Jean Loup Pilblad (Ulf Pilblad) born 29 August 1960 in Stockholm (Sweden) is a film producer, actor and script writer. In his childhood he began early in theatre schools in Stockholm where he studied 8 years with different teachers. He also worked as an assistant to the operetta-singer and dancer, Hasse Funck, who had started an activity called Minifunckarna in 1965, where he educated children in acting!
17 years old he moved to Paris. After taking a BA in French literature at the Sorbonne University, he worked as Assistant Director at the French Educational TV channel. The work as an Assistant director include tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, maintaining order on the set
In Bangkok since 1996, he has started his own company, a Destination Management Company, PCE Travel Consultants, and worked as Production and Location Manager for several Scandinavian TV productions. He has also participated in several acting workshops with Maurizio Mistretta, Fulvio Ianneo and John Marengo and participated in several performances with ALL SOUL Production Company in Thailand and Italy! One of the plays – True Story – is based on his personal experiences during the Tsunami 2004 which was played for the first time in the Art and Culture Festival “Dramophone” in Bologna (Italy) in June / July 2012.
Jean Loup Pilblad has participated in the film The Impossible (2012) directed by Juan Antonio Bayona (with Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor). In February 2013 he has participated in BABABOBOA project Festival “PAURA-FEAR-KLUA” at the TADU Art and Exhibition Center in Bangkok!
In 2013 Jean Loup produced the film "Fufu - 99 Minutes of Life" in Thailand. He also played one of the main characters in the film: Roland. The film Fufu is a tragic-comedy based on the true story of an international theater troupe trying to survive in the city of Bangkok, a city dedicated to business and thirsty of money. During a theater play, a wealthy Thai girl in search for herself, discovers the beauty of theater and decides to leave her bright future as a business manager in order to become an actor. With a new home, a new life, and a new family she finds a world of adventures. Unfortunately, the life of the company is not easy and, despite her efforts to do well, she brings in elements of tension to the theater troupe. After many adventures that even have the "capocomico" to be jailed, the Thai girl disappears dramatically during a performance, leaving everybody appalled. Check Out the First Trailer of FUFU, 99 Minutes of Life. https://vimeo.com/93611418
Jean Loup Pilblad is also owner, together Maurizio Mistretta and Patchanee Poonthong, and producer of the All Soul Production Co.,Ltd. (Thailand), All Soul Production (France). www.mistrettatheatre.com He is also owner and President of the travel agencies AFS Chic Paris (France) www.parischic.fr and PCE Travel Consultants (Thailand) www.pcetravel.com