Michel Hazanavicius

Michel Hazanavicius
Hazanavicius at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	29 March 1967 Paris
Residence	Paris, France Los Angeles, United States
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Bérénice Bejo
Children	four
Awards	Academy Award for Best Director BAFTA for Best Director César Award for Best Director and other see awards

Michel Hazanavicius (French pronunciation: [mi.ʃɛl a.za.na.vi.sjys]; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, producer, screenwriter and film editor best known for his 2011 film, The Artist, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards. It also won him the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed spy film parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009).

Life and career

Hazanavicius was born in Paris. His family is Jewish, and originally from Lithuania. His grandparents settled in France in the 1920s.^[1][2][3][4] Before directing films, Hazanavicius worked in television, beginning with the Canal+ channel, where he started as a director in 1988.^[5] He began directing commercials for companies such as Reebok and Bouygues Telecom, and then, in 1993, he made his first feature-length film, La Classe américaine, for television. The film, co-directed with Dominique Mézerette, consisted entirely of footage taken from various films produced by the Warner Bros. studio, re-edited and dubbed into French. In 1997,^[5] 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 1960s spy movies and specifically of OSS 117, a popular character created by Jean Bruce in 1949. The $17.5 million film was a modest box office success, with $23 million worldwide receipts.^[6] A sequel, OSS 117: Lost in Rio, followed in 2009. Both films were later distributed in the United States by Music Box Films. The Artist, a black and white film without dialogue which takes place in Hollywood on the eve of sound film, screened in competition at the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival. The Artist was later released to universal acclaim. On 24 January 2012 Hazanavicius received nominations for three Oscars: the Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best 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."^[7] Hazanavicius won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Artist, at the 84th Academy Awards.^[8][9] He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals.^[10]

He contributed a section to the omnibus film The Players (Les Infidèles) starring Jean Dujardin. He has announced that his next feature film will be a remake of the 1948 Fred Zinnemann film The Search. The film will star Berenice Bejo in the Montgomery Clift role as an NGO worker helping a little boy find his family in modern-day Chechnya and will be produced by Thomas Langmann.^[11] Golden Globe Award actress winner Annette Bening will star in the film.^[12]

Hazanavicius was in a relationship with film director Virginia Lovisone, and they have two daughters together, Simone and Fantine. He is married to Bérénice Bejo, who acted in his films OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, The Artist and The Search.^[13] Hazanavicius and Bejo have two children together: Lucien and Gloria.

Filmography

Hazanavicius with his wife Bérénice Bejo.

Year(s)	Title	Description
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	Feature film
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 of The Search

Awards

Award	Year	Category	Film	Result
Academy Awards[14]	2012	Best Director	The Artist	Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Film Editing		Nominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists[15][16]	2012	Best Director		Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Editing		Nominated
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)[17]	2012	Best Direction – International		Won
		Best Screenplay – International		Nominated
BAFTA Award[18]	2012	Best Director		Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Won
		Editing		Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics Award[19]	2011	Best Director		Nominated
Cannes Film Festival[20]	2011	Palme d'Or		Nominated
César Awards[21]	2008	Best Writing	OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies	Nominated
	2012	Best Director	The Artist	Won
		Best Writing		Nominated
		Best Editing		Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association[22][23]	2012	Best Director		Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay		Won
Critics' Choice Movie Awards[24]	2012	Best Director		Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Editing		Nominated
Denver Film Critics Society[25]	2012	Best Director (tied with Terrence Malick)		Won
Detroit Film Critics Society[26]	2011	Best Director		Won
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
Directors Guild Awards[27]	2012	Outstanding Achievement in Directing in a Theatrical Release		Won
Etoiles d'or Award[28]	2012	Best Director		Won
Florida Film Critics Circle[29]	2011	Best Original Screenplay		Won
Golden Globe Awards[30]	2012	Best Director – Motion Picture		Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society[31]	2011	Best Director		Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Foreign Film		Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards[32]	2012	Best Director		Won
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle[33]	2012	Director of the Year		Won
		Screenwriter of the Year		Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle Awards[34]	2011	Best Director		Won
New York Film Critics Online[35]	2011	Best Director		Won
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle[36]	2011	Best Director		Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Won
Online Film Critics Society[37]	2012	Best Director		Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society[38][39]	2011	Best Director		Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Won
		Best Film Editing		Won
		Breakthrough Behind The Camera		Won
Satellite Awards[40]	2011	Best Director		Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
Seattle International Film Festival	2006	Seattle International Film Festival Golden Space Needle Award	OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies	Won
Tokyo International Film Festival	2006	Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo Grand Prix		Won
Globes de Cristal Award	2007	Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film		Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle[41]	2011	Best Director	The Artist	Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[42]	2011	Best Director		Nominated

Frequent casting

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
Bérénice Bejo
Gilles Lellouche
Serge Hazanavicius
Alexandra Lamy

See also

• List of accolades received by The Artist (film)

References

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External links

• Michel Hazanavicius at the Internet Movie Database
• Michel Hazanavicius at WN