Samuel Benchetrit
Samuel Benchetrit (born June 26, 1973 in Champigny-sur-Marne , Val-de-Marne ) is a French director, screenwriter, actor and writer.
Life
Samuel Benchetrit grew up in humble circumstances in Champigny-sur-Marne, a suburb in the south-east of Paris. His mother is French and his father is of Ukrainian-Moroccan descent. When he was fifteen, he left home and went to Paris. There he did an apprenticeship in photography, pursued various occupations, among other things, worked as a photographer and made his first short films. At the age of eighteen he won a prize for a short film and made the acquaintance of Jean-Louis Trintignant , whose daughter Marie he later married. Marie Trintignant and François Cluzet also starred in Benchetrit's debut film Janis et John in 2003 . The one with Sergi López , Christopher Lambertand Jean-Louis Trintignant's high-profile comedy was also the last film by the actress, who died in Vilnius while filming a TV biography about the writer Colette .
For the episodic film J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster , Benchetrit received the World Cinema Screenwriting Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and in 2009 won the Prix Lumières for Best Screenplay . In 2002 his short film Nouvelle de la tour L was nominated for the European Film Award in the category of best short film . In 2011 his novel Le cœur en dehors , for which he received the Prix du roman populiste in 2009 , was also published in a German translation under the title Rimbaud and the things of the heart .
Samuel Benchetrit was married to Marie Trintignant until her death in 2003, and the marriage resulted in a son, the actor Jules Benchetrit (* 1998). Until 2012 he was in a relationship with the actress Anna Mouglalis , who also appeared in J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster and Bei Gino . They have a daughter (* 2007) together. In June 2018, Benchetrit married Vanessa Paradis , with whom he has been in a relationship since 2016.
Filmography
- 2000: Nouvelle de la tour L (short film) - screenplay and direction
- 2003: Janis et John - short appearance, screenplay and direction
- 2005: Backstage - Director: Emmanuelle Bercot - Actor
- 2007: J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster - screenplay and director
- 2009: La marche des crabes (short film) - Director: Hafid Aboulahyane - Actor
- 2011: At Gino (Chez Gino) - screenplay and direction
- 2011: Goldman (TV) - directed by Christophe Blanc - cast
- 2012: Un enfant de toi - Director: Jacques Doillon - Actor
- 2013: Revox (short film) - Director: Raphaël Haroche - Actor
- 2014: Les Gazelles - Director: Mona Achache - Actor
- 2015: We're All Astronauts (Asphalt) - Director
- 2017: Chacun sa vie - actor
theatre
- 2001: Comédie sur un quai de gare
- 2005: Moins deux
Publications
- 2000: Récit d'un branleur . Paris: Juillard, ISBN 978-2-260-01542-0
- 2005: Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte , Volume I.
- 2007: Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte , Volume II
- 2009: Le cœur en dehors (Ger. Rimbaud and the things of the heart. Roman. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-351-03312-5 )
- 2010: Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte , Volume III
Web links
- Literature by and about Samuel Benchetrit in the catalog of the German National Library
- Samuel Benchetrit in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Author portrait on the website of the Aufbau-Verlag
- Poet of the Banlieue. The French all-rounder Samuel Benchétrit , Deutschlandradio Kultur on February 22, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vanessa Paradis marries Samuel Benchetrit. From: people.com on June 30, 2018, accessed October 26, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benchetrit, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French director, actor, screenwriter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Champigny-sur-Marne |