Kim Chapiron (born 4 July 1980) is a French film director, screenwriter, and musician of Vietnamese descent.

Biography

Of Vietnamese origin by his mother, Chapiron is the son of graphic designer Christian Chapiron, better known as ''Kiki Picasso'', and the brother of singer and stylist

Mai Lan Mai-Lan Aquarella Morgane Chapiron (stylized as MAI LAN) is a French-Vietnamese artist. She released her first solo album ''Mai Lan'' in 2012. In 2016, she appeared on M83's album '' Junk'', contributing with vocals on four tracks, including the ...

. In 1995, he created the collective "Kourtrajmé" with the director

Romain Gavras Romain Gavras (; born 4 July 1981 in Paris, France) is a French filmmaker. He is known for directing Jamie xx's video " Gosh", Kanye West's video "No Church in the Wild" and M.I.A.'s video " Bad Girls". He also directed Justice's "Stress" and M ...

. The same year, the two directors met for a science fiction short entitled ''Paradoxe Perdu''. They play the only two main characters. Chapiron filmed more than twenty short films mixing action and comedy (compiled in 2003 in the double DVD ''Seigneur ne leur pardonnez pas car ils savent ce qu’ils font''). February 2006 saw the release of Sheitan, Kim Chapiron's first feature film that won the closing screening of Midnight Madness at the 2005

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...

and was selected at various festivals, including the

Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer The Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer (formerly Fantastic'Arts, from 1994 to 2008) is an international festival of horror and science fiction films which has been held each year since 1994 in Gérardmer in the Vosges, France ...

, the

Melbourne International Film Festival The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1952 and is one of the oldest film festivals in the world following the founding of the Venice Film Fest ...

and the

Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by TriBeCa Productions, Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive progra ...

. His second film Dog Pound produced by Partizan Films, shot in 2008, shows the daily life of three minors in a prison in

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, U.S. He won Best New Narrative Filmmaker 2010 at the Tribeca Film Festival. In August 2012, he began shooting his third feature film, '' La Crème de la crème''. The action takes place in a large French business school (close to HEC) and tells the adventures of three students who decide to set up a prostitution network within the school. On the day of the film's release, 1 April 2014 he declared in Canal+'s Grand Journal that he found streaming pornography "quite incredible". Alongside pornography, he recalled the existence of love that the younger generations must not forget. Pornography, sexuality and love are precisely three themes of ''La Crème de la crème''. In March 2017, he was a member of the jury for the fourth edition of the Rennes International Short Film Festival and also for the seventh Moon Festival.

Filmography

* ''

Sheitan ' (; ''devils'' or ''demons''), singular: (شَيْطَان) are evil spirits in Islam, inciting humans (and jinn) to sin by "whispering" (وَسْوَسَة, “waswasah”) to their hearts (قَلْب ''qalb''). Folklore suggests that they a ...

'' (2006) * ''

Dog Pound An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed. The word "pound" has its origins in the animal pounds of agricultural communities, where stray livestock would ...

'' (2010) * '' La Crème de la crème'' (2014) * ''Guyane'' (2016–2017) TV 4 episodes

Personal life

Chapiron is the partner of actress and model

Ludivine Sagnier Ludivine Sagnier (born 3 July 1979) is a French actress and model who has appeared on screen since 1989. She was nominated three times for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Swimming Pool'' (2003), ''Peter Pan'' (2003), and '' A ...

, with whom he has two daughters, Ly Lan, born in 2009 and Tàm, born in 2014.

References

External links

* 1980 births Living people Film directors from Paris French male screenwriters French screenwriters French people of Vietnamese descent {{France-film-director-stub