Emmanuel Bourdieu (born 6 April 1965 in Paris) is a French writer, playwright, film director and philosopher. He is the youngest son of Marie Claire Brizard and sociologist

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Biography

While a student at

Lycée Henri-IV The Lycée Henri-IV is a public secondary school located in Paris. Along with the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and demanding sixth-form colleges (''lycées'') in France. The school educates more than ...

, he met

Denis Podalydès Denis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent. Podalydès has appeared in more than 140 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in '' The Officers' Ward'', which was entered into the 2001 Can ...

who belonged to the drama club of Lycée Fénelon. An alumnus of the

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(Ulm), he earned a PhD in philosophy. He taught philosophy courses at the University of Bordeaux III and assistant in linguistics at the

University of Paris VII A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

. He participated in Cerisy conference on "American Philosophy." During his studies, he met

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and

Arnaud Desplechin Arnaud Desplechin (; born 31 October 1960) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2016, he won the César Award for Best Director for ''My Golden Days'' (2015). Life and career Desplechin was born in Roubaix. He is the son of Robert and ...

, with whom, together with

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Emmanuelle Devos Emmanuelle Devos (born 10 May 1964) is a French actress. She is the daughter of actress Marie Henriau. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in ''Sur mes lèvres'', directed by Jacques Audiard. She has also bee ...

, Denis and

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, he created the group of young filmmakers and intellectuals called 'Rive Gauche'. Emmanuel Bourdieu began his writing career in the theatre with the play ''Tout mon possible (All I Can)'' and ''Je crois (I Believe)'', put on in 1998 by

. He then wrote for film with Arnaud Desplechin ('' My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument'', ''

Esther Kahn ''Esther Kahn'' is the first English-language film by the French director Arnaud Desplechin. It premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival where it competed for the Palme d'Or, but was not distributed to the United States for two years until it p ...

'', ''

A Christmas Tale ''A Christmas Tale'' (french: link=no, Un conte de Noël) is a 2008 French comedy-drama film by Arnaud Desplechin, starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos and Chiara Ma ...

''), Nicole Garcia (''

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'') and

Catherine Corsini Catherine Corsini (born 18 May 1956) is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Her film '' Replay'' was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2012 film '' Three Worlds'' competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 C ...

('' The New Eve''). He started directing in 1998 with a short film called '' Venise (Venice)'', followed by '' Candidature (Candidacy)'' for which he won the Prix Jean Vigo (2001) and the

César Award for Best Short Film The César Award for Best Short Film (french: César du meilleur film de court métrage) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1992. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Academy ...

(2003). In his first feature film, released simultaneously in cinemas under the title '' Vert Paradis (Green Paradise)'' and broadcast on Arte as ''Les Cadets de Gascogne''. It is based on the sociological work of his father in '' The Bachelors' Ball: The Crisis of Peasant Society in Béarn''. In 2006, '' Les Amitiés maléfiques (Poison Friends)'' received the Grand Prix of the Critics at

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

''.''

Cinema

As actor

* 2004: ''

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'' by

Eugène Green Eugène Green (born 28 June 1947) is a U.S.-born French film-maker and dramatist. He is notable as an educator, training a generation of young actors in the revival of French baroque theatre technique and declamation. Films * 2001 : ''Toutes ...

, playing a spectator at the

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performance

As director of photography

* 2001: '' Les Trois Théâtres (The Three Theatres)'' by Emmanuel Bourdieu

As short film director

* 1998: '' Venise (Venice)'' * 2001: '' Les Trois Théâtres (The Three Theatres)'' * 2001: '' Candidature (Candidacy)''

As a feature film director

* 2003: '' Vert Paradis (Green Paradise)'' * 2006: '' Les Amitiés maléfiques (Poison Friends)'' * 2006: '' Mascarade (Masquerade)'' * 2008: '' Intrusions'' * 2013: '' Drumont, histoire d'un antisémite français (Drumont: The Story of a French Anti-Semite)'' – historical TV movie about

Édouard Drumont Édouard Adolphe Drumont (3 May 1844 – 5 February 1917) was a French antisemitic journalist, author and politician. He initiated the Antisemitic League of France in 1889, and was the founder and editor of the newspaper ''La Libre Parole''. ...

* 2016: ''

Louis-Ferdinand Céline Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( , ) was a French novelist, polemicist and physician. His first novel ''Journey to the End of the Night'' (1932) won the '' Pr ...

'' - adapted from Milton Hindus' 1950 book on French author

As writer or co-writer

* 1996: '' My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument'' by

* 1998: ''

'' by Nicole Garcia * 1998: '' The New Eve'' by

* 2000: ''

'' by

* 2000: '' Bronx-Barbes'' by Eliane de Latour * 2001: '' Les Trois Théâtres'' * 2001: '' Candidature'' * 2003: ''

Playing 'In the Company of Men' ''Playing 'In the Company of Men (french: En jouant 'Dans la compagnie des hommes' or french: Léo, en jouant 'Dans la compagnie des hommes') is a 2003 French drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard ...

'' by

* 2003: '' Vert Paradis'', scenario by

and Marcia Romano * 2006: '' Les Amitiés maléfiques'' * 2008: ''

'' by

* 2008: '' Intrusions''

Theatre

As writer and director of plays

* 1996: ''Parce qu'il est comme ça (Because It Is Like This)'' * 1997: ''Les Grands Esprits se rencontrent (The Great Spirits Meet)'' * 1998: ''Tout mon possible (All I Can)'' * 2002: ''Je crois (I Believe)'', staging by

* 2007: ''Le Mental de l’équipe (The Mind of the Team)'' by Emmanuel Bourdieu and Frédéric Bélier-Garcia, staging by Denis Podalydès and Frédéric Bélier-Garcia,

Théâtre du Rond-Point The Théâtre du Rond-Point is a theatre in Paris, located at 2bis avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt, 8th arrondissement. History The theatre began with an 1838 project of architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff for a rotunda in the Champs Elysees. Inau ...

* 2010: ''Le Cas Jekyll (The Jekyll Case)'' by Christine Montalbetti, directed by Emmanuel Bourdieu and Eric Ruf,

Théâtre national de Chaillot The Théâtre National de Chaillot (English: Chaillot National Theatre) is a theatre located in the Palais de Chaillot at 1, place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Close by the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro Gardens—the Th� ...

* 2013: ''L'Homme qui se hait (The Man Who Hates)'' by Emmanuel Bourdieu, directed by Denis Podalydès and Emmanuel Bourdieu,

Literature

* ''Mes parents (My Parents)'', 3-volume boxed set by Serge Lalou, Richard Bean and Emmanuel Bourdieu (8 April 2005) * ''Je crois (I Believe)'' by Emmanuel Bourdieu (26 February 2002) * ''

'' (Bilingual scenario) by Arnaud Desplechin and Emmanuel Bourdieu (Sep 2000)

Awards

* 2001 Prix Jean Vigo to '' Candidature'' * 2003: '' Candidature'', nominated for the

* 2003: '' Vert Paradis'': Prize of the international press at the Festival of Geneva 2003 * 2006: '' Les Amitiés maléfiques'': Grand Prix of the

International Critics' Week The International Critics' Week (french: Semaine de la Critique) was founded in 1962 and is organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created following the showing of '' The Connection'' directed by Shirley Clarke which had been ...

References

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