A French actor, screenwriter, and director, born in the French region of Lesnays to painter parents who instilled in him a love of the arts in all its forms. He studied at the Louis Legrand Institute and joined a private theater troupe at the institute. Then he began directing theatrical works at the institute. From here, he embarked on a career that lasted for years, during which he got to know the giants of theater directing such as Jean Vilar, who helped him discover the Berlin Theater Troupe, after he traveled to Germany and learned the German language. There, he learned film and opera directing. In the fifties of the twentieth century, his abilities in theater directing appeared and he directed the play (The Intervention) by the French writer (Victor Hugo). In 1966, he directed the play (The Village Heir) by the writer (Marivaux). His artistic works continued after that, until he took over the management of the (Sartrouville) Theater in Paris in 1966, when he was twenty-two years old. Then he traveled to Italy with the Italian director (Giorgio Scherhler) to participate in artistic performances. Then he returned again to Paris after his theatrical experience in Italy, and began thinking about popular theater performances in the year 1968, and in the seventies of the twentieth century he directed his first films, then presented an operatic trilogy by the musician (Wagner) in 1976, and achieved great success until he was called the European superstar. He was twenty-two years old at the time, and his fame spread throughout the world, and in 1981 the former French Minister of Culture (Jack Lang) offered him the management of the Paris Theater.