Les Arcs 2021
by gcalop | created - 27 Oct 2021 | updated - 02 Dec 2021 | Public
1. Michel Hazanavicius
Writer | The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius was born and raised in Paris, France. His grandparents were originally from Lithuania, but relocated to France in the 1920s. Hazanavicius attended art school, and moved on to work as a director for commercials and television projects. In 1999, he wrote and directed his first ...
2. Eric Judor
Actor | Platane
Eric Judor was born on July 25, 1968 in Meaux, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Platane (2011), H (1998) and Lucky Luke and the Daltons (2004).
3. Sidse Babett Knudsen
Actress | Borgen
Sidse Babett Knudsen is a Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy Let's Get Lost, for which she received both the Robert and Bodil awards for Best Actress.
Following the critical success of her debut, Knudsen has ...
4. Laetitia Dosch
Actress | Jeune femme
Laetitia Dosch was born on September 1, 1980 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Montparnasse Bienvenüe (2017), Dog on Trial (2024) and Keeper (2015).
5. Camille
Soundtrack | Le petit prince
Camille was born in 1978 in Paris, France. She is a composer and actress, known for The Little Prince (2015), Ratatouille (2007) and Paris, I Love You (2006).
6. Tania de Montaigne
Writer | Drôle de genre
Tania de Montaigne is known for Drôle de genre (2022), Let the Sunshine In (2017) and Noire (2021).
7. Rachel Lang
Director | Mon légionnaire
Rachel Lang is known for Our Men (2021), For You I Will Fight (2010) and Baden Baden (2016).
8. Hugo Becker
Actor | L'assaut
Becker attended the Conservatory of dramatic art in France, the court Florent (Olga Hörstig Prize) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art of London.
He was part of the promotion of Young Talents Cannes in 2010. That same year, he made his debut on screen in a variety of roles. He played a young ...
9. Christa Théret
Actress | Renoir
Christa Théret was born on June 25, 1991 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Renoir (2012), LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2008) and The Boss's Daughter (2015).
10. Zoé Wittock
Director | Jumbo
Zoe is an award winning writer and director. Originally hailing from Belgium, Zoé grew up living around the world and trained at the prestigious directing program of the American Film Institute (AFI), in Los Angeles, where she graduated the youngest and top of her class, while being awarded the "...
11. Alma Jodorowsky
Actress | La vie d'Adèle
Alma Jodorowsky was born on September 26, 1991 in Paris. She is an actress and director, known for Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), Kids in Love (2016) and Eyes Find Eyes (2011).
12. Sandor Funtek
Actor | La vie d'Adèle
Sandor is an acclaimed European actor. He has two films in official selection at Cannes 2021 (Suprêmes & The Story of My Wife); and, previously, has had two films win the coveted Palme d'Or at Cannes (Blue is the Warmest Color & Dheepan). Sandor was a 2021 César nominee. He speaks fluent English, ...
13. Samuel Prat
Producer | Le bonhomme des neiges
Samuel Prat is known for Le bonhomme des neiges (2011), Mini Moi (2019) and Mon coeur (2007).
14. Matthias Schoenaerts
Actor | De rouille et d'os
Matthias Schoenaerts was born on December 8, 1977 in Antwerp, Belgium. His mother, Dominique Wiche, was a costume designer, translator, and French teacher, and his father was actor Julien Schoenaerts. He made his film debut at the age of 13 alongside his father in the Belgian film Daens (1992), ...
15. Laurent Cantet
Director | Entre les murs
Laurent Cantet was born on April 11, 1961 in Melle, Deux-Sèvres, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Class (2008), Human Resources (1999) and Time Out (2001). He died on April 25, 2024 in Paris, France.
16. Rebecca Zlotowski
Writer | Grand Central
Rebecca Zlotowski was born on April 21, 1980 in Paris, France. She is a writer and director, known for Grand Central (2013), Other People's Children (2022) and Planetarium (2016).
17. Laure Calamy
Actress | À plein temps
Laure Calamy was born on March 22, 1975 in Orléans, Loiret, France. She is an actress, known for Full Time (2021), My Donkey, My Lover & I (2020) and A World Without Women (2011).
18. Noomi Rapace
Actress | Män som hatar kvinnor
Swedish actress Noomi Rapace was born in Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden to Swedish actress Nina Norén and Spanish Flamenco singer Rogelio de Badajoz (Rogelio Durán). Her parents did not stay together, and when she was five she moved to Iceland with her mother and stepfather, where she lived for...
19. Reda Kateb
Actor | Zero Dark Thirty
Kateb was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse. He is a grandnephew of the Algerian writer Kateb Yacine. He grew up and lived in Ivry-sur-Seine, in region of Paris until 2011 after moving to Montreuil. The son of an actor, has been immersed in...
20. Alex Lutz
Actor | Guy
Alex Lutz was born on August 25, 1978 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Guy (2018), Strangers by Night (2023) and Le talent de mes amis (2015).
21. Mélanie Thierry
Actress | The Zero Theorem
Mélanie Thierry was born on July 17, 1981 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France. She is an actress and director, known for The Zero Theorem (2013), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Babylon A.D. (2008).
22. Grégory Montel
Actor | Dix pour cent
Grégory Montel was born on September 20, 1976 in Digne-les-Bains, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. He is an actor and director, known for Call My Agent! (2015), Barking Dogs (2019) and Thirst for Life (2017).
23. Antoine Reinartz
Actor | Anatomie d'une chute
Antoine Reinartz was born in 1985 in Essey-lès-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He is an actor, known for Anatomy of a Fall (2023), 120 BPM (2017) and Ad Vitam (2018).
24. Déborah Lukumuena
Actress | Divines
Déborah Lukumuena was born on December 4, 1994 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Divines (2016), Championne (2022) and Kin La Belle.
25. Nadav Lapid
Director | Haganenet
Nadav Lapid was born on April 8, 1975 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is a director and writer, known for The Kindergarten Teacher (2014), Synonyms (2019) and Policeman (2011).
26. Souheila Yacoub
Actress | Dune: Part Two
Souheila Yacoub was born in Geneva to a Flemish mother and a Tunisian father. She devoted her childhood and adolescence to sports and joined the Swiss National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team as an elite athlete. She attended a theatre and dance school in Geneva, then obtained a scholarship and went to ...
27. Rabah Nait Oufella
Actor | Grave
Rabah Nait Oufella was born on December 3, 1992 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. He is an actor and composer, known for Raw (2016), The Class (2008) and The Crew (2015).
28. Bérénice Bejo
Actress | The Artist
Actress Bérénice Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, the daughter of Silvia De Paoli, a lawyer, and Miguel Bejo, a filmmaker. When she was three, Bejo's family relocated to Paris, France. She embarked on a successful acting career in the 1990s, with various roles in French television and film ...
29. Marie Gillain
Actress | Coco avant Chanel
Marie Gillain was born on June 18, 1975 in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. She is an actress and director, known for Coco Before Chanel (2009), Elective Affinities (1996) and Mon père, ce héros. (1991).
30. Frédérique Bel
Actress | Un long dimanche de fiançailles
Frédérique Bel was born in Annecy in the department of Haute-Savoie. Her parents both owned a small shop and because of their tough living, she worked for them during eight years. After obtaining her high school final exam, she moved to Strasbourg and studied at the university graduating in both ...
31. Lyès Salem
Actor | L'Oranais
Lyès Salem was born on July 7, 1973 in Alger, Algeria. He is an actor and writer, known for The Man from Oran (2014), Mascarades (2008) and Cousins (2004).
32. François Desagnat
Director | Adopte un veuf
François Desagnat was born on March 9, 1973 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Roommates Wanted (2016), Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï (2020) and La beuze (2003).
33. Serge Hazanavicius
Actor | Tout là-haut
Serge Hazanavicius was born on September 11, 1963 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for To the Top (2017), The Monuments Men (2014) and Poirot (1989).
34. Tiphaine Daviot
Actress | Une belle histoire
Tiphaine Daviot is known for Une belle histoire (2019), HP (2018) and Visitors (2022).
35. Alexandre Jollien
Director | Presque
Alexandre Jollien was born on November 26, 1975 in Sierre, Valais, Switzerland. He is a director and actor, known for Beautiful Minds (2021), Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2006) and 20h30 le dimanche (2011).
36. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Director | The Mustang
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre was born on July 26, 1983 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for The Mustang (2019), Rabbit (2014) and Atlantic Avenue (2013).
37. Jean Libon
Director | Ni juge, ni soumise
Jean Libon is known for So Help Me God (2017), Poulet frites (2021) and Strip-tease (1985).
38. Yves Hinant
Director | Ni juge, ni soumise
Yves Hinant is known for So Help Me God (2017), Poulet frites (2021) and The Referees (2009).
39. Oleh Sentsov
Director | Nosorih
Oleh Sentsov was born on July 13, 1976 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for Rhino (2021), Gamer (2011) and Numbers (2020). He was previously married to Alla.
40. Clio Barnard
Director | The Selfish Giant
Clio Barnard was born in Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is known for The Selfish Giant (2013), Ali & Ava (2021) and The Arbor (2010).
41. Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic
Writer | Murina
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic is a writer, director, and producer born in Dubrovnik and based in New York. Her directorial feature debut, Murina, executive produced by Martin Scorcesse, premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in Directors Fortnight section and was honored with the the Caméra d'Or ...
42. Vincent Munier
Director | La panthère des neiges
Vincent Munier was born in 1976 in Épinal, Vosges, France. He is a director and writer, known for The Velvet Queen (2021), Grandeurs nature (2009) and Vincent Munier, éternel émerveillé (2019).
43. Yuksek
Soundtrack | Les combattants
Yuksek is known for Love at First Fight (2014), Accomplices (2009) and Marguerite & Julien (2015).
44. Valentyn Vasyanovych
Producer | Atlantis
Valentyn Vasyanovych was born on July 21, 1971 in Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is a producer and editor, known for Atlantis (2019), Black Level (2017) and Reflection (2021).
45. Constance Meyer
Producer | Rhapsody
Constance Meyer was born on February 4, 1984. He is a producer and director, known for Rhapsody (2016), Frank-Étienne Towards Grace (2012) and Robust (2021).
46. Bachar Khalifé
Composer | Layla Fourie
Bachar Khalifé is known for Layla Fourie (2013), My Brothers and I (2021) and Go Home (2015).
47. Anaïs Volpé
Actress | Heis: Chroniques
Anaïs Volpé is known for Heis: Chroniques (2017), The Braves (2021) and Indemnes (2019).
48. Samuel Theis
Actor | Petite nature
Samuel Theis was born on January 12, 1978 in Creutzwald, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Softie (2021), Party Girl (2014) and Anatomy of a Fall (2023).
49. André Bonzel
Cinematographer | C'est arrivé près de chez vous
André Bonzel was born in 1961. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Man Bites Dog (1992), Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By (2021) and Tigers in the City (2012). He is married to Anna Bonzel. They have three children.
50. Amin Bouhafa
Composer | Timbuktu
Amine Bouhafa was born on July 10, 1986. He is known for his work on "Timbuktu", "Dégage", "My way" and "The first Lady".
Amine started playing piano at the age of 3. He continued his musical studies in Tunis Conservatory then in Paris Conservatory from whish he is graduated in orchestration, ...
51. Fabien Gorgeart
Director | La vraie famille
Fabien Gorgeart is known for The Family (2021), Un homme à la mer (2009) and Le sens de l'orientation (2012).
52. Eric Gravel
Director | À plein temps
Eric Gravel is known for Full Time (2021), Eau Boy (2007) and Ce n'était qu'un rêve (2004).
53. Etienne Comar
Producer | Des hommes et des dieux
Etienne Comar was born on January 25, 1965 in Paris, France. He is a producer and writer, known for Of Gods and Men (2010), Timbuktu (2014) and Django (2017).
54. Fred Baillif
Director | La mif
Fred Baillif is a self-taught movie director and producer from Switzerland. He graduate from the Institute of Social Studies in Geneva in 2000.
He first specialize in documentary since 2002, but in 2015 he directed his first fiction entitled "Tapis Rouge" (Red Carpet). Since then, he directed ...
55. Guillaume Senez
Director | Keeper
Guillaume Senez was born on July 6, 1978 in Brussels, Belgium. He is a director and writer, known for Keeper (2015), Our Struggles (2018) and Walk with Kings (2020).
56. Sophie Letourneur
Director | Le marin masqué
Sophie Letourneur is known for Le marin masqué (2011), La vie au ranch (2009) and Voyages en Italie (2023).
57. Peter Kerekes
Producer | Cenzorka
Peter Kerekes was born on April 3, 1973 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia. He is a producer and director, known for 107 Mothers (2021), 66 sezón (2003) and Velvet Terrorists (2013).
58. Thomas Kruithof
Director | Les promesses
Thomas Kruithof was born in 1976 in France. He is a director and writer, known for Promises (2021), The Eavesdropper (2016) and Rétention (2013).
59. Laura Samani
Director | Piccolo corpo
Laura Samani was born on October 9, 1989 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Laura is a director and writer, known for Small Body (2021), The Sleeping Saint (2016) and Rosso liquido (2013).
60. Claude Barras
Director | Ma vie de Courgette
Claude Barras is known for My Life as a Zucchini (2016), Land of the Heads (2009) and Chambre 69 (2012).
61. Marie Amiguet
Cinematographer | La panthère des neiges
Marie Amiguet is known for The Velvet Queen (2021), Marche avec les loups (2019) and Vivre avec les loups (2023).
62. Stéphanie Carreras
Producer | Larguées
Stéphanie Carreras is known for Dumped (2018), Rock the Casbah (2013) and On Air (2012).
63. Adrian Moyse Dullin
Director | Haut les coeurs
Adrian Moyse Dullin is known for The Right Words (2021).
64. Xabi Molia
Writer | 8 fois debout
Born in Bayonne in the Basque Country, Xabi Molia graduated in literature and has since shared his talent between writing (in 2014, he is the author of four novels, two collections of poems and a scenario for a comic strip) and cinema. As a director, he has to this day made one short, two fiction ...
65. Celeste Cescutti
Actress | Piccolo corpo
Celeste Cescutti is known for Small Body (2021) and So(g)no (2022).
66. Gracija Filipovic
Actress | Murina
Gracija Filipovic is one of the ten Berlinale Shooting Stars 2022, making her one of the most exciting new talents emerging from European cinema.
Born in Croatia, Gracija Filipovic received her theatre training in Dubrovnik and shot her first film in 2014. Her collaborative work with director ...
67. Maryna Klimova
Actress | Pohani dorohy
Maryna Klimova is known for Bad Roads (2020), 107 Mothers (2021) and Taras. Homecoming (2019).
68. Levan Koguashvili
Director | Brma paemnebi
Levan Koguashvili is known for Blind Dates (2013), Brighton 4th (2021) and Gogita's New Life (2016).
69. Eva Küpper
Writer | Bevor der letzte Vorhang fällt
Eva Küpper is known for Bevor der letzte Vorhang fällt (2014), Dark Rider (2021) and What's in a Name (2009).
70. Léo Marchand
Director | La Saint-festin
Léo Marchand is known for La Saint-festin (2007), Tired of Being Handsome (2013) and En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît (2002).
71. Denis Imbert
Assistant_director | Taxi 3
Denis Imbert is known for Taxi 3 (2003), Platane (2011) and Vicky (2015).
72. Swamy Rotolo
Actress | A Chiara
Swamy Rotolo was born on August 14, 2004 in Gioia Tauro, Calabria, Italy. She is an actress, known for A Chiara (2021), Io e il Secco and A Ciambra (2017).
73. Shanna Keil
Actress | Mystère
Shanna Keil is known for Vicky and Her Mystery (2021), The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023) and L'invité (2000).
74. Mart Taniel
Cinematographer | Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal
Mart Taniel was born in 1976 in Tallinn. He graduated in cinematography from the University of Tallinn and Prague's FAMU Film School. In 2017, Mart Taniel received the highest international honor given to cinematographers, the ASC Spotlight Award, for "November". That same film won Best ...
75. François Gédigier
Editor | Dancer in the Dark
François Gédigier is known for Dancer in the Dark (2000), On the Road (2012) and The Big Blue (1988). He is married to Marie Desplechin.
76. Alex Camilleri
Editor | Luzzu
Alex Camilleri is known for Luzzu (2021), Elli and the Astronaut (2009) and 99 Homes (2014).
77. Thomas Daneskov
Writer | Vildmænd
Thomas Daneskov was born on February 20, 1989 in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He is a writer and director, known for Wild Men (2021), Ud, spring over, ind (2013) and The Elite (2015).
78. Niccolò Castelli
Director | Atlas
Niccolò Castelli was born on March 4, 1982 in Lugano, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for Atlas (2021), Tutti giù (2012) and Endsieg - Everything Changes in One Shot (2008).
79. Lionel Baier
Director | La vanité
Lionel Baier was born on December 13, 1976 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a producer and director, known for Vanity (2015), Continental Drift (South) (2022) and Stealth (2006).
80. Patrick Imbert
Writer | Le sommet des dieux
Patrick Imbert is known for The Summit of the Gods (2021), The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017) and Ernest & Celestine (2012).
81. Alberto Fasulo
Producer | Tir
Alberto Fasulo born in 1976, started working in the movie industry as assistant director, between fiction and creative documentary, learning the job on film sets. In 2008 he directed and produced his first feature film, documentary Rumore Bianco, selected by many international festivals and ...
82. Chiara Bellosi
Director | Palazzo di giustizia
Chiara Bellosi is known for Ordinary Justice (2020), Calcinculo (2022) and Milano 55,1. Cronaca di una settimana di passioni (2011).
83. Flore Vasseur
Director | Bigger Than Us
Flore Vasseur has been writing books, portraits, stories and TV series scripts for 10 years. She recently has come to directing documentaries. Formats may change, but not the intent: Flore works on the end of the world as we know it and what may come next. A graduate from HEC (Business and ...
84. Guillaume Lorin
Art_department | WolfWalkers
Guillaume Lorin is known for Wolfwalkers (2020), Vanille (2020) and Miru Miru (2017).
86. Rok Bicek
Producer | Druzina
Rok Bicek (b. 1985). Class Enemy, his feature debut, won the Fedeora Award at the Venice Critics' Week (2013) and was finalist of LUX Prize, while the documentary The Family won the Grand Prix at the Locarno Critics' Week (2017). His work revealed a rare confidence, backed up by a clear esthetic ...
87. Spela Cadez
Director | Boles
Spela Cadez was born in 1977 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is a director and writer, known for Boles (2013), Nighthawk (2016) and Steakhouse (2021).
88. Marko Djeska
Animation_department | Sve te senzacije u mom trbuhu
Marko Djeska is known for All Those Sensations in My Belly (2020), Kolinje (2010) and Grad duhova (2016).
89. Urska Djukic
Director | Granny's Sexual Life
Urska Djukic was born in 1986 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She studied at the Academy of Arts in Nova Gorica. Her short film Bon Appétit, La Vie! won the award for Best Short at the National Festival of Slovenian Film 2016. In 2018, she was invited to participate at SEE Factory, a joint project for ...
90. Michèle Flury
Director | Heartbeat
Michèle Flury is known for Heartbeat (2022), Pas Ta Maman and I've Been Here All Day (2021).
91. Jannis Alexander Kiefer
Director | Kollegen
Jannis Alexander Kiefer is known for Kollegen (2020), Comments - Away from keyboard (2017) and Meeting (2021).
92. Thomas Blumenthal
Actor | Les choristes
Thomas Blumenthal is known for The Chorus (2004), La tortue (2016) and Smart Ass (2014).
93. Michael Zindel
Director | Allan
Michael Zindel is known for Allan (2021), Le dernier des Juifs (2024) and Heads or Fails.
94. Inas Chanti
Actress | À genoux les gars
Inas Chanti is known for Sextape (2018), Rascal (2020) and Elle & lui & le reste du monde (2024).
95. Élie Benchimol
Actor | Le dernier des Juifs
Élie Benchimol is known for Le dernier des Juifs (2024), Morning Dew (2018) and Paye ta robe (2019).
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