Denis Dercourt (born 1 October 1964) is a French film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Denis Dercourt's grandfather directed documentaries, his father was a film producer and his brother is also a film producer. From 1988 to 1993, Dercourt studied philosophy at the

Paris Nanterre University Paris Nanterre University (French: ''Université Paris Nanterre''), formerly Paris-X and commonly referred to as Nanterre, is a public research university based in Nanterre, Paris, France. It is one of the most prestigious French universities, m ...

and also studied at Sciences Po. Dercourt started his career as a singer and violin player. He performed with the French symphonic orchestra directed by

Laurent Petitgirard Laurent Petitgirard (born 10 June 1950, in Paris) is a French classical composer and conductor. Biography and career Laurent Petitgirard studied piano with Serge Petitgirard and composition with Alain Kremski. He has worked as conductor with do ...

and taught music at the

Conservatoire de Strasbourg The Conservatoire de Strasbourg is a music conservatory located in Strasbourg, France. The school was created using funds given to the city of Strasbourg by arts patron Louis Apffel in 1839. The conservatoire's first day of classes began on 3 Janua ...

. He shot his first short film with his brother. He has directed nine films since 1997. His film '' La Tourneuse de pages'' was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

2006 Cannes Film Festival The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official selection Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over t ...

. Three years later, his film '' Demain dès l'aube'' competed in the same section at the 2009 festival. In 2021, he shot the French-Korean film '' Vanishing'' based on the novel ''The Killing Room'' by Peter May.

Filmography

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* 1964 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Writers from Paris {{France-film-director-stub