Christophe Barratier
Christophe Barratier | |
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 Christophe Barratier | |
| Born | 17 June 1963 France |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Christophe Barratier (born 17 June 1963) is a French film producer, director and screenwriter, and lyricist.
Early life and education
Barratier is the son of the actress Eva Simonet and M. Barratier. He is the nephew of the film director Jacques Perrin,[1] who was an influence on his choice of career.
Before being a filmmaker, Barratier studied a university course in classical music and guitar lessons. He graduated from the prestigious French public school École normale de Paris and won several international competition prizes.
Career
In 1991, Barratier got into his uncle Jacques Perrin's production firm, Galatée Films, where he learned the profession of producer. As line producer, he participated in making the films Microcosmos (1995), Himalaya (1999) and Winged Migration (2001).
In 2001, he directed his first short film, Les tombales, adapted from the Guy de Maupassant novel. Starring Lambert Wilson and Carole Weiss, the film, whose soundtrack was composed by Bruno Coulais, was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand international short film Festival.
His first feature, The Chorus came out in 2004. An adaptation of the Jean Dréville movie, La cage aux rossignols (1945), its scenario was jointly written with the screenwriter Philippe Lopes-Curval.
His second movie,
Alongside the producer Thomas Langmann, he started working on a new adaptation of
Following this, Barratier directed Team Spirit, which revisits the career of Jérôme Kerviel as a trader in the Société Générale company. The movie came out in June 2016. It marks a clear shift from his previous strongly historically connoted movies, but seduces by its well-referenced nature and a realism acquired thanks to its roots into Jérôme Kerviel's biography, L'engrenage : mémoire d'un trader. Team Spirit highlighted a very mediated case while maintaining a storyline based on impartiality towards the man who presented himself as a victim of the banking system.[clarification needed][4]
In 2017, Barratier presented the adaptation of his first success,
The next year, he signed a new partnership with Pascal Obispo to stage the musical Jésus, de Nazareth à Jérusalem. Based on the greatest Hollywoodian movies, the musical dives into one of the most intense tales of humanity.
The success of the musical The Chorus, presented in 2017 at the
Awards
As the lyricist of The Chorus' song "
His second feature film, Paris 36, starring Gérard Jugnot and Nora Arnezeder, was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song and four César Awards.
Filmography
References
- ^ His mother, Éva Simonet, is Jacques Perrin's sister and an important press agent in French comedy.
- ^ https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/75/135/34635/presse/faubourg-36-dossier-de-presse-francais.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Tobias Grey, "Waging War(s) of the Buttons in France", Wall Street Journal, 15 September 2011, accessed 2 November 2012
- ^ "L'Outsider - la critique du film".
- ^ "Critique : "Les Choristes" au Monument-National de Montréal". 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Microcosmos, le peuple de l\'herbe (1996) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Himalaya, l\'enfance d\'un chef (1999) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Le Peuple migrateur (Winged Migration) (2001) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Les Choristes (The Chorus) (2004) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Faubourg 36 (Paris 36) (2008) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "La Nouvelle guerre des boutons (War of the Buttons (2012)) (2011) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "L\'Outsider (2016) - JPBox-Office".
External links
- Christophe Barratier at IMDb
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