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Cédric Klapisch

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His favorite directors are John Cassavetes, Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen, and Maurice Pialat.

In 1990, made a documentary on the Massai people of Kenya for the French television.

Studied Cinema in Paris III University. Passed a master about Woody Allen. Failed twice the IDHEC (FEMIS) exam. Attended film school at New York University. Worked on short films in the US from 1983-85, first as a camera operator and then as a director ("Une, Deux, Trois Mambo" and "Jack le Menteur"). From 1985-88, directed a number of industrial films and documentary segments for French television.

Serves as a master teacher of film at the Columbia University, the City College of New York, and the School of Visual Arts for a program called On Set With French Cinema (autumn 2003).

Teaches at La Fémis (Paris).

Personal Quotes

The screenplay is not a definitive stage in cinema and in film scriptwriting. If there is something that doesn't sound quite right on paper, it comes alive in practice and when the actors begin to speak; like some kind of incarnation. There's no narrative camera because of the basic structure. It's possible to improvise once we know what we're doing.

A story is not just an idea, but is borne from a desire with a sequence of acts. You have to be passionate about creativity; otherwise what you create cannot materialise.

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