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Samy Naceri
Saïd Naceri ( ar, سعيد ناصري, link=no; born 2 July 1961), known as Samy Naceri (), is a French actor known for his work in the four ''Taxi'' films and '' The Code'' (''La Mentale''). Early life and career Naceri was born to an Algerian Berber Kabyle father and a French mother in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Fontenay-sous-Bois. His brother is Bibi Naceri, who co-wrote and co-starred in international hit film ''District 13''. He shared the award for ''Best Actor'' for his role in the film '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Personal life Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Naceri was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and was penalized with a €5,000 fine for a road rage incident in which he smashed a car and assaulted one of its occupants. In November 2005, after waiting for a late guest, Naceri attacked a 22-year-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Cannes Film Festival
The 53rd Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2000. French film director, screenwriter, and producer Luc Besson was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Danish film ''Dancer in the Dark'' by Lars von Trier. The festival opened with '' Vatel'', directed by Roland Joffé and closed with '' Stardom'', directed by Denys Arcand. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2000 Official Selection: * Luc Besson (France) Jury President * Jonathan Demme (United States) * Nicole Garcia (France) * Jeremy Irons (United Kingdom) * Mario Martone (Italy) * Patrick Modiano (France) * Arundhati Roy (India) * Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (Spain) * Kristin Scott Thomas (United Kingdom) * Barbara Sukowa (Germany) Un Certain Regard The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2000 Un Certain Regard: *Jane Birkin (actress) * Jan Schulz-Ojala * José Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Fishman
Zak may refer to: People * Zak (surname), a surname of Russian origin * Żak, a Polish surname * Žák, a Czech surname * Zak (given name) Fictional characters * Zak Adama, in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise * Zak Dingle, in UK TV ''Emmerdale'' * ''Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders'' video game * Zak Ramsey, in UK TV ''Hollyoaks'' * Zak Silver, in the comic ''El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie'' Other uses * Zak, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province * LWD Żak, a 1940s Polish aircraft * FK ŽAK Kikinda, a football club in Serbia * ŽAK Subotica, a football club 1921–1945, Yugoslavia * ZAK a human gene * ISO 639-3 code for the Zanaki language of Tanzania See also * Zac, a given name * Zach or Zack (other) Zack or Zach may refer to: People * Zach (surname), various people * Zack (surname), various people * Zack (personal name), lists of people and fictional characters named Zack, Zach, Zac, Zak or Zakk * Záh (gens) or Zách, a ''gens'' (clan) in th ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Dahan
Olivier Dahan (born 26 June 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. His third directed film, ''La Vie en rose'', was one of the only French cinema films to win two Academy Awards, including the first acting Oscar in the French language. Biography Dahan was born in La Ciotat, France, to a father of Algerian-Jewish origin. In 1991, Olivier Dahan received a diploma in art at the Art school of Marseille, then shot several short subjects and clips. In the beginning of 2004, he decided to shoot a film on the life of the French singer Édith Piaf. The film was a success and the actress Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Upon accepting the award, she credited Olivier Dahan for changing her life in whole and as an actress. In the afterwards of the Academy Award ceremony, Olivier Dahan started to work on an English-language road movie named ''My Own Love Song'' released on April 7, 2010. Selected filmography Feature films * '' Frères'' (1994), starring N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon (film)
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again from 1296 to 1301 * León (historical region), composed of the Spanish provinces León, Salamanca, and Zamora * Viscounty of Léon, a feudal state in France during the 11th to 13th centuries * Saint-Pol-de-Léon, a commune in Brittany, France * Léon, Landes, a commune in Aquitaine, France * Isla de León, a Spanish island * Leon (Souda Bay), an islet in Souda Bay, Chania, on the island of Crete North America * León, Guanajuato, Mexico, a large city * Leon, California, United States, a ghost town * Leon, Iowa, United States * Leon, Kansas, United States * Leon, New York, United States * Leon, Oklahoma, United States * Leon, Virginia, United States * Leon, West Virginia, United States * Leon, Wisconsin (other), United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard T
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Enrico
Robert Georgio Enrico (13 April 1931 – 23 February 2001) was a French film director and scriptwriter best known for making the Oscar-winning short ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1961). He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France, to Italian immigrant parents, and died in Paris. Filmography as director * '' Fait d'hiver'' (1999) * '' Saint-Exupéry: La dernière mission'' (1996) (TV) * ''Vent d'est'' (1993) * ''La Révolution française'' (1989) (segment "Les Années Lumière") * '' Le Hérisson'' (1989) (TV) * ' (1987) * ' (1986) * '' Au nom de tous les miens'' (1985) (TV miniseries) * '' Au nom de tous les miens'' (1983) *''Heads or Tails'' (1980) * ' (1980) * '' Un neveu silencieux'' (1977) * '' Le vieux fusil'' (1975) – César Award for Best Film * '' Le Secret'' (1974) * ' (1972) * ''Boulevard du Rhum'' (1971) * '' Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément...'' (1971) * '' Ho!'' (1968) * ''Tante Zita'' (1967) * '' Les aventuriers'' (1967) * ''Les Grandes Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Révolution Française (film)
''La Révolution française'' is a two-part 1989 historical film co-produced by France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The full film runs at 360 minutes, but the edited-for-television version is slightly longer. It purports to tell a faithful and neutral story of the Revolution, from the calling of the Estates-General to the death of Maximilien de Robespierre. The film had a large budget (FRF 300 million) and boasted an international cast. It was shot in French, German and English. Plot ;Part I: ''La Révolution française: les Années lumière'' (''The French Revolution: Years of Hope''), directed by Robert Enrico The first part focuses on the events of the early days of the French Revolution. The film opens in 1774 with a young Robespierre reading a document in front of a carriage in the College Louis le Grand. He is splashed with mud after a horse's hoof smacks the muddy ground, prompting his classmates to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inspector Blunder
''Inspector Blunder'' (french: Inspecteur la Bavure) is a 1980 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi. Cast * Coluche : Inspector Michel Clément / Jules Clément * Gérard Depardieu : Roger Morzini * Dominique Lavanant : Marie-Anne Prossant * Julien Guiomar : Inspector Vermillot * Alain Mottet : Dumeze * François Perrot : Louis Prossant * Jean Bouchaud : Inspector Zingo * Clément Harari : Dr. Haquenbusch * Philippe Khorsand : Alphonse Rouchard * Martin Lamotte : Inspector Gaffuri * Dany Saval : The antiquarian * Hubert Deschamps : Inspector Marcel Watrin * Marthe Villalonga : Marthe Clément * Richard Anconina : Philou * Féodor Atkine : Merlino * Richard Bohringer : The cop * Jeanne Herviale : Denise Morzini * Jean-Paul Lilienfeld : Libenstein * Gabriel Gobin : The lawyer * Gérard Holtz : Himself * Hippolyte Girardot Hippolyte Girardot (born Frédéric Girardot; 10 October 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He is the father of actress Ana Girar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
