Jean-François Richet

Jean-François Richet (born July 2, 1966 in Paris , France ) is a French film director and screenwriter .

Life

Jean-Francois Richet grew up in humble circumstances in Meaux near Paris and worked in a factory for several years before he came to film. He was influenced by the great Russian directors Dziga Vertov and Sergei Eisenstein .

His first film, État des lieux (1995), was nominated at several festivals, including the César for best first work. The background of his next film Brennender Asphalt (1997) was the life of street gangs in the suburbs of Paris, where his own experiences of his life in the suburbs of Paris were incorporated.

After three French films, he ventured to America and made a remake of the John Carpenter film Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) in 2005 .

In 2008 he shot with Public Enemy No. 1 - Murder Instinct (Mesrine: L'instinct de mort) and Public Enemy No. 1 - Death drive (Mesrine: L'Ennemi public n ° 1) the two-part story of the unscrupulous ex-soldier Mesrine, who, returning from the Algerian war, starts an unprecedented gangster career. For both films, he and Vincent Cassel , the leading actor, won several film awards.

Filmography

• 1995: État des lieux, (Inner City)
• 1997: Burning asphalt, (Ma 6-T va crack-er)
• 2001: De l'amour, (All about love)
• 2005: The End - Assault on Precinct 13
• 2008: Public Enemy No. 1 - Murder instinct , (Mesrine: L'instinct de mort)
• 2008: Public Enemy No. 1 - Death instinct , (Mesrine: L'Ennemi public n ° 1)
• 2015: The father of my best friend (Un moment d'égarement)
• 2016: Blood Father
• 2018: Vidocq - ruler of the underworld

Awards

• 1995: Winner of the Prix Tournage for État des lieux
• 1996: Nomination for the César (best first work) for État des lieux
• 2001: Nomination for the Golden Pyramid of the Cairo International Film Festival for De l'amour
• 2008: Nomination at the Tokyo International Film Festival for Public Enemy No. 1 - Murder Instinct and Public Enemy No. 1 - death instinct
• 2009: Nomination at the Sannio FilmFest (best picture) for Public Enemy No. 1 - Murder Instinct and Public Enemy No. 1 - death instinct
• 2009: Winner of the César (best director) for Public Enemy No. 1 - Murder Instinct and Public Enemy No. 1 - death instinct

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography on Allocine.fr
2. ↑ "Burning Asphalt" on Cinema.de
3. ↑ "Public Enemy No. 1 - Mordinstinkt “on Kino.de
4. ↑ "Public Enemy No. 1 - Death Drive ”on Kino.de
5. ↑ “De l'amour” on cinemovies.fr ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Jean-François Richet in the Internet Movie Database (English)