Nicolas Schmerkin
Nicolas Schmerkin (born August 11, 1973 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) is an Argentine film producer who lives and works in France.
Life
Schmerkin first completed a degree in biology and computer science. He then worked for four years in Philippe Bober's company The Coproduction Office, which produced, among other things, feature films. In 1998 he founded the French film magazine Repérages and worked from 2000, first of documentaries for television, including movies for the series Short Circuit of ARTE . He left The Production Office in 2001. In the same year, he founded his own production company Autour de Minuit Productions in Paris, which is dedicated to the promotion and production of innovative short films. Since 2004 Autour de Minuit has also been distributing short films worldwide. Schmerkin's greatest success as a producer was the short animated film Logorama , for which he was awarded an Oscar in 2010 .
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: Obsessions du deuxième étage
- 2002: Crisis? What Crisis?
- 2003: almost film
- 2003: Do You Have the Shine?
- 2004: Mahdokht
- 2004: Obras
- 2005: Empire
- 2005: Kontrol Eskape
- 2005: Flesh
- 2006: Prof. Nieto Show
- 2006: Carlitopolis
- 2006: My Mad Neighbor (Silence is Golden)
- 2007: Dog Days
- 2008: SITE
- 2008: Silken
- 2008: Dix
- 2008: Naïade
- 2009: Purple
- 2009: 4th
- 2009: Logorama
- 2009: Capucine
- 2010: The Gloaming
- 2010: Civilization
- 2010: Les statues baroques ne mâchent pas de chewing-gum
- 2010: Babioles
- 2010: Spin
- 2011: Aalterate
- 2011: The Monster of Nix
- 2011: Le crépuscule
- 2012: Chase
- 2017-2019: Nö-Nö platypus
Awards
- 2010: Oscar , Best Animated Short Film , for Logorama
- 2011: César , best short film, for Logorama
- 2011: César nomination, Best Animated Film, for Logorama
Web links
- Nicolas Schmerkin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait of Schmerkins at the Vimeo Festival + Awards
- Autour de Minuit website
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmerkin, Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires , Argentina |