Karl Zéro

Directing

Karl Zéro

Born 1961-08-06 · Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France

Karl Zéro is the stage name of Marc Tellenne (born August 6, 1961 in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie), is a French writer, actor and filmmaker. Zéro is also a political talk show host/personality (Le Vrai Journal) who has recorded albums of pop standards of the 1940s and 1950s. Karl Zéro is the youngest son of Gui Tellenne, a civil servant and poet, and Annick Tellenne, an author and talk-show host. He has three brothers: Éric, a writer under the name of Raoul Rabut, Bruno (aka Basile de Koch) and Olivier, a business executive. In the late 1970s Éric, Bruno and Marc founded the satirical comedy troupe Groupe d'Intervention culturelle Jalons. 1979 Zéro met his later wife and mother of their three children Anne-Laure Chaptel (today's stage name: Daisy d'Errata) in the lyceum both were attending. Anne-Laure as well as Bruno’s wife Virginie (Frigide Barjot) later on became members of the Jalons. Zéro's first publication was a comic entitled The Adventures of Edmond in the magazine Jalons in the early 1980s. Subsequently, he started to work for the publications Métal Hurlant, Charlie Hebdo, Zoulou, and L'Écho des savanes, first as an artist and then as a story writer. At the same time, in 1981, he started working for the trendy magazine Actuel as a journalist specialising in interviewing stars. He also joined the just formed team of Radio Nova, working alongside his future wife, Daisy d’Errata. He then joined Globe and Lui, where his talents as an interviewer attracted notice. For a few months he hosted a comedy radio show on RFM with Antoine de Caunes and Albert Algoud called Babebibou. In 1986, Karl Zéro was hired by Europe 1 to host their show Géant Gratuit (Free Giant) with Doug Headline (son of Jean-Patrick Manchette). They would be let go after four months. Zéro then returned to TF1 while Doug devoted himself to film. At TF1, Zéro's show Pirates with Jean-Yves Lafesse lasted for only one episode in September 1987. Again, his sense of humour was considered 'inappropriate' and he was let go. Alain de Greef of Canal+ (a French pay for view TV channel) then offered him the direction of Nulle part ailleurs (Nowhere else) with his old collaborator Antoine de Caunes. He made use of video gags to bring political personalities into his sketches, which often focussed on current events. In 1993 he successfully proposed adding a television news report parody called "Zerorama", "telling events of moral rearmament", in which he used a mode of presentation and tone inspired by newsreels of the Vichy regime under Philippe Pétain in order to satirise Édouard Balladur's government and the media supporting it. Also in 1993, he directed an offbeat film called Le Tronc, in which he appeared alongside Albert Algoud, José Garcia and Lova Moor. ... Source: Article "Karl Zéro" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting credits

Le Furet poster
4.4

From his locksmith's shop, a simple guy dreams of becoming a crime boss, at the wheel of his Cadillac surrounded by blonde bimbos. He starts small, assassinating petty criminals. Gaining renown in the newspapers as "Le Furet" (The Ferret), he soon sets his sights higher. The police and organized crime both take up the chase.

Le Furet

2003

Day and Night poster
2.3

Ten years ago, distinguished French author Alexandre (Alain Delon) exchanged his stressful, hectic life in Paris for a more peaceful existence upon a Mexican hacienda with his wife Ariane (Marianne Denicourt). Lucien (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) also accompanies them. There, Alexandre meets the strange lady-oracle Sonia (Lauren Bacall). As the film opens, the melancholy Alexandre is visited by the sensuous actress Laure (Arielle Dombasle) and her producer Raoul Fillipi (Karl Zero) who is going to make a movie of one of Alexandre's best-loved books. Laure is determined to play the part of the heroine and is willing to resort to seduction to get it. At the same time, Ariane is involved in a passionate affair with French-Mexican seismologist Carlo (Xavier Beauvois). While all of these characters wrangle and tangle with their different agendas, the local residents prepare for a violent revolution. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Day and Night

1997

Alain Kan, The Accursed Son of Rock poster
NR

Alain Kan is a legendary figure in French rock—and in rock music in general. His mysterious disappearance one day in April 1990 in Paris, at the age of 45, left a lasting impression. Alain Kan’s story is that of a little boy who wanted to become a star. To live in the spotlight. From his first single in 1963, at the age of 19, to his last album in the mid-1980s, his artistic journey led him through every kind of creation, every excess, every passion, and every twist of fate. He was, in turn, a heartthrob for teenage girls, then a David Bowie lookalike, and finally France’s first punk.

Alain Kan, The Accursed Son of Rock

2007

Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi

2020

The Baudis affair, the murderous rumor poster
8.5

In 2002, serial killer Patrice Alègre was sentenced to life imprisonment for five murders. Gendarme Roussel, the main investigator of this case, believes that he will make him confess to other unsolved crimes in Toulouse. Two ex-prostitutes give a series of names of presumed accomplices of the killer, among them Dominique Baudis, then president of the CSA. He decides to face the case alone. Around him, it is silence: not an official support of his political family. Almost twenty years later, we return to the Baudis affair to try to understand it, with the testimonies of Pierre and Benjamin Baudis, his sons, François Hollande, Camille Pascal and the main protagonists.

The Baudis affair, the murderous rumor

2021

Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...

2007

Le Tronc poster
4.3

Monique Zimmer, in her sixties, killed her lover, Oscar Foulard, cut up the body of the corpse, and is now walking with a suitcase containing Oscar's trunk. This one continues to speak, and comes to testify during the trial of his widow.

Le Tronc

1993

Plaisir a 20 ans poster
8.0

A wealthy man commissions an adult film producer to craft the script for a feature-length X-rated film.

Plaisir a 20 ans

2004

Behind the camera

Starko! poster
6.2

Learn more about Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign, his personal life and more through this documentary.

Starko!

2008

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau poster
6.7

A childhood in boarding school, volunteered at 17 for the war and dismissed for indiscipline, thug in Marseille turned gigolo in Paris, he became actor thanks to some inspired women. Then flying high, fast and far, thanks to his director masters René Clément, Luchino Visconti & Jean-Pierre Melville.

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

2019

Being W poster
4.0

Being W is an unauthorized autobiography of the 43rd President of the United States of America.

Being W

2008

Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya poster
3.0

The lifestyle, self-styling and political opinions of Chechen dictator Ramsan Kadyrov are examined in this documentary.

Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya

2018

Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya poster
3.0

The lifestyle, self-styling and political opinions of Chechen dictator Ramsan Kadyrov are examined in this documentary.

Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya

2018

Alain Kan, The Accursed Son of Rock poster
NR

Alain Kan is a legendary figure in French rock—and in rock music in general. His mysterious disappearance one day in April 1990 in Paris, at the age of 45, left a lasting impression. Alain Kan’s story is that of a little boy who wanted to become a star. To live in the spotlight. From his first single in 1963, at the age of 19, to his last album in the mid-1980s, his artistic journey led him through every kind of creation, every excess, every passion, and every twist of fate. He was, in turn, a heartthrob for teenage girls, then a David Bowie lookalike, and finally France’s first punk.

Alain Kan, The Accursed Son of Rock

2007

Being Jacques Chirac poster
5.1

Since 1967, Jacques Chirac has appeared everyday on television : millions of hours of automatic gestures, jerky speeches and feverish cavalcades. This mockumentary is based on archival footage and told at the first person (the voice of the French president is provided by imitator Didier Gustin). The main comic effect comes from the contradictions between the various speeches of the French President. The title comes from the title of the French-language version of Being John Malkovich.

Being Jacques Chirac

2006

Being Jacques Chirac poster
5.1

Since 1967, Jacques Chirac has appeared everyday on television : millions of hours of automatic gestures, jerky speeches and feverish cavalcades. This mockumentary is based on archival footage and told at the first person (the voice of the French president is provided by imitator Didier Gustin). The main comic effect comes from the contradictions between the various speeches of the French President. The title comes from the title of the French-language version of Being John Malkovich.

Being Jacques Chirac

2006

Dans la peau de Kim Jong-Un poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dans la peau de Kim Jong-Un

2015

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau poster
NR

With Italian roots and growing up in the working class milieu of Marseille, he is one of the most famous French chansonniers and actors: Yves Montand (1921-1991). The documentary paints a multifaceted portrait of the star and man Montand through unpublished archive footage and conversations with companions.

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

2016

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau poster
NR

With Italian roots and growing up in the working class milieu of Marseille, he is one of the most famous French chansonniers and actors: Yves Montand (1921-1991). The documentary paints a multifaceted portrait of the star and man Montand through unpublished archive footage and conversations with companions.

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

2016

Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...

2007

Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...

2007

Claude François, l'ombre au tableau poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Claude François, l'ombre au tableau

2017

Claude François, l'ombre au tableau poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Claude François, l'ombre au tableau

2017

Le Tronc poster
4.3

Monique Zimmer, in her sixties, killed her lover, Oscar Foulard, cut up the body of the corpse, and is now walking with a suitcase containing Oscar's trunk. This one continues to speak, and comes to testify during the trial of his widow.

Le Tronc

1993

Me, Luka Magnotta poster
NR

In the skin of Luka Rocco Magnotta. Born Eric Clinton Kirk Newman in 1982. A Canadian murderer who was convicted of killing and dismembering student Lin Jun. Luka has appeared in pornographic videos, occasionally working as a stripper and a male escort.

Me, Luka Magnotta

2013

Being Fidel Castro poster
NR

Through the voice of an impersonator, the cuban hero will recount with us his political career. This tender, caustic yet authentic portrait will take us through his life from euphoria to revolt, from hollow laugh to genuine cheerfulness. Here comes... "En la Piel de Fidel".

Being Fidel Castro

2010

Being Fidel Castro poster
NR

Through the voice of an impersonator, the cuban hero will recount with us his political career. This tender, caustic yet authentic portrait will take us through his life from euphoria to revolt, from hollow laugh to genuine cheerfulness. Here comes... "En la Piel de Fidel".

Being Fidel Castro

2010

Otto Skorzeny, chef de commando nazi et agent du Mossad poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Otto Skorzeny, chef de commando nazi et agent du Mossad

2019

1 sur 5 poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

1 sur 5

2021

Dans la peau de Vladimir Poutine poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dans la peau de Vladimir Poutine

2012

Dans la peau de Vladimir Poutine poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dans la peau de Vladimir Poutine

2012

Un monstre nommé Josef Fritzl poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Un monstre nommé Josef Fritzl