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Antoine de Caunes (b. 1953)

Alias:
Paul Persavon

Birthplace:
Paris, France

Born:
December 1, 1953

Biography from TheMovieDB

Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) is a French television presenter, actor, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes.  He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including Cobra and Space Sheriff Gavan (known in France as X-Or).  His early TV appearances included Chorus (1975), the series Les Enfants du rock, again for A2, and then his breakthrough with Nulle part ailleurs for Canal+.  De Caunes came to fame in the English-speaking world on the BBC2 television series Rapido, notable for his catchphrase, in the thickest of French accents, "Rap, Rap, Rap, Rapiiiidoo". He then went on to create the long-running adult entertainment programme Eurotrash with Jean-Paul Gaultier for Channel 4. He also presented a short-lived chat show on Channel 4 called Le Show. In addition he appeared in an advertising campaign for Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles ice lollies.  From 2013 until 2015, he hosted the daily evening show Le Grand Journal on Canal+.  He provided voices in the Aardman Animation TV show Rex the Runt.  He is a long-time AIDS awareness campaigner, fronting the organisation Solidarité sida (AIDS Solidarity).  Source: Article "Antoine de Caunes" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Film Production

Director:
2001  Love Bites
2003  Monsieur N.
2006  Twice Upon a Time
2008  Coluche
2008  Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
2012  Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder

Producer:
2001  Love Bites
2003  Monsieur N.
2006  Twice Upon a Time
2008  Coluche
2008  Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
2012  Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder
????  Devo - Full Concert 1978

Screenplay:
2001  Love Bites
2003  Monsieur N.
2006  Twice Upon a Time
2008  Coluche
2008  Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
2012  Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder
????  Devo - Full Concert 1978

Thanks:
2001  Love Bites
2003  Monsieur N.
2006  Twice Upon a Time
2008  Coluche
2008  Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
2012  Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder
2022  Tell Me Iggy
????  Devo - Full Concert 1978

Writer:
2001  Love Bites
2003  Monsieur N.
2006  Twice Upon a Time
2008  Coluche
2008  Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
2012  Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder
2022  Tell Me Iggy
????  Devo - Full Concert 1978

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Director:
????  Le Meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

Writer:
2022  Mostra, Venise
2023  Cannes
????  Le Meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

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