Philippe Faucon | |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1958 |
Birth Place: | Oujda, Morocco |
Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
Years Active: | 1984–present |
Philippe Faucon (in French pronounced as /filip fokɔ̃/; born 26 January 1958) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
Philippe Faucon was born in Oujda, the son of a French soldier and an Algerian pied-noir mother. He grew up between Morocco and Algeria, where his father did his military service. After completing his studies at Aix-Marseille University, he began to work in film and in 1984, he directed his first short film, titled La Jeunesse.[1]
In 2015, he directed the film Fatima, which was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[2] For the film, he received the Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film, the César Award for Best Film and the César Award for Best Adaptation, among other awards.[3]
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Faucon signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[4] [5] [6]
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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width=65 | Director | width=65 | Screenwriter | width=65 | Other |
1984 | La Jeunesse | Short film | |||
1986 | Mauvais Sang | Location manager | |||
1990 | L'Amour | Cannes Film Festival - Perspectives of French Cinema Award | |||
1993 | Sabine | ||||
1995 | Muriel fait le désespoir de ses parents | ||||
1995 | Trois minutes de politique | Short film; executive producer | |||
1995 | Le Ravin | Short film; executive producer | |||
1996 | Les Jumeaux | Short film; also producer and editor | |||
1996 | L'@mour Est À Réinventer | TV mini-series | |||
1996 | Being Seventeen | Telefilm | |||
1998 | Les Étrangers | Telefilm | |||
2000 | Samia | Also editor Amiens International Film Festival - Prize of the City of Amiens | |||
2002 | Grégoire peut mieux faire | Telefilm | |||
2002 | Lulu | Actor | |||
2005 | The Betrayal | Also associate producer and casting director | |||
2007 | Dans la vie | Also producer and actor (uncredited) | |||
2008 | D'amour et de révoltes | TV series | |||
2010 | Making Off | Short film | |||
2011 | The Disintegration | Also associate producer | |||
2015 | Fatima | Also producer César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Adaptation French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best French Film Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film Lumières Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Adaptation | |||
2018 | Amin | ||||