Years active 1984–present | Books SAMIA | |
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Born 26 January 1958 (age 59) ( 1958-01-26 ) Oujda, Morocco Occupation Film director, screenwriter, producer Awards César Award for Best Film, César Award for Best Writing - Adaptation Movies Fatima, The Disintegration, Two Ladies, Samia, Muriel fait le désespoir Similar Zita Hanrot, Yassine Azzouz, Soraya Nini, Humbert Balsan, Frank Andrieux | ||
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Philippe Faucon (born 26 January 1958) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Life and career
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.
In 2015, he directed the film Fatima, which was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. 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.
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