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François Damiens
François Georges Henri Marie Ghislain Joseph Damiens (; born 17 January 1973) is a Belgian actor. Career He has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. He started out doing hidden camera videos in the 90s and became widely popular in Belgium. He gained great popularity in Belgium and had to stop filming in 2004 because he could no longer play without being recognized; he then came to France to continue his activity. There, as in Switzerland, he acquired a certain celebrity thanks to the dissemination of his hoaxes on Canal+ and internet. He made his directorial feature debut in 2018 with the drama film ''Mon Ket ''Mon Ket'', also known as ''Dany'', is a 2018 Belgian drama film directed by François Damiens in his directorial debut. It was written by Damiens with Benoît Mariage. It was screened at the 2018 CPH PIX Film Festival. It received three nomin ...''. Personal life He has two sons: Jack & Jimmy. He is trilingual, in addition to French, he speaks Dutch and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uccle
Uccle () or Ukkel () is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). It is generally considered an affluent area of the city and is particularly noted for its community of French immigrants. History According to legend, Uccle's church of St. Peter was dedicated by Pope Leo III in the year 803, with Charlemagne and Gerbald, Bishop of Liège, attending the ceremony. During the following centuries, several noble families built their manors and took residency there. The first mention of the name ''Woluesdal'', now evolved into ''Wolvendael'', dates from 1209. In 1467, Isabella of Portugal, wife of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founded a Franciscan convent on Uccle's territory. Later, Uccle became the judiciary capital of the area including Brussels. Throughout the early stages of its history, however, the village of Uccle always had a predominantly rural chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas & Bruno
Nicolas and Bruno are a duo of French film directors, screenwriters, Dialogues and actors, composed of ''Nicolas Charlet'' and ''Bruno Lavaine.'' They owe their fame to their comedies '' Message à caractère informatif'' and '' In Search Of The Ultra-Sex'', for their feature films '' Me Two ''and ''The Big Bad Wolf'', and their screenplay of Frédéric Beigbeder's novel ''99 francs'' starring Jean Dujardin. They wrote and directed the French version of Ricky Gervais' ''The Office'' and an original French version of ''Taika Waititi'' and Jemaine Clement's ''What We Do in the Shadows''. Career Nicolas and Bruno began writing and directing music videos and commercials in the 1990s, including an award-winning commercial for chocolates "Daim" they wrote with Frédéric Beigbeder for Young & Rubicam. Then they worked with French TV producer Thierry Ardisson writing the concept and creating the design of the TV channel Free One. In 1997, they created ''Amour, gloire et débats d'id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Chaumeil
Pascal Chaumeil (9 February 1961 Р27 August 2015) was a French director and screenwriter. He started out as an assistant director The role of an assistant director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have to tak ... in the 1980s, working with directors such as Pierre Tchernia and Luc Besson. He was nominated for two C̩sar Awards, both for the film '' Heartbreaker'' (2010). He died in 2015. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaumeil, Pascal 1961 births 2015 deaths French male screenwriters French screenwriters French television directors French film directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbreaker (2010 Film)
''Heartbreaker'' (french: L'Arnacœur) is a 2010 French romantic comedy film starring Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier and François Damiens. Plot The bulk of the story takes place in Monaco. Charming attractive Alex (Romain Duris), his sister Mélanie (Julie Ferrier), and her husband Marc (François Damiens), operate a unique business for concerned third-party clients—breaking up relationships, but only where the woman is "not knowingly unhappy." The trio concoct elaborate, custom, and sometimes expensive ruses to deceive the women. After each woman has fallen for his act, Alex tells her she has made him come alive again, but that it is too late for him. The women presumably leave their relationships to seek men who make them feel the way Alex has. They are hired by a wealthy man (Jacques Frantz), who is a florist and gangster, to prevent the wedding of his daughter Juliette (Vanessa Paradis) to a wealthy Englishman of whom he does not approve, Jonathan (Andrew Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Tirard
Laurent Tirard (born 18 February 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career Laurent Tirard grew up admiring American films, such as those by Steven Spielberg. He studied film making at New York University, worked as a script reader for Warner Bros. studios, then became a journalist and worked for the French film magazine ''Studio'' for six years. There, he conducted a series of interviews on film making which have been published as a book under the title ''Moviemakers' Master Class: Private Lessons from the World's Foremost Directors.'' From Woody Allen to David Cronenberg, the Coen brothers to Lars Von Trier, all film directors run up against the same essential concerns: how to direct actors, for example, or whether to pre-plan camera angles. In interviewing these and 16 other notable filmmakers, Tirard found notable affinities between seemingly dissimilar directors. The book has also been published in France, Canada, England, Italy, Spain and Brazil. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Nicholas
''Little Nicholas'' (french: Le Petit Nicolas), also known as ''Petit Nicolas'' (UK), is a 2009 French-Belgian family comedy film directed by Laurent Tirard, who co-wrote with Grégoire Vigneron and Alain Chabat. It is based on a series of children's books by René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé. The film features an ensemble cast led by Maxime Godart in the title role of Nicolas. The film was theatrically released in France on 30 September 2009 by Wild Bunch Distribution, Central Film, and EOne Films. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and earned $100.8 million on a $22.7 million budget. It won the French Television of Ontario (TFO) Prize for Best Youth Film at the Cinéfranco in 2010 and also received nominations for the César Award for Best Writing – Adaptation, the European Film Award for People's Choice Award for Best European Film, and the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Best Foreign-Language Film. A sequel, ''Nicholas on Holiday'', was released on 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Lavaine
Éric Lavaine (born 1966) is a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lavaine, Eric Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters 1966 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incognito (2009 Film)
''Incognito'' is a 2009 French comedy film directed by Éric Lavaine. Plot Luka, singer-guitarist of ''Orly Sud'' underground rock band in the 1990s, ten years later became the king of the new French pop-rock scene by appropriating the songs of a blue notebook fell from a low cover while looking for pictures of his former band. He thinks that these are the songs of his friend Thomas, former bassist Orly Sud disappeared for several years. One day, Thomas reappears ... So start with Luka three days of ordeal during which he must conceal his immense celebrity. He then decides to convince Thomas that he is still at RATP controller and his luxury home and its Mercedes-Benz owned his freeloading Francis buddy blundering, Mime roommate who struggles to break and that Luka posing as a "comedian full of loot." Cast *Bénabar as Lucas *Franck Dubosc as Francis *Jocelyn Quivrin as Thomas *Anne Marivin as Marion *Isabelle Nanty as Alexandra *Virginie Hocq as Géraldine *Yolande Moreau as Mme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouble At Timpetill
''Trouble at Timpetill'' (french: Les Enfants de Timpelbach) is a 2008 French fantasy adventure film written and directed by Nicolas Bary, based on the novel of the same name by Henry Winterfeld. The film won the TFO Prize for Best Youth Film at the 2011 edition of the Cinéfranco. Cast * Raphaël Katz : Manfred * Adèle Exarchopoulos : Marianne * Léo Legrand : Thomas * Gérard Depardieu : Général Igor * Carole Bouquet : Drohne * Armelle : Corbac * Eric Godon : Butcher Stettner * Baptiste Betoulaud : Oscar Stettner * Lola Créton : Mireille Stettner * Léo Paget : Robert Lapointe * Terry Edinval : Wolfgang * Florian Goutieras : P'tit Louis * Mathieu Donne : Gros Paul * Martin Jobert : Willy Hak * Ilona Bachelier : Charlotte * Julien Dubois : Barnabé * Marcus Vigneron : Charles Benz * Jonathan Joss : Jean Krög * David Cognaux : Kevin * Sacha Lecomte : Philibert * Tilly Mandelbrot : Erna * Maxime Riquier : Bobby le Scribe * Manon Chevallier : Marion * Valentine Bouly : Paulette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Doillon
Jacques Doillon (; born 15 March 1944) is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women. Some actresses to break through are Fanny Bastien, Sandrine Bonnaire, Judith Godrèche, Marianne Denicourt, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Juliette Binoche. Doillon was born in Paris. He has two daughters: Lola Doillon (born 1975), whose mother is film editor Noëlle Boisson, and Lou Doillon (born 1982), from his relationship with English actress Jane Birkin in the 1980s. . Accessed 25 March 2014 He has three other children named Lili, Lina, and Lazare. His 1989 film '''' was entered into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Faure (director)
Christian Faure (born 1954) is a French screenwriter and film director. Filmography References External links * 1954 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French-language film directors {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind The Walls (film)
''Behind the Walls'' (original title: ''Les Hauts Murs'') is a 2008 French drama film directed by Christian Faure and based on an autobiographical work, ''Les Hauts Murs'' ('The High Walls'), by Auguste Le Breton. Plot The title refers to an approved school to which Yves Tréguier is consigned in the 1930s, he being a 14-year-old ward of the nation. There he finds friendship and learns the nature of rebellion and violence. He hopes to make his way one day to New York City in the United States. Cast * Carole Bouquet as The wire's mother * François Damiens as The chief officer * as Yves Tréguier * Pascal N'Zonzi as Oudie * Catherine Jacob as The director * Michel Jonasz as The supervisor * Bernard Blancan as Yves's stepfather * Guillaume Gouix as Blondeau * Anthony Decadi as Molina * Finnegan Oldfield Finnegan Oldfield (born 10 January 1991) is a French-British actor, who has appeared in more than thirty films since 2003. Background Career In 2005, age 14, Oldfiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
