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Director
François Ozon
Defining Films
Profile
François Ozon (born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality. He has achieved international acclaim for his films 8 femmes (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003). Ozon is considered to be one of the most important young French film directors in the new “New Wave” in French cinema such as Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Philippe Ramos, and Yves Caumon, as well as a group of French filmmak
Critical Essay (Excerpt)
b. November 15, 1967, Paris, France
In Their Own Words
It was a way for me to pay tribute to melodrama, a genre I love. The Red Shoes (1948) by Powell and Pressburger, and the films of Douglas Sirk and Vincente Minnelli were very much in my mind.
On Angel · Cineaste Magazine, Vol. 33, No. 1, 'Angel of the Future: An Interview with François Ozon by Dennis West'
Filmography (35)
Angel
L’amant double (Amant Double
Frantz
Une Nouvelle amie (The New Girlfriend
Jeune et jolie (Young and Beautiful
Dans la maison (In the House
Potiche (Trophy Wife
Ricky
Le Refuge (Hideaway
Un Lever de rideau (A Curtain Raiser)
Le Temps qui reste (Time to Leave
5×2
Swimming Pool
8 femmes
X () short
Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes
Sous le sable
Les Amants criminels
Scènes de lit
Sitcom
Regarde la mer
Une Robe d’été
La Petite mort
Jospin s’éclaire
Jospin s’éclaire
Une Rose entre nous
Action vérité
Victor
Thomas reconstitué
Thomas reconstitué
Le Trou madame
Le Trou madame
Peau contre peau
Peau contre peau
Une Goutte de sang
Une Goutte de sang
Deux plus un
Deux plus un
Mes parents un jour d’été
Photo de famille
Les Doigts dans le ventre