Jacques Nolot was born on 31 August 1943 in Marcillac, France and is a well known stage and character actor whose first feature film L'arrière pays (1998) won the First Film Special Distinction Award at the Montreal World Film Festival and a FIPRESCI Special Mention Award at the Venice Film Festival both in 1998. It earned a nomination for Best New Director of a Feature Film at the César Awards in 1999. His next movie L'aigle à deux têtes (1948) also was critically acclaimed. He previously shot the short film Manège (1986) and also wrote several screenplays including J'embrasse pas (1991) and La matiouette ou l'arrière-pays (1983), both directed by André Téchiné and Le café des Jules (1989), directed by Paul Vecchiali. Nolot first appeared in Hôtel des Amériques (1981) and performed in many other films including Viva la vie (1984), Le lieu du crime (1986), Les innocents (1987) or Nénette et Boni (1996).