Yann Gozlan (born 28 March 1977) is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed four feature films: the horror film ''
Caged
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'' (2010), the thriller '' A Perfect Man'' (2015), the action thriller ''
Burn Out
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'' (2017), the mystery thriller '' Black Box'' (2021), and the psychological thriller ''
Visions
Vision, Visions, or The Vision may refer to:
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* Visual perception, the sense of sight
* Visual system, the physical mechanism of eyesight
* Computer vision, a field dealing with how computers can be made to gain un ...
'' (2023).
Early life
Gozlan, the son of an engineer father and a nurse mother, grew up in Aubervilliers.
Career
After having shot experimental films on video and
Super 8
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, Yann Gozlan went in search of a producer for his first short film ''Pellis''. Completed in 2003, the film depicts the world of dermatology and psychosomatic disorders. Another short film, ''Écho'', followed in 2006 with
Lubna Azabal
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Career
Azabal was born on 15 August 1973 in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother. The film received the Prix du court métrage at the 2007 Fantastic'Arts festival in Gérardmer.
Gozlan was tapped by Sombrero Films to direct his feature film debut, ''
Caged
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'' (''Captifs''), a horror film set against the backdrop of human organ trafficking. The film starred
Zoé Félix
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Biography
Acting career
When Félix was seventeen, an agent saw her on a bus, gave her his card, and asked her to call him if she was ever interested in acting. Two years later, she contacted ...
in the main role. It was theatrically released in October 2010. The film won two awards the same year (Best Actress and Best Picture) at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles.
In 2015, Gozlan continued his collaboration with screenwriter Guillaume Lemans, which began with the film ''Caged'', on the film '' A Perfect Man'' (''Un homme idéal''), a thriller dealing with the spiral of lies and deception. The film was released in theaters in March 2015 with
Pierre Niney
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in the lead role.
In 2017, collaborating again with Guillaume Lemans, he wrote and directed the action thriller ''
Burn Out
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'', based on the noir novel ''Balancé dans les cordes'' by Jérémie Guez. Combining Superbike motorcycle racing with drug trafficking in the city, the film was theatrically released in January 2018 with François Civil in the main role. In 2022, Borsalino Productions produced a remake of ''Burn Out'' entitled '' Centauro'', directed by Spanish filmmaker
Daniel Calparsoro
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Biography
Daniel Calparsoro López-Tapia was born in Barcelona on 11 May 1968, although he was raised in betwe ...
.
Alongside his productions, Yann Gozlan collaborated with his friend Thomas Kruithof on the screenplay for ''
La mécanique de l'ombre
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Cast
* François Cluzet as Duval
* Denis Podalydès as Clément
* Sami Bouajila as Labarthe ...
'', released in theaters in January 2017 and starring
François Cluzet
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Delphine de Vigan
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Life and career
De Vigan wrote her first four novels by night while working at a public opinion firm in Alfortville by day. Her first published work, ''Jours sans faim'' (2001), was p ...
, the film was released in theaters in November 2017. It is a psychological thriller starring Emmanuelle Seigner and Eva Green. Gozlan served as associate producer of the film.
In 2021, Gozlan directed the mystery thriller '' Black Box'' (''Boîte noire''). The film stars
Pierre Niney
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as Matthieu, a talented young black box analyst who is tasked with investigating a mysterious deadly plane crash. It was theatrically released in September 2021. Gozlan co-wrote the screenplay with Simon Moutaïrou and Nicolas Bouvet-Levrard. The trio received a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the
47th César Awards
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. The film was a major success in France, where it sold 1.2 million admissions.
Gozlan's fifth film, ''
Visions
Vision, Visions, or The Vision may refer to:
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* Visual perception, the sense of sight
* Visual system, the physical mechanism of eyesight
* Computer vision, a field dealing with how computers can be made to gain un ...
'', is a psychological thriller starring Diane Kruger and
Mathieu Kassovitz
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. Set in the south of France, Kruger stars as Estelle, an airline captain happily married to a doctor portrayed by Kassovitz. After a chance encounter with her ex Ana, Estelle has an affair. Estelle develops recurring visions, nightmares and hallucinations, which are intensifed when Ana disappears mysteriously. The film was theatrically released in September 2023.