Grégoire Lassalle

Born in Cannes,[1] Lassalle trained as a circus entertainer under Annie Fratellini, and performed for seven years as a clown in the late 1970s and early 1980s, under the stage name Cornelius.

[3] In the 1980s Lassalle worked odd jobs, including as a tennis coach, lifeguard, radio host on Europe 1, events organizer, and resort manager for Club Med.

His filmography includes Chronic (2015, Best Screenplay Award at the Festival de Cannes[9]), Blind Date (2015), Crash Test Aglaé (2017), and The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018).

In April 2017, Lassalle created the Cornelius Endowment (French: Fonds de Dotation Cornélius), a nonprofit mainly dedicated to projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.

[2] Grégoire Lassalle also invested as a business angel and in venture capital, including as a limited partner of several funds of VC firm Newfund and a member of their respective consultative committees.