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Michel Fau
Michel Fau (born 1964) is a French comedian, actor and theatre director. Personal life At 18, he left his hometown for training at French National Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1986 to 1989. He trained with Michel Bouquet, Gerard Desarthe and Pierre Vial. He has appeared on stage regularly in works directed by Olivier Py and he also worked with Olivier Desbordes, Jean Sébastien Rajon, Pierre Guillois, Jean-Luc Lagarce, Jean-Michel Rabeux, Jean-Claude Penchenat, Laurent Gutmann, Stéphane Braunschweig, Jacques Weber, Sandrine Kiberlain, Léa Drucker, Gaspard Ulliel, Julie Depardieu, Charlotte de Turckheim, Chantal Ladesou, Catherine Frot, Samir Guesmi, ... In cinema, he worked with directors like Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gilles Bourdos, Albert Dupontel, Dominik Moll, François Ozon, Benoît Jacquot, Noémie Lvovsky, Nina Companeez, Jean-Michel Ribes, Xavier Giannoli, Christophe Honoré, Josée Dayan, André Téchiné, ... He occasionally directs an interpretation works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
41st César Awards
The 41st César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, was held on 26 February 2016, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris to honour the best French films of 2015. The ceremony was presided by Claude Lelouch, with Florence Foresti hosting the ceremony for the first time. The nominations were announced on 27 January 2016 by Academy president Alain Terzian and awards ceremony host Florence Foresti. '' Marguerite'' and ''My Golden Days'' tied for the most nominations with eleven each. In related events, the César & Techniques 2016 ceremony was held on 4 January 2016. On 22 February 2016, in a ceremony at the Hôtel George-V, the Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier for producers of the year went to Pascal Caucheteux and Grégoire Sorlat of Why Not Productions (''My Golden Days'', ''Dheepan'', ''The Sweet Escape'' and ''The Price of Fame''). ''Mustang'' and '' Marguerite'' won four awards each. Other films with multiple awards include ''Fatima'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantal Ladesou
Chantal Ladesou (born 5 May 1948) is a French actress and comedian. Personal life Ladesou met her husband Michel Ansault and with whom she had three children, two boys, Alix (who died in a car accident), Julien and a daughter, the actress Clémence Ansault. Her son Julien Ansault is married to Pauline Lefèvre. Career She was revealed to the public in participating to the TV Show ''La Classe'' in 1987. Theater Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ladesou, Chantal 1948 births French film actresses Living people 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses People from Roubaix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Honoré
Christophe Honoré (born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director. Career Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in ''Les Cahiers du Cinéma''. He started writing soon after. His 1996 book ''Tout contre Léo'' (''Close to Leo'') talks about HIV and is aimed at young adults; he made it into a film in 2002. He wrote other books for young adults throughout the late 1990s. His first play, ''Les Débutantes'', was performed at Avignon's Off Festival in 1998. In 2005, he returned to Avignon to present ''Dionysos impuissant'' in the "In" Festival, with Joana Preiss and Louis Garrel playing the leads. A well-known director, he is considered an "auteur" in French cinema. His 2006 film ''Dans Paris'' has led him to be considered by French critics as the heir to the Nouvelle Vague cinema. In 2007, ''Love Songs (2007 film), Les Chansons d'amour'' was one of the films selected to be in competition at the 2007 Cannes Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Giannoli
Xavier Giannoli (born 7 March 1972) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2010, he was named a Chevalier in the ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...''. Filmography As director / screenwriter As producer References External links * 1972 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French film producers Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Ribes
Jean-Michel Ribes (born 15 December 1946, in Paris) is a French playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, film maker and actor. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point. Between 1982 and 1984 Ribes had directed ''Merci Bernard'' and since 1988 works on ''Palace''. In 2008, Ribes had directed ''Batailles'' which he co-wrote with Roland Topor and next year became a director of the ''Un garçon impossible'', a play by Petter S. Rosenlund and 's ''Les Diablogues''. In 2010, in Théâtre du Rond-Point he directed ''Les Nouvelles Brèves de Comptoir'' in which Jean-Marie Gourio had starred. In 2011, he wrote and directed ''René l’énervé - Opéra bouffe et tumultueux'', on the music by Reinhardt Wagner. A year later, he returned to Théâtre du Rond-Point at which he directed play ''Théâtre sans animaux'' and Sébastien Thiéry's '' L’Origine du Monde'' in 2013. Theater Filmography *1978: '' The Swindle'' *1986: ''La galette du roi'' *199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Companeez
Nina Companeez (26 August 1937 – 9 April 2015) was a French screenwriter and film director. Nina Companeez was the younger daughter of Russian Jewish émigré screenwriter Jacques Companéez and younger sister of contralto Irène Companeez. She was the mother of actress Valentine Varela. Companeez was a long time collaborator of Michel Deville.Françoise Audé ''Ciné-modèles cinéma d'elles.: Situations de femmes dans le cinéma'' 1981 Page 77 " ichel Deville.. Il ne se lance alors pas seul dans l'aventure : avec lui, une scénariste-dialoguiste brillante, Nina Companeez. Elle est la fille de Jacques Companeez qui fut le scénariste de Jacques Becker. Elle est, en outre, monteuse." She wrote for 29 films and television shows. In April 2015, she died at the age of 77. Selected filmography Writer * '' Tonight or Never'' (1961) * '' Adorable Liar'' (1962) * ''Because, Because of a Woman'' (1963) * ''Girl's Apartment'' (1963) * ''Lucky Jo'' (1964) * ''Martin Soldat'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky (; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress. Life and career Born in Paris in 1964, Lvovsky is the daughter of Jewish parents who emigrated from Ukraine to flee pogroms. She studied cinema at La Fémis in Paris, notably a contemporary of Arnaud Desplechin, with whom she often collaborates. Her first two films cast Emmanuelle Devos, who was then at the beginning of her career. She is the actress with most nominations for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, with seven nominations: in 2002 for ''My Wife Is an Actress'', in 2006 for '' Backstage'', in 2008 for ''Actrices'', in 2010 for ''The French Kissers'', in 2012 for '' House of Pleasures'', in 2016 for '' Summertime'' and in 2021 for '' How to Be a Good Wife''. Her film '' Sentiments'' was nominated for the César Award for Best Film in 2004. Her film '' Camille redouble'' was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Jacquot
Benoît Jacquot (; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema. Life and career Born in Paris, Jacquot began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films, including '' Nathalie Granger'', ''India Song'', and also actor in the 1973 short film ''La Sœur du cadre''. He turned to writing and directing with the 1975 film ''The Musician Killer'', which starred Anna Karina. He has directed over forty films, the most notable of which to American audiences are '' La Désenchantée'' (1990), starring Judith Godrèche, and '' A Single Girl'' (1995), starring Virginie Ledoyen. In 2003, he directed Massenet's opera ''Werther'' conducted by Antonio Pappano at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. His film ''Farewell, My Queen'' opened the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. His 2014 film ''Three Hearts'' competed for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Ozon
François Ozon (; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers. His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeling view of human sexuality. Recurring themes in his films are friendship, sexual identity, different perceptions of reality, transience and death. Ozon has achieved international acclaim for his films ''8 femmes'' (2002) and ''Swimming Pool'' (2003). He is considered one of the most important directors in the new "New Wave" in French cinema, along with Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Philippe Ramos, and Yves Caumon, as well as a group of French filmmakers associated with a ''cinema du corps'' ("cinema of the body"). Life and career Ozon was born in Paris, France. Having studied directing at the French film school La Femis, Ozon made several short films such as ''A Summer Dress'' (''Une robe d'été'', 1996) and ''Scènes de lit'' (1998). His motio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominik Moll
Dominik Moll (born 7 May 1962) is a Germany, German-born France, French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Bühl (Baden), Bühl, West Germany. In 2001, he won the César Award for Best Director for ''Harry, He's Here to Help''. Both ''Lemming (film), Lemming'' and ''Harry, He's Here to Help'' were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Life and career Moll was born to a German father and a French mother. After spending his childhood in Germany, Moll studied film at the City College of New York and the IDHEC, French National Film School (IDHEC). He then worked as assistant editor, editor and assistant director, among others with Marcel Ophuls and Laurent Cantet. His debut feature film, ''Intimité'', was released in 1994. In 2000, his second feature film, ''Harry, He's Here to Help'', was screened in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. His third film, ''Lemming (film), Lemming'', was chosen to open the Cannes Film Festival in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Dupontel
Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-up comedian. In February 1998, his film '' Bernie'' took the Grand Prize at the 9th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival The , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Fil ... which was attended by Dupontel. One-man shows Filmography As actor As filmmaker References External links official website* 1964 births Living people People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye French people of Breton descent French male film actors French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French humorists French stand-up come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Bourdos
Gilles Bourdos (born 1963) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his atmospheric cinema, which uses troubling themes in contrast with strong aesthetic imagery. He was one of the founders of the French production company Persona Films which produced most of his early work. Bourdos often collaborates with filmmaker Michel Spinosa, cinematographer Mark Lee Ping Bin and musician Alexandre Desplat. Life and career Bourdos, who was born in Nice, France, made his feature film début at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival with ''Disparus'' (1998), a political thriller and love triangle during the Surrealist movement in Paris in 1938. His second critically acclaimed feature, ''Inquietudes'' (2003), is based on the Ruth Rendell novel ''A Sight for Sore Eyes (novel), A Sight for Sore Eyes'' and stars Gregoire Colin and Julie Ordon. His first English language film, ''Afterwards (2008 film), Afterwards'' (2008), featured Evangeline Lilly, John Malkovich, and R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
