Yves Lavandier
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Yves Lavandier (born 2 April 1959) is a French film writer and director.
Biography
Yves Lavandier was born on 2 April 1959. After receiving a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at
In addition to his career as scriptwriter, he began to teach screenwriting throughout Europe and published a treatise on the subject titled Writing Drama. For the occasion he founded his own publishing and production company, Le Clown & l'Enfant.[1] Writing Drama is now considered a bible amongst European scriptwriters and playwrights, and Yves Lavandier a renowned script consultant.[2] Among other things, Yves Lavandier is a pitch expert for Dreamago.[3] He is also the author of a screenwriting manual called Constructing a Story.
In March 2015, he launched in English a web series entitled Hats Off to the Screenwriters!, described as a "tribute to the creative people who invent narratives, characters, fictitious worlds, structures and... meaning".
In August and September 2000, he shot his first feature film as writer-director, Yes, But..., which deals with brief therapy and teenage sexuality.[4] It was released in France on 18 April 2001 and won several Audience Awards in festivals around the world.[5]
In 2022, Yves Lavandier published a graphic novel as a writer, entitled L'Institutrice ("The schoolteacher").[6] The art and color are by Carole Maurel. The story is set in June 1944 in Brittany, two weeks after Operation Overlord has been launched. Marie-Noëlle, the schoolteacher in a tiny Breton village, battles to save a Jewish pupil from the local militia. The publisher is Albin Michel.
Yves Lavandier is married with four children.