Jacques Schmidt

Costume & Make-Up Mar 16 (died age 63) Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, France 1965–1991 (26 year career)

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Biography

Jacques Schmidt (16 March 1933 – 8 September 1996) was a French costume designer, who collaborated regularly with stage directors Antoine Bourseiller, Patrice Chéreau and Roger Planchon. Schmidt was born in Briançon, Hautes-Alpes. From age 16, he studied at the school for Haute Couture in Paris. He worked at the Sorbonne as both actor and costume designer. In 1952, He participated in the production of Die Perser by Aeschylus in Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1953 he worked exclusively as costume d…