Philippe Gaulier | |
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 Gaulier in 2005 | |
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| Organization | École Philippe Gaulier |
| Spouse | Michiko Miyazaki Gaulier |
| Website | ecolephilippegaulier |
Philippe Gaulier is a French master clown, pedagogue, and professor of theatre. He is the founder of École Philippe Gaulier, a French theatre school in Étampes, outside Paris. He studied under Jacques Lecoq in the mid-1960s and was an instructor at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in the late 1970s. As well as performing as a clown, he is also a playwright and director. He has published The Tormentor (Le Gégèneur), a book discussing his thoughts on the theatre and containing exercises designed to develop an actor's skill. Gaulier is known for performing both clown and bouffon comic genres.[1]
Sacha Baron Cohen, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, Roberto Benigni, Simon McBurney, Kathryn Hunter, Viggo Venn, Mathew Baynton number among his students. Cohen has particularly praised him for "help[ing him] understand how to be funny,"[2] and in 2001 stated that he was "probably the funniest man I have ever met."[3]
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (27 October 2020). "Before Borat: meet the anti-PC French clown who taught Sacha Baron Cohen to be funny". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
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