Thierry Frémaux (; born 29 May 1960) is the director of the

Institut Lumière The Institut Lumière (; "Lumière Institute") is a French organisation, based in Lyon, for the promotion and preservation of aspects of French film making. The Institut Lumière is a museum that honours the contribution to filmmaking by Auguste ...

, of the

Lumière Film Festival The Lumière Film Festival is an annual film festival held each October in Lyon Metropolis, France, since 2009. The festival is named in honor of the Lumière Brothers, who invented the Cinematography in Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, O ...

and of the

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

Education and career

Frémaux has a ''

diplôme d'études approfondies A Master of Advanced Studies or Master of Advanced Study (MAS, M.A.S., or MASt) is a postgraduate degree awarded in various countries. Master of Advanced Studies programs may be non-consecutive programs tailored for "specific groups of working pro ...

'' (equivalent to a Master of Advanced Studies) in

film history The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century. The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined. However, the commercial, public scr ...

from

Lumière University Lyon 2 Lumière University Lyon 2 (french: Université Lumière Lyon 2) is one of the three universities that comprise the current University of Lyon, having splintered from an older university of the same name, and is primarily based on two campuses in ...

. In 2017, Thierry Frémaux gathered a collection of the early films by

Auguste and Louis Lumière The Lumière brothers (, ; ), Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their ''Ciném ...

into a whole feature film ''Lumière ! l'aventure commence''. He also voiced the French version of the film.

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*' (2017, Grasset; ) (English translation: ''Official Selection'')

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Biographie de Thierry Frémaux
in LeFigaro.fr (in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fremaux, Thierry 1960 births Living people French film critics Cannes Film Festival

Education and career

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