Thierry Frémaux (; born 29 May 1960) is the director of the
Institut Lumière, 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'' (equivalent to a Master of Advanced Studies) in
film history from
Lumière University Lyon 2.
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.
Bibliography
*' (2017,
Grasset; ) (English translation: ''Official Selection'')
See also
* ''
Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux''
References
External links
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Biographie de Thierry Frémauxin LeFigaro.fr (in French)
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1960 births
Living people
French film critics
Cannes Film Festival