Une histoire américaine Writer Directed by Armel Hostiou
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