Director FRANCE

Arnaud DESPLECHIN

Biography

Desplechin became an official competitor at Cannes with The Sentinel, his first feature film. He then made My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument, which introduced a new generation of actors. The artists in his films have regularly been awarded the most prestigious prizes, notably the 61st Festival de Cannes Prize for Catherine Deneuve in A Christmas Tale. In 2016 he won the César for Best Director for his film My Golden Days He recently directed his first theatre play, August Strindberg's The Father at the Comédie Française, to great acclaim.

Films presented at Cannes

LES FANTÔMES D'ISMAËL ISMAËL'S GHOSTS 2017 Out of Competition Director, Script / Dialogue

JEAN DOUCHET, L'ENFANT AGITÉ RESTLESS CHILD 2017 Cannes Classics Actor

JIMMY P. (PSYCHOTHERAPY OF A PLAINS INDIAN) 2013 In Competition – Feature Films Director, Script / Dialogue

...MEN FILMEN ÄR MIN ÄLSKARINNA ...BUT FILM IS MY MISTRESS 2010 Cannes Classics

UN CONTE DE NOËL A CHRISTMAS TALE 2008 In Competition – Feature Films Director, Script / Dialogue

EN JOUANT "DANS LA COMPAGNIE DES HOMMES" 2003 Un Certain Regard Director, Script / Dialogue

ESTHER KAHN 2000 In Competition – Feature Films Director, Script / Dialogue

COMMENT JE ME SUIS DISPUTÉ...(MA VIE SEXUELLE) 1996 In Competition – Feature Films Director, Script / Dialogue

LA SENTINELLE 1992 In Competition – Feature Films Director, Script / Dialogue

Jury members

Member - Feature films - 2016
Member - Cinéfondation & Short Films - 1998

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Directors

Alireza GHASEMI

Abderrahmane SISSAKO

Director, Writer, Producer

Bruce BERESFORD

Claude GORETTA

Director

Istvan GAAL

Director

Luc DARDENNE

Director

Nicole GARCIA

Director

Pedro ALMODÓVAR

Director, Writer, Producer

Paolo SORRENTINO

Director, script writer

Quentin TARANTINO

Director