Sponsor of the 10th UNESCO Week of Sound Jacques Weber, born in 1949, was a classmate of Francis Huster and Jacques Spiesser, with whom he enrolled at the Conservatoire Municipal du 18e Arrondissement de Paris. He continued his dramatic art studies at the École de la rue Blanche, then entered the Conservatoire in 1969, graduating with a prize for excellence. It was at this time that he met Pierre Brasseur, who became his mentor, living alongside him for a year and a half. He refused to enter the Comédie-Française and joined Robert Hossein’s Théâtre Populaire de Reims. In 1970, Marcel Cravenne cast him in Tartuffe for television. From 1979 to 1985, he directed the Centre dramatique national de Lyon (Théâtre du 8e), then, from 1986 to 2001, the Théâtre de Nice, Centre dramatique national Nice-Côte d’Azur. He has performed and directed the great roles of classical theater, including Cyrano for several seasons. In 1982 he was Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant, adapted by Pierre Cardinal. His television credits include Denys de La Patellière’s Le Comte de Monte-Cristo and Judge Antoine Rives in Gilles Béhat’s soap opera. In 1998, he played Don Juan, who seduced Emmanuelle Béart. In 2008, he directed Isabelle Adjani in a TV adaptation of Figaro for France 3. In 2013, during Ommegang de Bruxelles, he played the role of Charles V.
