KLAPISCH, Cedric 1961–

PERSONAL

Born September 4, 1961, in Neuilly–sur–Seine, Hauts–de–Seine, France; father, a physicist. Education: New York University, M.F.A., 1985; also studied film at the University of Paris.

Addresses: Agent— Cineart, 36 Rue de Ponthieu, Paris 75008, France.

Career: Director, screenwriter, and actor.

Awards, Honors: Critics Award, French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, 1990, Cesar Award nomination, best short film—fiction, Cannes Film Festival Award, and Berlin Film Festival Award, all for Ce qui me meut (short film); Cesar Award nomination, best first work, 1993, and Bronze Precolumbian Circle Award, Bogota Film Festival, 1995, both for Riens du tout; FIPRESCI Award, Berlin International Film Festival, 1996, for Chacun cherche son chat; Cesar Award, best writing—original or adaptation (with Agnes Jaoui and Jean–Pierre Bacri), Cesar Award nominations, best director and best film, and Public Prize and Special Grand Prize of the Jury, both Montreal World Film Festival, 1997, all for Un air de famille; Audience Award, Sarajevo Film Festival, 1998, for Le ramoneur des lilas; Audience Award and Crystal Globe Award nomination, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Grand Prix Asturias nomination, best feature, Gijon International Film Festival, 2002, Cesar Award nominations, best director, best film, and best writing—original or adaptation, Lumiere Award, best screenplay, and Prix UIP, Sydney Film Festival, 2003, all for L'auberge espagnole.

CREDITS

Film Director:

In Transit, 1986.

Ce qui me meut (short), 1989.

Riens du tout (also known as Little Nothings ), 1992.

Le peril jeune (also known as Good Old Daze and Les annees lycee: Peril jeune—1975 ), 1994.

Poisson rouge, Der Kurz Film Verleih, 1994.

3000 scenarios contre un virus (also known as 3,000 Scenarios to Combat a Virus ), 1994.

(With others) Lumiere et compagnie (documentary; also known as Lumiere and Company and Lumiere y compania ), Pierre Grise Distribution, 1995.

Chacun cherche son chat (also known as When the Cat's Away... ), Sony Pictures Classics, 1996.

Un air de famille (also known as Family Resemblances ), Leisure Time Features, 1996.

Le ramoneur des lilas (short), 1998.

Peut–etre (also known as Maybe and Perhaps ), Warner Bros., 1999.

L'auberge espagnole (also known as Pot Luck, Una casa de locos, Euro Pudding, The Spanish Apartment, and The Spanish Inn ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire) (also known as Not for or Against and Personne n'est comme tout le monde ), Bac Films, 2003.

Film Producer:

Princesses, Mars Distribution, 2000.

Film Appearances:

In Transit, 1986.

(Uncredited) L'homme au camescope, Riens du tout (also known as Little Nothings ), 1992.

Le peril jeune (also known as Good Old Daze and Les annees lycee: Peril jeune—1975 ), 1994.

Le pere, Un air de famille (also known as Family Resemblances ), Leisure Time Features, 1996.

Lila Lili, Gemini Films, 1998.

L'epicier, Peut–etre (also known as Maybe and Perhaps ), Warner Bros., 1999.

(Uncredited) Le professeur stresse, L'auberge espagnole (also known as Pot Luck, Una casa de locos, Euro Pudding, The Spanish Apartment, and The Spanish Inn ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

(Uncredited) Second journalist, Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire) (also known as Not for or Against and Personne n'est comme tout le monde ), Bac Films, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Un jour dans la vie du cinema francais (documentary), 2002.

Himself, European Confusion: Making of "L'auberge espagnole " (documentary), 2002.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

In Transit, 1986.

Ce qui me meut, 1989.

Riens du tout (also known as Little Nothings ), 1992.

Le peril jeune (also known as Good Old Daze and Les annees lycee: Peril jeune—1975 ), 1994.

Chacun cherche son chat (also known as When the Cat's Away... ), Sony Pictures Classics, 1996.

Un air de famille (also known as Family Resemblances ), Leisure Time Features, 1996.

Peut–etre (also known as Maybe and Perhaps ), Warner Bros., 1999.

L'auberge espagnole (also known as Pot Luck, Una casa de locos, Euro Pudding, The Spanish Apartment, and The Spanish Inn ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire) (also known as Not for or Against and Personne n'est comme tout le monde ), Bac Films, 2003.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Cineaste, winter, 1997, p. 10.

Variety, July 15, 2002, p. 14.