Antoine Bourseiller

Antoine Bourseiller (8 July 1930 – 21 May 2013) was a French comedian and opera and theatre director.^[1]

Born in Paris in 1930, from 1960 to 1963 Bourseiller headed the Studio des Champs-Elysées.^[1] In 1966, he was named director of the Centre dramatique national d'Aix-en-Provence. He also directed the Théâtre Récamier.^[2] From 1982 until 1996 he was director of the Opéra de Nancy et de Lorraine.^[2][3]

Bourseiller won the Prix du Concours des Jeunes compagnies in 1960 and the Grand Prix du théâtre du Syndicat de la critique in 1963.

Personal life

He had a daughter, Rosalie Varda, from his relationship with director Agnès Varda.^[4] He had a second daughter, the rejoneadora (bullfighter) Marie Sara (born Marie Bourseiller), from his marriage to actress Chantal Darget (born Marie Chantal Chauvet). From this marriage he also had a stepson, Christophe Bourseiller (born Christophe Gintzburger).

Partial filmography as actor

• Cléo de 5 à 7 (1961)
• Clara et les Chics Types (1981)

Filmography as director

• Marie Soleil (1966)
• Jean Genet: Entretien avec Antoine Bourseiller (Jean Genet: An Interview with Antoine Bourseiller) (1981)