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Guillaume Brac (born 1977) is a French film director from
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. He has directed films such as '' Tonnerre'', ''July Tales'', ''Treasure Island'', and '' À L'abordage''.


Early life

Guillaume Brac was born in 1977 in
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, France. He graduated from
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 Fren ...
in 2005.


Career

Guillaume Brac's 2011 film, ''Un monde sans femmes'', was nominated for the
César Award for Best Short Film The César Award for Best Short Film (french: César du meilleur film de court métrage) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1992. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Academy ...
at the
37th César Awards The 37th César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), was held on 24 February 2012, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The awards honoured the best films ...
. His debut feature film, '' Tonnerre'', had its world premiere at the 2013
Locarno Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...
. It stars
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. It was nominated for the 2014
Louis Delluc Prize The Louis Delluc Prize (french: Prix Louis-Delluc ) is a French film award presented annually since 1937. The award is bestowed to the Best Film and Best First Film of the year on the second week of each December. The jury is composed of 20 members, ...
for Best Directorial Debut. He served as one of the jury members in the Caméra D'or section at the
2017 Cannes Film Festival The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish film director and screenwriter Pedro AlmodĂłvar was the President of the Jury for the festival and Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and ...
. His second feature film, ''July Tales'', had its world premiere at the 2017 Locarno Festival. After that, he directed a documentary film, ''Treasure Island'', which had its world premiere at the 2018
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...
. In 2020, he returned with a fiction film, '' À L'abordage'', which had its world premiere at the
67th Berlin International Film Festival The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 18 February 2017 with Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven as President of the Jury. ''Django (2017 film), Django'', directed by Etienne Comar, opened the festival. The Golden Bear ...
. It won a special mention from the
FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...
jury.


Filmography


Feature films

* '' Tonnerre'' (2013) * ''July Tales'' (2017) * ''Treasure Island'' (2018) * '' À L'abordage'' (2020)


Short films

* ''Le Naufragé'' (2009) * ''Un monde sans femmes'' (2011) * ''Le Repos des braves'' (2016)


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brac, Guillaume 1977 births Living people Film directors from Paris