A distinguished figure of French cinema, Jacques Perrin was both a beloved actor and an influential producer. Born in Paris, he starred as a young man in Jacques Demy's 'The Young Girls of Rochefort' (1967) and returned as the grown-up filmmaker Salvatore in 'Cinema Paradiso' (1988). As a producer he championed prestige and nature films, winning an Oscar for 'Z' (1969) and later co-directing the acclaimed documentaries 'Winged Migration' (2001) and 'Oceans' (2009). He died in 2022, remembered as a graceful, idealistic force in postwar French film. Read more