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Michel Hazanavicius
Hazanavicius in 2017
Born(1967-03-29)29 March 1967(age 57)
Paris,France
Alma materÉcole nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise
OccupationFilm director
Years active1988–present
SpouseBérénice Bejo
Children4
AwardsAcademy Awardfor Best Director
BAFTAfor Best Director
César Awardfor Best Director
and other seeawards

Michel Hazanavicius(French:[mi.ʃɛla.za.na.vi.sjys]ⓘ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,which won theAcademy Award for Best Pictureat the84th Academy Awards.It also won him theAcademy Award for Best Director.He also directedspy filmparodiesOSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies(2006) andOSS 117: Lost in Rio(2009).

Life and career

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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]Before directing films, Hazanavicius worked in television, beginning with theCanal+channel, where he started as a director in 1988.[4]He began directing commercials for companies such asReebokandBouygues Telecom,and then, in 1993, he made his firstfeature-length film,La Classe américaine,for television. The film, co-directed with Dominique Mézerette, consisted entirely of footage taken from various films produced by theWarner Bros.studio, re-edited anddubbedinto French. In 1997,[4]Hazanavicius directed his first short film,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,a parody of 1960sspy moviesand specifically ofOSS 117,a popular character created byJean Brucein 1949. The $17.5 million film was a modest box office success, with $23 million worldwide receipts.[5]A sequel,OSS 117: Lost in Rio,followed in 2009. Both films were later distributed in the United States byMusic Box Films.The Artist,a black and white film without dialogue which takes place in Hollywood on the eve ofsound film,screened in competition at the 2011Cannes International Film Festival.The Artistwas later released to universal acclaim. On 24 January 2012 Hazanavicius received nominations for threeOscars:theAcademy AwardsforBest Director,Best Original ScreenplayandBest 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]Hazanavicius won the Academy Award for Best Director forThe Artist,at the84th Academy Awards.[7][8]He was invited to join theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciencesin 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 ZinnemannfilmThe Search.The film stars Berenice Bejo in theMontgomery Cliftrole as anNGOworker helping a little boy find his family in modern-dayChechnyaand was produced by Thomas Langmann.[10]Golden Globe Awardactress winnerAnnette Beningalso 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 ArtistandThe Search.[12]Hazanavicius and Bejo have two children together: Lucien and Gloria.

Filmography

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Hazanavicius with his wifeBérénice Bejo.
Year(s) Title Notes
1992 Derrick contre Superman Television short
Ca détourne Television movie
1993 La Classe américaine
1994 C'est pas le 20 heures Television series
1996 Les films qui sortent le lendemain dans les salles de cinéma Documentary television series
1997 Echec au capital Short film
1999 Mes amis
2006 OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
2009 OSS 117: Lost in Rio
2011 The Artist
2012 The Players Feature omnibus film (segment)
2014 The Search Feature film - remake ofThe Search
2017 Redoubtable
2020 The Lost Prince
2022 Final Cut
2024 The Most Precious of Cargoes

Awards

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Award Year Category Film Result
Academy Awards[13] 2012 Best Director The Artist Won
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Best Film Editing Nominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists[14][15] 2012 Best Director Won
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Best Editing Nominated
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts(AACTA)[16] 2012 Best Direction – International Won
Best Screenplay – International Nominated
BAFTA Award[17] 2012 Best Director Won
Best Original Screenplay Won
Best Editing Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics Award[18] 2011 Best Director Nominated
Cannes Film Festival[19] 2011 Palme d'Or Nominated
César Awards[20] 2008 Best Writing OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies Nominated
2012 Best Director The Artist Won
Best Writing Nominated
Best Editing Nominated
2018 Best Director Redoubtable Nominated
Best Adaptation Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association[21][22] 2012 Best Director The Artist Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Won
Critics' Choice Movie Awards[23] 2012 Best Director Won
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Best Editing Nominated
Denver Film Critics Society[24] 2012 Best Director (tied withTerrence Malick) Won
Detroit Film Critics Society[25] 2011 Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Nominated
Directors Guild Awards[26] 2012 Outstanding Achievement in Directing in a Theatrical Release Won
Etoiles d'or Award[27] 2012 Best Director Won
Florida Film Critics Circle[28] 2011 Best Original Screenplay Won
Golden Globe Awards[29] 2012 Best Director – Motion Picture Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society[30] 2011 Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Foreign Film Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards[31] 2012 Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle[32] 2012 Director of the Year Won
Screenwriter of the Year Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle Awards[33] 2011 Best Director Won
New York Film Critics Online[34] 2011 Won
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle[35] 2011 Won
Best Original Screenplay Won
Online Film Critics Society[36] 2012 Best Director Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society[37][38] 2011 Best Director Won
Best Original Screenplay Won
Best Film Editing Won
Breakthrough Behind The Camera Won
Satellite Awards[39] 2011 Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Seattle International Film Festival 2006 Seattle International Film FestivalGolden Space Needle Award OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies Won
Tokyo International Film Festival 2006 Tokyo International Film FestivalTokyo Grand Prix Won
Globes de Cristal Award 2007 Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle[40] 2011 Best Director The Artist Nominated
Best Screenplay Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[41] 2011 Best Director Nominated

Frequent casting

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Actor Mes amis
(1999) 		OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
(2006) 		OSS 117: Lost in Rio
(2009) 		The Artist
(2011) 		The Players
(2012) 		The Search
(2014)
Jean Dujardin checkY checkY checkY checkY
Bérénice Bejo checkY checkY checkY
Gilles Lellouche checkY checkY
Serge Hazanavicius checkY checkY
Alexandra Lamy checkY checkY

See also

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References

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