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Biography
François Ozon was born in 1967 in Paris. He
graduated with a Masters degree in cinema, then attended
the prestigious film school FEMIS. From then on he
has never stopped filming, producing one or two films
a year in Super 8, video, 16mm and eventually in 35mm.
Many of these films were selected by short film festivals
worldwide and have been shown on the Canal + and Arte
channels in France. With LA PETITE MORT in 1995 he
began his ongoing association with Fidélité
Productions, and that same year directed a documentary
about the politician Lionel Jospin, just prior to
the French Presidential elections. In 1996 he was
awarded the “Leopard de Demain” for A
SUMMER DRESS at the Locarno Film Festival. Since the
acclaimed semi-feature SEE
THE SEA, made in 1997, Ozon has completed six
full-length feature films. In 2003 he premiered his
first English language film, SWIMMING POOL, at the
Cannes Film Festival.
According to critic Claire Vassé, Francois
Ozon is “inspired by a high and demanding idea
of film. He is distinguished above all by his predilection
for portrayals of transgression and sexuality that
lead the viewer into shadowy zones he would never
have thought to visit.”
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