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Michel Hazanavicius

Michel Hazanavicius

Director · Born 1967-03-29 · Paris, France

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Biography

Michel Haznavicius (born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter best known for his spy movie parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and OSS 117: Lost in Rio, both of which star Jean Dujardin. His 2011 film The Artist competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival but lost to The Tree of Life. Dujardin though won the best actor prize at Cannes for his role in The Artist. Hazanavicius was born in Paris. His family is Jewish, and originally from Lithuania. His grandparents were from both Poland and Lithuania and settled in France in the 1920s. Before directing films, Hazanavicius worked in television, beginning with the Canal+ channel, where he started as a director in 1988. 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, Hazanavicius directed his first short film, Echec au capital, and followed it up with his first theatrically relea…

Directed

  1. The Artist (2011) — Director
  2. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) — Director
  3. OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009) — Director
  4. The Players (2012) — Director
  5. Final Cut (2022) — Director
  6. Godard Mon Amour (2017) — Director
  7. The Lost Prince (2020) — Director
  8. La Classe américaine (1993) — Director
  9. The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024) — Director
  10. The Search (2014) — Director
  11. Derrick contre Superman (1992) — Director
  12. Sitcom, A Movie (1999) — Director
  13. Ça détourne (1992) — Director
  14. Echec au capital (1997) — Director
  15. The Third Hand — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994) — Régis
  2. Didier (1997) — Fabrice
  3. Keep an Eye Out (2018) — Policeman 1
  4. Reality (2015) — Award Presenter
  5. Incredible But True (2022) — Photographer
  6. Godard Mon Amour (2017) — Narrator #5 (voice) (uncredited)
  7. La Classe américaine (1993) — Dubbing Voice (voice)
  8. Jacky in the Kingdom of Women (2014) — Julin
  9. I Love Peru (2025)
  10. My Wife Is an Actress (2001) — Le cameraman info sport
  11. The Extraordinary Voyage (2011) — Self - Filmmaker
  12. Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) — Self
  13. Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0 (1996) — Régis
  14. Burger Quiz (2001) — Self
  15. Baise-en-ville (2026) — Sprite's father
  16. Belmondo l'influenceur (2020) — Self
  17. La Classe américaine (2012) — Self
  18. Cerfa (2025)
  19. Cérémonie des César (1976) — Self - Presenter
  20. 40 (2024) — Self
  21. Quelle époque ! (2022) — Self - Guest
  22. The Artist: The Making of an American Romance (2012) — Self
  23. La télé des Nuls (2019) — Self
  24. Kulturplatz (2004) — Self
  25. C ce soir, le débat (2021) — Self - Guest
  26. Beau geste (2023) — Self
  27. Vidéo Club (2018) — Self
  28. La mangeuse d’hommes (2018)
  29. Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist (2012) — Himself
  30. Michel Hazanavicius raconte la grande histoire de « La Classe américaine » (2020) — Michel Hazanavicius
  31. Still Not... Breathless (2020) — Self
  32. Cannes Festival (2022) — Self - Guest
  33. Têtàtête(s) (2023) — Self - Guest
  34. En société (2023) — Self - Guest
  35. Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma (2023) — Self - Guest
  36. Directors Talks (2023) — Self