Philippe Lacôte is an Ivorian film director. He is most noted for his 2014 film ''
Run
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'', which was a
Lumière Award nominee for
Best French-Language Film at the
20th Lumière Awards, and his 2020 film ''
Night of the Kings
''Night of the Kings'' () is a 2020 fantasy drama film written and directed by Philippe Lacôte. The film is produced by Delphine Jaquet (Banshee Films, France), Yanick Letourneau (Peripheria, Canada), Ernest Konan (Wassakara Productions, Côt ...
(La Nuit des rois)'', which won the
Amplify Voices Award at the
2020 Toronto International Film Festival
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.
Both films were also selected as Côte d'Ivoire's submissions to the
Academy Awards
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for the
Best International Feature Film at the
88th Academy Awards
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in 2016
and at the
93rd Academy Awards
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in 2021,
respectively.
In 2024, Lacote directed the film "Killer Heat," based on
Jo Nesbø
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's "Jealousy Man and Other Stories," and starring
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor. He has received various accolades, including nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his leading perform ...
,
Shailene Woodley
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and
Richard Madden.
Accolades
In 2021, he was selected as a jury member for the International competition section of the
74th Locarno Film Festival, held from August 4 to 14.
References
External links
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Ivorian film directors
Ivorian screenwriters
Ivorian male writers
People from Abidjan
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
French male screenwriters
21st-century French screenwriters
21st-century male writers
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