Marc Fitoussi (born 20 July 1976) is a French film director and
screenwriter.After a university degree course in English and art
history, Fitoussi joined the Conservatoire européen d'écriture
audiovisuelle (CEEA) (European Conservatory for screen writing). It
was there that he developed his screenwriting trade. He began also a
parallel career as film director, making several short features
including Illustre Inconnue and Bonbon au poivre which earned him a
nomination for César Award for Best Short Film in 2007. The same
year, he directed his first long film La Vie d'artiste, with Sandrine
Kiberlain, Denis Podalydès and Émilie Dequenne in the lead rôles.
This film won the Prix Michel-d'Ornano for the best work of French
fiction at the Deauville American Film Festival. In 2010, his second
long film was released, Copacabana, whose action takes place in the
Belgian town of Oostende, starring Isabelle Huppert and her daughter
Lolita Chammah in the lead parts as mother and daughter.
screenwriter.After a university degree course in English and art
history, Fitoussi joined the Conservatoire européen d'écriture
audiovisuelle (CEEA) (European Conservatory for screen writing). It
was there that he developed his screenwriting trade. He began also a
parallel career as film director, making several short features
including Illustre Inconnue and Bonbon au poivre which earned him a
nomination for César Award for Best Short Film in 2007. The same
year, he directed his first long film La Vie d'artiste, with Sandrine
Kiberlain, Denis Podalydès and Émilie Dequenne in the lead rôles.
This film won the Prix Michel-d'Ornano for the best work of French
fiction at the Deauville American Film Festival. In 2010, his second
long film was released, Copacabana, whose action takes place in the
Belgian town of Oostende, starring Isabelle Huppert and her daughter
Lolita Chammah in the lead parts as mother and daughter.
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