Joann Sfar

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Joann Sfar in 2015

Joann Sfar (born August 28, 1971 in Nice ) is a French comic book writer , film director and screenwriter .

life and work

Joann Sfar studied philosophy at the University of Nice, where he obtained a master’s degree before studying art at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris . He works with other comic artists such as Tronchet and Emmanuel Guibert in a joint studio and is a draftsman and comic szenarist in a variety of series for children and adult audiences.

In The Rabbi's Cat , Sfar, himself a Jew, addresses Judaism in the Maghreb . He describes himself as not religious. For him, Judaism is primarily culture, not religion. As a draftsman, Sfar is valued because of his almost sketchy, nervous, virtuoso stroke.

At the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême he was awarded the Prix René Goscinny for the album La Fille du professeur in 1998. Also in Angoulême, he won the Grand Prix de la Ville d'Angoulême in 2002 for his life's work . In 2001 he received the Prix ​​international de la Ville de Genève pour la bande dessinée for L'Académie des Beaux-Arts (first volume in the series Le Minuscule Mousquetaire ).

In 2010 he made his feature film debut as a director and screenwriter with Gainsbourg - The Man Who Loved Women ( Gainsbourg - vie héroïque ). The biopic about the life of Serge Gainsbourg was nominated for eight Césars and won in the categories of best debut, best leading actor and best editing. The main roles were Éric Elmosnino as Gainsbourg, Lucy Gordon as Jane Birkin , Laetitia Casta as Brigitte Bardot , Anna Mouglalis as Juliette Gréco and Sara Forestier as France Gall .

After his directorial debut, Sfar filmed several parts of his comic series The Rabbi's Cat into an animated feature film together with Antoine Delesvaux . Le Chat du rabbin was published in France at the beginning of June 2011 and won him the prize for the best feature film at the Festival d'Animation Annecy and a César .

In 2015, Sfar's film La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil ( The Lady in the Car with Sunglasses and Gun ), based on the novel of the same name by Sébastien Japrisot, followed .

Works

Comics (series / single titles)

  • The Potamoks (Joann Sfar / José Luis Munuera ) (from 1997)
  • Petrus Grumbart (1998)
  • Merlin (Joann Sfar / José Luis Munuera ) (from 1999)
  • Black olives (Original title: Les Olives Noires, Joann Sfar / Emmanuel Guibert , so far 1 volume in German translation, 2003)
  • The Rabbi's Cat (from 2004)
  • Desmodus the Vampire (from 2005)
  • The Little World of the Golem (2006)
  • Pascin (2006)
  • Klezmer (from 2007 to 2017)
  • Donjon (Joann Sfar / Lewis Trondheim ) (from 2007)
  • Professor Bell (Joann Sfar, from volume 3: Joann Sfar / Tanquerelle; from 2008)
  • The Little Prince (2009)
  • Donjon Parade (Joann Sfar / Manu Larcenet ) (from 2010)
  • Socrates, the half-dog: Heracles, Odysseus, Oedipus in Corinth (Joann Sfar / Christophe Blain; all 2011)
  • Troll (Jean David Morvan / Joann Sfar / Olivier Boiscommun, volumes 1 to 3; 2013)
  • Vampire (2013)
  • Aspirine (2014)

Not available in German:

  • Sardine de l'espace (Emmanuel Guibert / Joann Sfar)
  • Le Minuscule Mousquetaire
  • carnets (Harmonica, Ukulele, Piano, Parapluie, Caravan, Greffier, Maharajah, Croisette)

Filmography

Awards

Web links

Commons : Joann Sfar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://www.intellectures.de/2014/12/24/dialoge- Zwischen-realitaet-und-imagination/
personal data
SURNAME Sfar, Joann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French comic artist and film director
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Nice