French film director, producer and screenwriter
Michel Hazanavicius (French: [mi.ʃɛl ⓘ Lithuanian :Hazanavičius ; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He is best known for his 2011 film,The Artist Academy Award for Best Picture at the84th Academy Awards . It also won him theAcademy Award for Best Director . He also directedspy film parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Hazanavicius was born in Paris. His family isJewish , and originally fromLithuania . His grandparents were from both Poland and Lithuania and settled in France in the 1920s.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Canal+ channel, where he started as a director in 1988.[ 4] Reebok andBouygues Telecom , and then, in 1993, he made his firstfeature-length film ,La Classe américaine Warner Bros. studio, re-edited anddubbed into French. In 1997,[ 4] Echec au capital , and followed it up with his first theatrically released feature,Mes amis , which starred his brother, actor Serge Hazanavicius.
Seven years later, Hazanavicius wrote and directed his second feature,OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies spy movies and specifically ofOSS 117 , a popular character created byJean Bruce in 1949. The $17.5 million film was a modest box office success, with $23 million worldwide receipts.[ 5] OSS 117: Lost in Rio Music Box Films .The Artist sound film , screened in competition at the 2011Cannes International Film Festival .The Artist was later released to universal acclaim. On 24 January 2012 Hazanavicius received nominations for threeOscars : theAcademy Awards forBest Director ,Best Original Screenplay andBest Film Editing . Hazanavicius said winning an Oscar would be "like dreaming of going to the moon – you don't really believe it could ever happen."[ 6] The Artist , at the84th Academy Awards .[ 7] [ 8] Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals.[ 9]
He contributed a section to the omnibus filmThe Players Les Infidèles ) starringJean Dujardin . He then announced that his next feature film would be a remake of the 1948Fred Zinnemann filmThe Search Montgomery Clift role as anNGO worker helping a little boy find his family in modern-dayChechnya and was produced by Thomas Langmann.[ 10] Golden Globe Award actress winnerAnnette Bening also stars in the film.[ 11]
Hazanavicius was in a relationship with film director Virginia Lovisone, and they have two daughters together, Simone and Fantine. He is married toBérénice Bejo , who acted in his filmsOSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies ,The Artist andThe Search .[ 12]
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