Guillaume Schiffman is a French

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who is known for the films he has made with director

Michel Hazanavicius Michel Hazanavicius ( lt, Hazanavičius; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He is best known for his 2011 film, '' The Artist'', which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Aw ...

, including '' OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'' in 2006 and '' OSS 117: Lost in Rio'' in 2009. Schiffman is particularly known for his work on '' The Artist'' with Hazanavicius. Schiffman shot ''The Artist'' in color and then

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d it into black-and-white in the lab. On 24 January 2012, Schiffman received his first ever

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nomination for his work on the

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, '' The Artist''. Schiffman won the

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for ''The Artist''. He was invited to join the

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in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals. Guillaume Schiffman is the son of the late French

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and

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Suzanne Schiffman Suzanne Schiffman (née Klochendler; 27 September 1929 – 6 June 2001) was a French screenwriter and director for numerous motion pictures. She often worked with François Truffaut. The 'script girl' Joelle, played by Nathalie Baye in Truffa ...

. His father was American.

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