{"id":5977,"date":"2026-09-19T07:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrefilliez.com\/?page_id=5977"},"modified":"2026-10-06T05:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:03:10","slug":"a-propos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pierrefilliez.com\/en\/a-propos\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pierre Filliez<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The wonderful world of theatre masks, I fell into it when I was little\u2026 as Obelix would say!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Pierre Filliez without a mask, wearing his glasses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I caught the bug during after school Commedia dell\u2019Arte classes at the Bagnes secondary school in Valais, Switzerland, when I was still a young teenager. This experience left a deep impression on me and inspired me to became an actor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My theatrical journey continued at the Teatro Comico in Sion, Switzerland, where I spent several years training and collaborating with Bernard Sartoretti. In 2008, I left Switzerland and moved to Paris. I obtained my diploma from the International Theatre School Jacques Lecoq<\/a> and completed the Laboratory for the Study of Movement (LEM) in 2010. I also had the opportunity to work with Omar Porras during a masterclass devoted to masked theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, I became interested in mask-making. I had the opportunity to learn and refine this craft, particularly the art of making leather masks, with my friend Gilles Brot, who inherited his expertise from Donato Sartori, and my wife, Jessica Nicholls, who studied Commedia dell\u2019Arte with Antonio Fava in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Pierre
Pierre Filliez, wearing the Pantalone mask (without glasses)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Since then, mask-making has become an important part of my artistic practice, at the crossroads of theatre and craftsmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then moved to Berlin, where I lived for ten years. It was there that I met my wife, Jess, and together we founded Shake Shake Theatre<\/a>. I also collaborated with Drehb\u00fchne Berlin<\/a> and FGYO<\/a>, and taught theatre at La Menagerie e.V.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As my wife is Australian, we decided in 2022 to move near Sydney, where we live now, together with our two children, Rose and L\u00e9o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also create and perform my own puppet shows, taking part in every stage of their creation, from writing and directing to building the sets and making the props.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I teach theatre at NIDA<\/a> Open, as a casual teacher and in my own drama classes. I also work as clown doctor in the children\u2019s hospitals for Clown Doctors Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An artist and painter in my spare time (or time well spent), I also have a passion for music and have become hooked on the ukulele.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Pierre
Jessica Nicholls, my wife. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pierre Filliez Le monde merveilleux des masques de th\u00e9\u00e2tre, je suis tomb\u00e9 dedans quand j\u2019\u00e9tais petit\u2026 comme dirait Ob\u00e9lix ! J\u2019ai attrap\u00e9 le virus lors des cours de Commedia dell\u2019Arte de Monsieur Fabien Gargiulo, au cycle d\u2019orientation de Bagnes, dans le Valais, en Suisse, alors que j\u2019\u00e9tais encore un jeune adolescent. Cette exp\u00e9rience, qui m\u2019a…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6148,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5977","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n\u00c0 propos, biographie | Pierre Filliez<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"D\u00e9couvrez le parcours de Pierre Filliez, com\u00e9dien, cr\u00e9ateur de masques de th\u00e9\u00e2tre et dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00c9cole Jacques Lecoq \u00e0 Paris.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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