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Pierre Excoffier
Pierre Excoffier is a French audio engineer. He won the César Award for Best Sound in 2010. He is also a teacher at La Fémis. Filmography * 1994: '' Léon: The Professional'' * 2002: '' Aram'' by Robert Kechichian * 2002: '' Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' * 2004: '' RRRrrrr!!!'' * 2006: '' Cabaret Paradis'' * 2009: '' Le Concert'' Nominations and distinctions * Nominated for the César Award for Best Sound for ''Léon: The Professional'' by Luc Besson * César Award for Best Sound for ''Le Concert'' at the 35th César Awards The 35th César Awards ceremony was presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma in Paris to honour its selection of the best films of 2009 on 27 February 2010. The ceremony was chaired by Marion Cotillard, with Valérie Lemercier a ... References External links * Pierre Excoffier French audio engineers 20th-century births Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{France-film-bio-stub ...
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Audio Engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound. Audio engineers work on the "technical aspect of recording—the placing of microphones, pre-amp knobs, the setting of levels. The physical recording of any project is done by an engineer... the nuts and bolts." Sound engineering is increasingly seen as a creative profession where musical instruments and technology are used to produce sound for film, radio, television, music and video games. Audio engineers also set up, sound check and do live sound mixing using a mixing console and a sound reinforcement system for music concerts, theatre, sports games and corporate events. Alternatively, ''audio engineer'' can refer to a scientist or professional engineer who holds an engineering degree and who designs, dev ...
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César Award For Best Sound
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Sound ( French: ''César du meilleur son''). Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Academy Award for Best Sound *BAFTA Award for Best Sound *Magritte Award for Best Sound References External links * César Award for Best Soundat '' AlloCiné'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cesar Award For Best Sound Sound In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...
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La Fémis
La Fémis (French: ''École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Superior School for the Professions of Image and Sound", formerly known as the ''Institut des hautes études cinématographiques'', IDHEC) is a French grande école and the film and television school of PSL Research University. ''FEMIS'' () is an acronym for ''Fondation Européenne pour les Métiers de l'Image et du Son'' ("European Foundation for the Professions of Image and Sound"). Based in Paris, it offers courses balanced between artistic research, professional development and technical training. History From 1944 to 1985, the IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques) was the main French film school — training 1,439 French and foreign film professionals. In 1985, the school was restructured under the supervision of the then Minister of Culture Jack Lang and La Fémis was created in 1986. Originally, scriptwriter Jean-Claude Carrière was its president and J ...
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The Professional
A professional is someone who is skilled in a profession. Professional or professionals may also refer to: * Professional sports Music * The Professionals (band), a British punk rock band formed in 1979 * ''The Professionals'' (The Professionals album), a 1980 album by hard rock band The Professionals *The Professionals (Madlib and Oh No album) * ''The Professional'' (album), a 1998 DJ Clue album *'' The Professional 2'', a 2000 DJ Clue album *"The Professional" (1988 song), a song by DJ Clue from his 1998 album '' The Professional'' *"The Professional" (2000 song), a song by Sleater-Kinney from their 2000 album ''All Hands on the Bad One'' *"Professional" (2013 song), a song by ''The Weeknd'' from his 2013 album '' Kiss Land'' Film * ''The Professionals'' (1960 film), a British crime thriller * ''The Professionals'' (1966 film), an American western film * ''The Professional'' (1981 film), a French action film * '' Léon: The Professional'', a 1994 French thriller * ''The ...
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Aram (film)
''Aram'' is a 2002 French action drama film written and directed by Robert Kechichian. The film is set primarily in France between 1993 and 2001 around Aram, a young French-Armenian militant attempting to supply arms to Nagorno-Karabakh and dealing with the aftermath of assassinating a Turkish general. ''Aram'' was released in 2002 in theatres in France, and made its American debut in 2004 at the Armenian Film Festival in San Francisco. Plot Aram Sarkissian (Simon Abkarian) is a young French-Armenian member of AGJSA, an Armenian militant organization, who leaves his family in Paris to fight in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. In October 1993, Aram returns to France to live a "normal life" again, but finds his younger brother Levon (Mathieu Demy) preparing the assassination of Azbalan Djelik, a general of the Turkish Army visiting France. Aram opposes the assassination, claiming the Armenian struggle lies in Nagorno-Karabakh, however, Levon considers Aram to be a coward, who then r ...
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Robert Kechichian
Robert Kechichian (born 1946) is a French-Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter known for his work on Aram, Taxi 2 and other films. Filmography Assistant director: *''Joyeuses Pâques'' (Georges Lautner) *'' Maladie d'amour'' and '' Les Bois noirs'' (Jacques Deray) * Beaumarchais, l'insolent (Édouard Molinaro) *'' Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' (Alain Chabat) Director: * ''Brûlez Rome!'' (2005) (TV) * ''Aram Aram may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Aram'' (film), 2002 French action drama * Aram, a fictional character in Japanese manga series '' MeruPuri'' * Aram Quartet, an Italian music group * ''Aram'' (Kural book), the first of the three ...'' (2002) External links * French people of Armenian descent French film directors 1946 births Living people {{France-film-director-stub ...
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Mission Cleopatra
''Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' (french: Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre) is a 2002 French/Italian fantasy comedy film written and directed by Alain Chabat and adapted from the comic book series '' Asterix'' by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Based on the book '' Asterix and Cleopatra'', which had previously been adapted into a 1968 animated film. A sequel to ''Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar'' (1999), it is the second installment in the ''Asterix'' film series. Christian Clavier and Gérard Depardieu reprise their roles as Asterix and Obelix, alongside newcomers Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci, Claude Rich, Gérard Darmon, Édouard Baer, Dieudonné, and Chabat himself. It was the most expensive French movie at that time, before being beaten by '' A Very Long Engagement'' two years later. A critical success, it was also a major box office success in France, becoming its most successful film in 36 years and second biggest commercial success of al ...
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RRRrrrr!!!
''RRRrrrr!!!'' is a 2004 French comedy film, co-written, produced and directed by Alain Chabat. It stars Maurice Barthélémy, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Jean-Paul Rouve, Marina Foïs, Elise Larnicol, Alain Chabat, Pascal Vincent, Jean Rochefort and Gérard Depardieu. The film was a box office bomb. Plot 35,000 years ago, in the Stone Age, two neighbouring tribes lived in peace. The Tribe of Clean Hair was peaceful, due to its possession of the shampoo formula. The Tribe of Dirty Hair is at odds with the Tribe of Clean Hair due to this, and their leader wished for access to the formula of shampoo.. The leader of the Dirty Hair tribe decides to send a spy to steal the recipe. But a far more serious event would upset the life of Clean Hair tribe; for the first time in the history of humanity, a murder had been committed. The tribes begin the first criminal investigation in human history. Cast * Maurice Barthélémy as Pierre, the leader of the Clean Hair Tribe * Jean-P ...
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Cabaret Paradis
''Cabaret Paradis'' (Cabaret Paradise) is a 2006 French comedy film. The plot revolves around Shirley and Dino (Corinne and Gilles Benizio respectively), two entertainers as they purchase an old cabaret, in Paris, which they desperately try to put back on its feet. It was released in France and Belgium on 12 April 2006. Cast * Corinne Benizio as Shirley * Gilles Benizio as Dino * Michel Vuillermoz as Jeff * Serge Riaboukine as Wladimir * Christian Hecq as Paco * Riton Liebman as Manu * Maaike Jansen as Pakita * Eriq Ebouaney Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film '' Lumumba'', as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's ''Femme Fatale'' and as "Ice" in the 2008 ... as The commissioner References External links * 2006 films Films set in Paris French comedy films 2006 comedy films 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub ...
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Le Concert
''Le Concert'' is a 2009 French comedy-drama film by Radu Mihăileanu, starring Aleksei Guskov, Mélanie Laurent and Miou-Miou. It won the Best Original Score and Best Sound awards at César Awards 2010. It was also nominated for two Magritte Awards in the category of Best Film in Coproduction and Best Editing for Ludo Troch in 2011, and Best Foreign Film at the 68th Golden Globe Awards. Plot A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra, known as "The Maestro", Andrey Simonovich Filipov, had had his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for defending Jewish musicians and is reduced to working as a mere janitor in the theatre where he once conducted, becoming an alcoholic in the process. While cleaning his boss's office, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris to replace a concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra that was canceled at the last minute. Filipov comes up with a plan to reunite hi ...
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Luc Besson
Luc Paul Maurice Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed or produced the films '' Subway'' (1985), ''The Big Blue'' (1988), and '' La Femme Nikita'' (1990). Besson is associated with the '' Cinéma du look'' film movement. He has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his films '' Léon: The Professional'' (1994) and the English-language '' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' (1999). He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film ''The Fifth Element'' (1997). He wrote and directed the 2014 sci-fi action film ''Lucy'' and the 2017 space opera film ''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets''. Near the beginning of his career, in 1980 he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup, later renamed as Les Films du Dauphin. These were superseded in 2000 when he co-founded EuropaCorp with his longtime collaborator . As writer, director, or producer, Be ...
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35th César Awards
The 35th César Awards ceremony was presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma in Paris to honour its selection of the best films of 2009 on 27 February 2010. The ceremony was chaired by Marion Cotillard, with Valérie Lemercier and Gad Elmaleh acting as the host. Harrison Ford was presented with an Honorary César by Sigourney Weaver. Winners and nominees Viewers The show was followed by 1.7 million viewers. This corresponds to 9.1% of the audience. Special tributes During the ceremony, actor Fabrice Luchini presented a tribute to filmmaker Éric Rohmer, who had died the month before. See also * 82nd Academy Awards * 63rd British Academy Film Awards * 22nd European Film Awards * 15th Lumières Awards References External links Official website* 35th César Awardsat '' AlloCiné'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cesar Awards 2010 2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in hist ...
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