Cédric Klapisch

Directing · Born 1961-09-04 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Biography

Cédric Klapisch (born September 4, 1961), is a French film director. Klapisch was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to Auschwitz. He studied cinema at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as at the University of Paris VIII. He was rejected on two occasions by the prestigious French film school IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques), now known as La fémis. He later attended the film school at New York University from 1983 to 1985. During the 1980s, he started to shoot short films such as In transit or Ce qui me meut. He subsequently worked as a scriptwriter and he became a director for feature films. He has also directed a nature documentary for French television. Klapisch's next…

Filmography

• Babyphone as Le psychiatre
• Russian Dolls as L'homme qui veut aller aux toilettes dans le train (uncredited)
• Family Resemblances as Le père en 1967
• Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde as Self
• The Spanish Apartment as Un professeur à la recherche de ses élèves
• Chinese Puzzle as le photographe (caméo)
• In Transit as Musician
• Peut-être as L'épicier
• Quand Jean devint Renoir as Self - Interviewee
• Back to Burgundy as Un vendangeur (uncredited)