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Patrice LECONTE
Director
Country:
FRANCE
Biography
SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
Born November 12, 1947, in Paris.
Childhood and adolescence in Tours.
1968/1969: IDHEC (Institute of High Cinematographic Studies) in Paris.
From 1970 to 1975: collaborates on the magazine PILOTE as screenwriter and cartoonist.
In parallel, directs about twenty shorts.
1975: directs first feature film.
SELECTIVE FILMOGRAPHY:
1978 : French Fried Vacation
1979 : Les Bronzés font du ski
1986 : Tandem
1989 : Monsieur Hire
1990 : The Hairdresser's Husband (Prix Louis Delluc 1990)
1996 : Ridicule (César award for best film eand best Director)
1999 : The Girl on the Bridge
2000 : The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2002 : The Man on the Train
2004 : Intimate Strangers
2004 : Dogora
2006 : Les Bronzés 3 - Amis pour la vie
2006 : Mon meilleur ami
Films presented in Cannes
- 2012 - LE MAGASIN DES SUICIDES (THE SUICIDE SHOP) - Cannes Junior Director, Screenplay
- 1996 - RIDICULE - In Competition Director
- 1992 - LE BATTEUR DU BOLÉRO - Out of Competition Director, Screenplay
- 1989 - MONSIEUR HIRE - In Competition Director, Screenplay
Member of the Jury
- 2006 - Sélection officielle - Member