Biography
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz".
Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 November 1935. His family was musical and there were several instruments in his house when he was growing up. His interest in jazz began after hearing it on the radio after World War II. He studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris and conducting with Pierre Dervaux.
Portal "gained experience in light music with the bandleaders Henri Rossotti and (in Spain in 1958) Perez Prado, as well as with the drummer Benny Bennett (1960), Raymond Fonsèque (1963), Aimé Barelli, and, for many years, the singer Claude Nougaro". Portal co-founded the free improvisation group New Phonic Art. During 1969, Portal played on a recording of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Aus den sieben Tagen.
Portal began scoring music for films in the 1980s. He has won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film three times.
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Filmography
all 87
Movies 84
TV Shows 3
self 2
Hi Mister Comolli (2023)
Un été à la Garoupe (2020)
Mona Lisa (2015)
Un amour (Roman) (2015)
Being President (2013)
Le Professeur (2012)
Mission sacrée (2011)
Jusqu'au bout (2005)
Because of a Boy (2002)
Te quiero (2001)
Jacques Lacan, la psychanalyse réinventée (2001)
Ouch (2000)
Passionnément (2000)
C'est quoi la vie ? (1999)
De gré ou de force (1998)
The Comedian (1997)
Buud Yam (1997)
Le Concerto de Mozart (1997)
A Still Storm (1995)
The Machine (1994)
Eugénie Grandet (1994)
L'Interdiction (1993)
Au Sud du Sud (1992)
Poulets à l'amende (1992)
Alcyon (1990)
Dr. Petiot (1990)
Ke arteko egunak (1990)
Three Years (1990)
Angels (1990)
Children of Chaos (1989)
À corps et à cris (1989)
Natalia (1989)
A Tale of the Wind (1989)
The Mortal Fortune (1989)
Women in Prison (1988)
No Harm Intended (1988)
L'écho (1988)
Sorceress (1987)
Field of Honor (1987)
Yeelen (1987)
Milan noir (1987)
Max My Love (1986)
Bras de fer (1985)
Le Ravi (1985)
Le voyage (1984)
Fou comme l'oiseau (1983)
L'île bleue (1983)
Stray Bullets (1983)
Paradise for All (1982)
Short Memory (1982)
Café Plongeoir (1982)
Droit de Réponse (1981)
The Red Shade (1981)
Le Beau Monde (1981)
See Here My Love (1979)
Le grand inquisiteur (1979)
The Dogs (1979)
Adoption (1979)
Pour Clémence (1977)
Surreal Estate (1976)
The Conquistadores (1976)
La Cecilia (1976)
Tahia Ya Didou ! (1971)
The Bamboo Incident (1970)
Money-Money (1969)
An Only Son (1969)
A Question of Rape (1967)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1935-11-27 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceBayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Height1.7-meter
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Victoires du Jazz, Prix Django Reinhardt, César Award for Best Music Written for a Film
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