Christian Volckman (b. 1971) is a French film director, author, and painter. He is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques in Paris.

Career

He is mainly known for his

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animation feature film ''

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'', a 2006 dystopian

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. The film features the English voices of

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, and

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. It was awarded the Cristal for Best Feature at the

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. in 2006, as well as the Best Feature Film Award at the 5th

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in 2007. The film, distributed by

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, received mixed reviews. His other film work includes music videos and two shorts, ''Le cobaye'', which received a Prix du Jury at Annecy in 1995, and
Maaz
', which has been shown at nearly 100 festivals and won 30 prizes, including two for sound. Volckman has directed several music videos, including
Miss Chang
and
Once upon a Time
for the group

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.
Paris sera toujours Paris
,
Sous le ciel de Paris
and
Champs Elysées
for the singer ZAZ.
Requiem
is the song for Alma that represents France at the Eurovision 2017. In 2008, he and visual artist Raphael Thierry started the websit
©®
an artistic collaboration developing thematic films and exhibitions name
THEFLOW
In 2019, he directed the film ''

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'', with

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and Kevin Janssens

which was shown at the 2019 Sitges Film Festival. He is developing two other films: ''Rapaces'' (''Predator''), produced by Oriflammes Films, and ''The Kid'', produced by Bidibul productions and Superprod.

Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Volckman, Christian 1971 births Living people 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters 21st-century French painters 21st-century French male artists French film directors French animators French animated film directors

Career

Filmography

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