Emmanuel Courcol

Emmannuel Courcol (born December 25, 1957) is a French actor and filmmaker.^[1]

Emmanuel Courcol
Born	(1957-12-25) December 25, 1957 (age 67)
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director, screenwriter

Education

In 1984, Courcol graduated from the École Nationale des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre, where he had studied acting.^[1]

Career

After acting in a number of feature films, Courcol ventured into screenwriting with the 2001 film Mademoiselle directed by Philippe Lioret.^[1] In 2010, he was nominated alongside Lioret and Olivier Adam for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay for Welcome.^[2]

Courcol's directorial debut, Ceasefire, was released in 2016.^[3] His second feature film, The Big Hit, was awarded the 2020 European Film Award for Best Comedy.^[1] The Marching Band, Courcol's third directorial effort, premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Actor	Role	Ref.
2001	Mademoiselle	No	Yes	Yes	Arthuis	[1]
2004	The Light	No	Yes	Yes	Parish priest	[1]
2009	Welcome	No	Yes	Yes	Supermarket manager	[5]
2011	All Our Desires	No	Yes	Yes	Doctor Stroesser	[1]
2013	Géraldine je t'aime	Yes	Yes	No	—	[1]
2015	Boomerang	No	Yes	No	—	[1]
	Face Down	No	Yes	No	—	[1]
2016	Ceasefire	Yes	Yes	No	—	[3]
2019	In the Name of the Land	No	Yes	Yes	Notary	[1]
	I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere	No	Yes	No	—	[1]
2020	The Big Hit	Yes	Yes	No	—	[4]
2024	The Marching Band	Yes	Yes	No	—	[4]

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Actor	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	L'histoire du Samedi	No	No	Yes	Sebastien	1 episode
2001	The Judge is a Woman	No	No	Yes	Alexis	1 episode
2003	Avocats & associés	No	No	Yes	Robert	1 episode
2004	Sauveur Giordano	No	No	Yes	Michel Prévin	1 episode
2022	Boxer les mots	Yes	Yes	No	—	TV movie	[6]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	César Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Welcome	Nominated	[2]
2020	European Film Awards	Best Comedy	The Big Hit	Won	[1]