Jean-Michel Ribes (born 15 December 1946, in Paris) is a French playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, film maker and actor. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point.
Between 1982 and 1984 Ribes had directed Merci Bernard and since 1988 works on Palace. In 2008, Ribes had directed Batailles which he co-wrote with Roland Topor and next year became a director of the Un garçon impossible, a play by Petter S. Rosenlund and 's Les Diablogues. In 2010, in Théâtre du Rond-Point he directed Les Nouvelles Brèves de Comptoir in which Jean-Marie Gourio had starred. In 2011, he wrote and directed René l’énervé - Opéra bouffe et tumultueux, on the music by Reinhardt Wagner. A year later, he returned to Théâtre du Rond-Point at which he directed play Théâtre sans animaux and Sébastien Thiéry's L’Origine du Monde in 2013.
Theater YearTitleAuthorNotes1966Chez l'illustre écrivainOctave Mirbeau Je rêvais peut-êtreLuigi Pirandello 1967The AlchemistBen Jonson Herman est de retourAnonymous 1969Le lai de BarrabasFernando Arrabal 1970Les Fraises muscléesJean-Michel Ribes 1971Il faut que le sycomore couleJean-Michel Ribes 1972RumeursJean-Michel Ribes Je suis un steakJean-Michel Ribes Par delà les marronniersJean-Michel Ribes 1973Les Fraises muscléesJean-Michel Ribes 1974L'Odyssée pour une tasse de théJean-Michel Ribes 1975Dieu le veutJean-Michel Ribes Omphalos HôtelJean-Michel Ribes On loge la nuit-café à l'eauJean-Michel Ribes1976Tout contre un petit boisJean-Michel Ribes 1977Jacky ParadyJean-Michel Ribes 1983BataillesJean-Michel Ribes 1984True WestSam Shepard 1986RévoltesJean-Michel Ribes 1987Le pont des soupirsJacques OffenbachNominated – Molière Award for Best MusicalThe Birthday PartyHarold Pinter 1988La CagnotteEugène Labiche 1990La Cuisse du stewardJean-Michel Ribes 1994Brèves de comptoirJean-Marie GourioNominated – Molière Award for Best DirectorNominated – Molière Award for Best ComedyCirque à deuxBarry Creyton 1997Monsieur MondeJean-Michel Ribes 1998Rêver peut-êtreJean-Claude GrumbergNominated – Molière Award for Best DirectorNominated – Molière Award for Best CreationGrand Prix de la critique – Best French CreationLes Talons devantPatrick Bosso & Jean-Michel Ribes 1999Les Nouvelles Brèves de comptoirJean-Marie GourioNominated – Molière Award for Best ComedyTeddyJean-Louis Bourdon 2000Jeffrey Bernard Is UnwellKeith Waterhouse Amorphe d'OttenburgJean-Claude Grumberg 2001Théâtre sans animauxJean-Michel RibesMolière Award for Best ComedyMolière Award for Best PlaywrightGrand Prix du Théâtre de l’Académie françaiseNominated – Molière Award for Best Creation2002L'Enfant doJean-Claude GrumbergLe Complexe de ThénardierJosé Pliya La Priapée des écrevissesChristian Siméon 2003Le professeur Rollin a encore quelque chose à direFrançois Rollin Guy BedosGuy Bedos, Nicolas Bedos & Gérard Miller 2004Musée haut, musée basJean-Michel RibesNominated – Molière Award for Best Living Francophone AuthorNominated – Molière Award for Best CreationLe Jardin aux betteraves 2005MerciDaniel Pennac Dieu est un steward de bonne compositionYves RaveySans ascenseurSébastien Thiéry 2006Collection particulièreFrançois Morel2007J'ai toutThierry Illouz2008La Ferme des concombresPatrick RobineBataillesJean-Michel Ribes2009En umulig guttPetter S. Rosenlund Les Diablogues 2010Les Nouvelles Brèves de comptoirJean-Marie Gourio & Jean-Michel Ribes2011René l'énervéJean-Michel Ribes2013Théâtre sans animauxJean-Michel Ribes 2016Par-delà les marronniersJean-Michel Ribes
Filmography 1978: The Swindle 1986: La galette du roi 1993: Chacun pour toi 2008: The Maiden and the Wolves 2008: A Day at the Museum 2014: Brèves de comptoir
Awards 2001: Plaisir du Théâtre Award 2007: Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur
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Portrait of Jean-Michel Ribes by Braun-Vega