Stéphane Brizé

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Stéphane Brizé, 2013

Stéphane Franck Brizé (born October 18, 1966 in Rennes ) is a French actor , director and screenwriter .

Life

Stéphane Brizé, son of a postman and a housewife, studied electronics and initially worked as a video and sound engineer for television. After attending an acting school in Paris , he sought a career in the theater. In the end he decided on the medium of film and was able to win a prize at the Cognac Festival du Film Policier with his first short film Bleu dommage from 1994. He received further awards for his feature film debut Le bleu des villes , which followed five years later. Directed by Laurent Bénégui , he appeared in a supporting role in Hippolytes Fest in 1995, opposite Stéphane Audran and Michel Aumont . In his own film projects, he often works with the screenwriter Florence Vignon . For their joint adaptation of a novel by Éric Holder under the title Mademoiselle Chambon - a tragic comedy about a married bricklayer who falls in love with a teacher - Brizé and Vignon received the César in the category Best Adapted Screenplay in 2010 . Brizé described his approach to filmmaking in an interview with taz that same year :

“In my films, I actually always use my camera as a magnifying glass, with which I show certain moments and gestures in full size and over height. Until the little things that you wouldn't even notice in everyday life explode. That's where my highlights lie, and that's where the special power of cinema lies for me. "

- Stéphane Brizé, 2010

In 2013, Brizé was nominated for the César in the categories of Best Original Screenplay and Best Director for the film drama The Last Spring , in which Vincent Lindon played the lead role as in Mademoiselle Chambon , but lost to Michael Haneke and his film Liebe . In 2015, Brizé received his first invitation to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival for The Value of Man . Vincent Lindon was awarded the Actor Award for the leading role of a long-term unemployed.

With Ein Leben (2016), Brizé then filmed Guy de Maupassant 's novel of the same name about the disillusioning life of a young noblewoman during the 19th century, which had already been filmed under the title Ein Frauenleben (1958). Brizé's adaptation, for which he again wrote the screenplay with Florence Vignon, took part in the competition for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and was awarded the Louis Delluc Prize . Another collaboration between Brizés and actor Vincent Lindon followed in 2018 with the workers' drama Strike , which ran like The Human Value in the competition for the Palme d'Or in Cannes.

Filmography (selection)

Stéphane Brizé, 2010
As a performer
  • 1993: Bleu dommage (short film)
  • 1995: Ada sait pas dire non (short film)
  • 1995: Hippolytes Festival (Au petit Marguery)
  • 1999: Nos vies heureuses
  • 2008: The Protocol - Every death has its price (Le nouveau protocole)
As a director and screenwriter
  • 1993: Bleu dommage (short film)
  • 1996: L'œil qui traîne (short film)
  • 1999: Le bleu des villes
  • 2005: You don't have to love me (Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé)
  • 2006: Affair (Entre adultes)
  • 2009: Mademoiselle Chambon
  • 2012: The last spring (Quelques heures de printemps)
  • 2015: The Value of Man (La loi du marché)
  • 2016: One Life (Une Vie)
  • 2018: Strike (En guerre)

Awards (selection)

César

Won:

Nominated:

Further

Web links

Commons : Stéphane Brizé  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. lesgensducinema.com
  2. ^ François Forestier: Stéphane Brizé: "Pourquoi j'aime les comédiens non professionnels" . In: L'Obs , May 11, 2019.
  3. ↑ Birgit Glombitza: "We are lack beings" . Interview with Stéphane Brizé. In: the daily newspaper , August 11, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Brizé, Stéphane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brizé, Stéphane Franck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor, director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Rennes