Laurent Cantet | |
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Born | Melle, Deux-Sèvres, France | 15 June 1961
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer |
Years active | 1994–present |
Laurent Cantet ([lɔʁɑ̃ kɑ̃tɛ]; born 15 June 1961) is a French director. His parents were schoolteachers in Ardilleux.[1][2]
His 2001 film L'Emploi du temps was placed at 99 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s,[3] number 9 of The Guardian's Best Films of the Noughties,[4] and number 11 at The AV Club's top 50 films of the 00s.[5]
On 25 May 2008, he received the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes 2008, for the film Entre les murs.[6][7]
Filmography
As director
- Un ete a Beyrouth (Short film, 1990)
- Veillées d'armes ( Assistant director, 1994)
- Tous à la manif (Short film, 1994)
- Jeux de plage (Short film, 1995)
- Les Sanguinaires (Film for television, 1998)
- Human Resources (Ressources humaines, 1999)
- Time Out (L'Emploi du temps, 2001)
- Heading South (Vers le sud, 2008)
- The Class (Entre les murs, 2008)
- Foxfire (2012)
- Return to Ithaca (2014)
As screenwriter
- Jeux de plage (Short film, 1995)
- Les Sanguinaires (Film for television, 1998)
- Human Resources (Ressources humaines, 1999)
- Time Out (L'Emploi du temps, 2001)
- Heading South (Vers le sud, 2008)
- The Class (Entre les murs, 2008)
- 7 Days in Havana (Segment "La Fuente", 2012)
- Foxfire (2012)
- Return to Ithaca (2014)
As cinematographer
- Cette Nuit (1998)
Awards
César
- 2001 : Best debut for Ressources humaines
- 2001 : Nominated, Best original screenplay or adaptation for Ressources humaines
European Film Awards
- 2001 : Nominated, Best European Screenwriter for L'Emploi du temps
Academy Awards
- 2008 : Nominated, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for The Class (Entre Les Murs).
References
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ "Best of the Aughts: Film". Slant Magazine. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ^ "100 Best Films of the Noughties". The Guardian. London. 17 December 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ "The best films of the 00s". The AV Club. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ The New York Times