Arthur Joffé (born 20 September 1953) is a French film director, the son of the director and screenwriter

Alex Joffé Alex Joffé (18 November 1918 – 18 August 1995) was a French film director and screenwriter, known for ''Les cracks'' (1968), ''Fortunat'' (1960) and ''La grosse caisse'' (1965). He was the father of the director Arthur Joffé, as well as Mar ...

.Philippe Rège, ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors'', volume 1, p538 He was awarded the

Palme d'Or du court métrage The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes ...

at the 1982 Cannes film festival for his short film '' Merlin ou le cours de l'or''.Awards 1982 : Competition
Festival de Cannes website He was also the recipient of the Youth Prize in Cannes for his film ''

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''. Arthur Joffé was born on 20 September 1953 in Paris. His first full-length feature film was ''

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'', starring

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and

Nastassja Kinski Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (; , ; born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Her worldwide breakthrough was with ''Stay as You Are'' (1978). She then came to gl ...

Filmography

* 1980 : ''

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'' (short feature) * 1982 : '' Merlin ou le cours de l'or'' (short feature) * 1982 : ''

'' * 1985 : ''

'' * 1990 : '' Alberto Express'' * 1998 : ''

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'' * 2004 : '' Ne quittez pas !'' * 2015 : '' Le Feu sacré'' (documentary)

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* French film directors 1953 births Living people {{France-film-director-stub