Grégory Monro
Grégory Monro (born September 10, 1975)[citation needed] is a French filmmaker, writer and actor.
History
Born in Paris where he currently lives, he grew up with American culture, watching films by his favorite directors, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Frank Capra, Sergio Leone. But it was French comedian Louis de Funès who is responsible for Monro's passion, when he discovered his films as a child. As a consequence, he started acting at age 9 before making his first films at 13. After graduating from French Film School ESRA, in 1997, he attended Jack Waltzer's (a lifetime Actors Studio member) masterclass for a few years in Paris and New York. From 1999, Grégory Monro has written, produced, performed and directed several professional short films, most of which toured international film festivals such as Toronto, Palm Beach, Bolzano and South Korea.[citation needed]
Monro has a passion for the American West history and its legends, and is particularly concerned with feminine conditions. He is a specialist on
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Filmography
- 2000 : Choose or lose (short)
- 2001 : Destinées (short)
- 2005 : Adagio (short)
- 2005 : Behind (short)
- 2013 : Rose or the mute liars (short)
- 2013 : Louis de Funès forever (documentary)
- 2014 : Calamity Jane : Wild West Legend (docudrama)
- 2016 : Jerry Lewis : The man behind the clown (documentary)
- 2017 : James Stewart, Robert Mitchum : The Two Faces Of America (documentary)
- 2018 : Pierre Richard : The quiet one (documentary)
- 2018 : Michel Legrand : Let the music play (documentary)
- 2019 : Toulouse-Lautrec : Racing through life(documentary)
- 2020 : Kubrick by Kubrick (documentary)
- 2021 : Buffalo Bill : Showtime ! (documentary)
- 2022 : Rosa Bonheur, mother nature (documentary)
- 2022 : In the eyes of Elsa Triolet (documentary)
- 2022 : Sean Connery vs James Bond (documentary)
Awards
- Rose or the mute liars
- Molins Horror Film Festival 2013 : Jury's price
- International Emmy Awards 2021 : Best documentary Arts Programming
- BANFF World Media Festival 2021 : Rockie Award of the best documentary
- Focal International Festival 2021 : Best usage of archives for a documentary in arts
Nominations
- International Emmy Awards 2019 : Arts programming
- Toulouse-Lautrec : Racing through life
- Asolo Art Film Festival 2020 : Films sur l'art
- Chicago International Film Festival 2020 : Meilleur documentaire
Bibliography
- Calamity Jane : Letters to her daughter (2007), Payot & Rivages
- Calamity Jane – Mémoires de l'ouest (2010), ISBN 9782842303891
- Les personnages dans Lucky Luke (2013), Historia, Le Point
- Calamity Jane, aventurière (2017), Amaterra
References
External links
- Grégory Monro at IMDb