Eric Guirado

Éric Guirado (born September 16, 1968 in Lyon ) is a French director and screenwriter .

Life

Guirado began his film career at the regional television station France 3 Rhône-Alpes, for which he realized portraits and documentaries. He devoted himself above all to the portraits of traveling traders in the region, which were shown on the station in the series Les camions épiciers . His first short film Lonelytude ou une légère éclaircie was released in 1994. Other short films followed. His first major success was the short film Un petit air de fête , shown at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1999 , which won the Prix Kodak in Cannes and was awarded a César for Best Short Film in 2001.

With Vom Himmel hoch , Guirado made his first feature-length film in 2003, taking up the theme of Un petit air de fête about the expulsion of homeless people from inner cities and also starring the film with the actors of the short film. As with all of his films, Guirado wrote the script here too. Guirado's second feature film The Flying Merchant (2007), which was nominated for a César in an actor's category, was highly praised by critics . He devoted himself again to the topic of traveling traders. In his third feature- length film, Possessions (2011), Guirado freely dealt with the “Flactif Affair” - a murder case that took place in Le Grand-Bornand in 2003.

In 2013, Guirado was a member of the jury for the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival .

Filmography

Unless otherwise stated, director and script:

• 1994: Lonelytude ou une légère éclaircie (short film)
• 1997: Les beaux jours (short film)
• 1999: Un petit air de fête (short film)
• 2000: Super boulette (short film)
• 2000: Je suis un super héros (short film)
• 2000: Étoffe (short film)
• 2000: De marbre (short film)
• 2000: & frères (short film)
• 2003: From heaven high (Quand tu descendras du ciel)
• 2007: Comoedia, une renaissance (documentary)
• 2007: The Flying Merchant (Le fils de l'épicier)
• 2009: Le début de l'hiver (short film)
• 2011: Possessions

Awards (selection)

• 1999: French Grand Prix, Brest European Short Film Festival, for Un petit air de fête
• 1999: Prix Kodak, Cannes International Film Festival , for Un petit air de fête
• 2000: 3rd Jury Prize, Uppsala International Short Film Festival , for Un petit air de fête
• 2000: Special mention by the jury in the national competition, Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand , for Un petit air de fête
• 2001: César , best short film , for Un petit air de fête
• 2010: Nomination for Best Short Film, Warsaw International Film Festival , for Le début de l'hiver

Web links

• Éric Guirado in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christophe Chabert: "Un divorce, une rupture définitive ..." . petit-bulletin.fr, March 6, 2012.
2. ↑ Éric Guirado ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on toutlecine.challenges.fr 
3. ↑ See background information on the film at archiv.deutschesfilmmuseum.de (PDF)
4. ↑ Biography of Éric Guirado on allocine.fr