Michel Hazanavicius

About

Michel Haznavicius (born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter best known for his spy movie parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and OSS 117: Lost in Rio, both of which star Jean Dujardin. His 2011 film The Artist competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival but lost to The Tree of Life. Dujardin though won the best actor prize at Cannes for his role in The Artist. Hazanavicius was born in Paris. His family is Jewish, and originally from Lithuania. His grandparents were from both Poland and Lithuania and settled in France in the 1920s. Before directing films, Hazanavicius worked in television, beginning with the Canal+ channel, where he started as a director in 1988. He began directing commercials for companies such as Reebok and Bouygues Telecom, and then, in 1993, he made his first feature-length film, La Classe américaine, for...

Known for

The ArtistMovie • 2011The Money MakerMovie • 2026OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of SpiesMovie • 2006OSS 117: Lost in RioMovie • 2009Final CutMovie • 2022Lucky Luke and the DaltonsMovie • 2004The Most Precious of CargoesMovie • 2024The Lost PrinceMovie • 2020DidierMovie • 1997Fear City: A Family-Style ComedyMovie • 1994Godard Mon AmourMovie • 2017The PlayersMovie • 2012My Wife Is an ActressMovie • 2001Keep an Eye OutMovie • 2018Incredible But TrueMovie • 2022Jacky in the Kingdom of WomenMovie • 2014RealityMovie • 2015La Classe américaineMovie • 1993Baise-en-villeMovie • 2026Derrick contre SupermanMovie • 1992The SearchMovie • 2014I Love PeruMovie • 2025Killing BluesMovie • 2023Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0Movie • 1996