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Cité Du Cinéma
The Cité du Cinéma () or Studios of Paris is a film studio complex originally supported and founded by the film director and producer Luc Besson, located in Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of Paris, in a renovated power plant, commissioned in 1933 to power the Parisian metro. The studio complex is intended to be a competitor of Cinecittà in Rome, Pinewood in London and Babelsberg in Berlin. It was inaugurated on 21 September 2012. In February 2022 Tunisian-French film producer Tarak Ben Ammar finalized a deal to purchase Studios de Paris. History The facility was originally designed in 2000 by Luc Besson. The project was officially launched in 2004, and required several months of technical specifications and financial structures. The project is now supported by major companies in the film and television production sector (film development, lighting, make-up etc.) This should strengthen the role of cluster-image ''Plaine Commune'' with its fifty television studios ...
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Saint Denis may refer to: People * Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint, patron saint of Paris * Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471) * Brent St. Denis (born 1950), Canadian politician * Frédéric St-Denis (born 1986), Canadian hockey player * Janou Saint-Denis (1930–2000), Canadian poet and actress * Jon St. Denis (born c. 1978), a Canadian curler * Joseph St. Denis (1870–1966), Canadian politician * Lise St-Denis (born 1940), Canadian politician * Louis Juchereau de St. Denis (1676–1744), French-Canadian soldier and explorer * Richard St. Denis, American wheelchair charity founder * Ruth St. Denis, American dancer * Yves St-Denis, Canadian politician * Benoît Saint Denis, French mixed martial artist Places Canada * Saint-Denis (electoral district), in Quebec 1917–1997 * Saint Denis Street, in Montreal, Quebec * Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie, Quebec, formerly called Saint-Denis * Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec * Saint-Denis-de-Bro ...
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Samuel Benchetrit
Samuel Benchetrit (born 26 June 1973) is a French writer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Biography Benchetrit was born to a family of Romani, Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. At age fifteen, he left school to focus on photography. Born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Benchetrit was married to French actress Marie Trintignant from 1998 until her murder by her lover Bertrand Cantat in 2003. On 17 April 1998 the couple had a child, . From 2005 to 2012 Benchetrit was in a relationship with French actress Anna Mouglalis; they have a daughter, Saül, born on 7 March 2007. In 2016, while shooting his fifth film, ''Dog'', Benchetrit fell in love with Vanessa Paradis, whom he directed. They married in June 2018. Works Books * 2000 : ''Récit d'un branleur'' (Tale of a Wanker) * 2005 : ''Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte'' (Asphalt Chronicles) (tome I) * 2007 : ''Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte'' (Asphalt Chronicles) (tome II) * 2009 : ''Le Cœur en dehors'' * 2010 : ''Les Chroniques ...
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Gérard Krawczyk
Gérard Krawczyk (17 May 1953, Paris) is a French film director. He is of Polish people, Polish descent (his grandparents were from Częstochowa). Filmography Director * ''Homicide by Night'' (1984 in film, 1984) * ''Je hais les acteurs'' (a.k.a. ''I hate actors'') (1986 in film, 1986) * ''L'été en pente douce'' (1987 in film, 1987) * ''Taxi 2'' (2000 in film, 2000) * ''Wasabi (film), Wasabi'' (2001 in film, 2001) * ''Taxi 3'' (2003 in film, 2003) * ''Fanfan la Tulipe (2003 film), Fanfan la tulipe'' (2003 in film, 2003) * ''La vie est à nous !'' (2005 in film, 2005) * ''Taxi 4'' (2007 in film, 2007) * ''L'Auberge rouge (film), L'Auberge rouge'' (2007 in film, 2007) Actor * ''Papillon du vertige'' (1987 in film, 1987) * ''XY, drôle de conception'' (1996 in film, 1996) - L'homme spermogramme #2 * ''Amour et confusions'' (1997 in film, 1997) * ''Héroïnes'' (1997 in film, 1997) - Médecin * ''The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' (1999 in film, 1999) - Church's Peer - Coron ...
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Jimmy Jean-Louis
Jimmy Jean-Louis (born August 8, 1968) is a Haitian actor and producer. Born in Pétion-Ville, he moved to Paris at a young age with his family in search of a better life. His early roles were in French television commercials and Spanish musical theatre."Haitian actor Jimmy Jean-Louis joins cast of ‘Heroes Reborn’ on NBC"
interview by Taroue Brooks, ''Rolling Out'', 13 August 2015. Accessed 12 April 2017.
Eventually settling in in the late 1990s, he had small roles in ''
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Salma Hayek
Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault ( , ; ; born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico with starring roles in the telenovela ''Teresa (1989 TV series), Teresa'' (1989–1991) as well as the romantic drama ''Midaq Alley (film), Midaq Alley'' (1995). She soon established herself in Hollywood with appearances in films such as ''Desperado (film), Desperado'' (1995), ''From Dusk till Dawn'' (1996), ''Wild Wild West'' (1999), and ''Dogma (film), Dogma'' (1999). Hayek's portrayal of painter Frida Kahlo in the biopic ''Frida (2002 film), Frida'' (2002), which she also produced, made her the first Mexican actress to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In subsequent years, Hayek focused more on producing while starring in the action-centered pictures ''Once Upon a Time in Mexico'' (2003), ''After the Sunset'' (2004) and ''Bandidas'' (2006). She achieved further commercial success with the comedies ''Grown Ups (fi ...
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Whoopi Goldberg
Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality.Kuchwara, Michael (AP Drama Writer)"Whoopi Goldberg: A One-Woman Character Parade". ''The Fremont News-Messenger''. November 29, 1984. Retrieved January 22, 2021. "I'm an actor. That's what I do. I'm not a stand-up comic ... I do characters. I'm very good. I'll be better. But right now I'm a very good actor." The recipient of numerous accolades, she is one of few people to receive an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Tony Award, collectively known as the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). In 2001, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Goldberg began her career on stage in 1983 with her one-woman show, ''Spook Show'', which transferred to Broadway under the title ''Whoopi Goldberg'', running from 1984 to 1985. She won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the recording of the show. Her film ...
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Marina Foïs
Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Life and career Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian people, Russian, Egyptian Jews, Jewish Egyptian, German people, German and Italian people, Italian ancestry, Marina Foïs was discovered in 1986 for her comedy work in ''The School for Wives'', at the age of 16. She decided to take classes by correspondence and obtained her Baccalauréat, high school final exam two years later. She then joined ''The Royal Imperial Green Rabbit Company'', which later became ''Les Robins des Bois'', composed of students from the Cours Florent taught by Isabelle Nanty. The troupe caught the attention of Dominique Farrugia in 1996 and went on to act and direct in the Comédie+ show ''La Grosse Émission'' for two years. During that period, Foïs co-wrote sketches with Pierre-François Martin-Laval, playing a number of various characters, like the dim-witted Sophie Pétoncule and ...
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Mylène Farmer
Mylène Jeanne Gautier (; born 12 September 1961), known professionally as Mylène Farmer (), is a French singer and songwriter. Having sold more than 30 million records worldwide, she is among the most successful recording artists of all time in France, where she holds the record for the most number one hit singles, with twenty-one – eight of which were consecutive. Born in Pierrefonds, Quebec, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada (a former city now part of the Boroughs of Montreal, Montreal borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro), to French parents, the family soon relocated to Chaville, near Paris, where Farmer pursued a career in modelling and acting. She later gained prominence as a recording artist with the release of her debut single "Maman a tort" in 1984. In 1988, she released her second studio album, ''Ainsi soit je...'', which sold 1.5 million copies in France. The album spawned Farmer's first number one on the French singles chart, "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces". Her third studi ...
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Pascal Elbé
Pascal Elbé (born 13 March 1967) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Pascal Elbé was born in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France, to a family of middle-class Jewish immigrants from Algeria. He was raised in Strasbourg. At 18, he moved to Paris to study acting. In 2004, Elbe was nominated for a César Award Cesar or César may refer to: Arts and entertainment * César (film), ''César'' (film), a 1936 French romantic drama * César (film), ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt Places * Cesar, Portugal * Cesar Department, Colombia * Cesar R ... for Most Promising Actor. Elbé was previously married to Beatrice Elbé; they separated in 2014 after twenty-two years together. They have a son together, Leo. Filmography References External links * 1967 births French male film actors French film directors French male television actors Living people People from Colmar Male actors from Grand Est 20th-century French Jews Jewish French m ...
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Virginie Efira
Virginie Efira (born 5 May 1977) is a Belgian and French actress. She had her first leading role in '' It Boy'' (2013). Efira subsequently received praise for '' In Bed with Victoria'' (2016), for which she received a Magritte Award for Best Actress as well as a César Award for Best Actress nomination. She then appeared in Paul Verhoeven's psychological thriller ''Elle'' (2016), the drama '' An Impossible Love'' (2018), the comedy drama ''Sibyl'' (2019) and the black comedy '' Bye Bye Morons'' (2020). In 2023, she won a César Award for Best Actress for '' Paris Memories'' (2022). Early life Efira was born on 5 May 1977 in the Brugmann district of Brussels, Belgium, the daughter of Professor André Efira, an hemato-oncologist, and Carine Verelst. She has Greek-Jewish ancestry. Efira has three siblings. She grew up in Schaerbeek. Her parents divorced when she was 18 years old. Efira studied Latin, math, psychology and social sciences in Brussels. She moved to Paris at the age ...
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Jamel Debbouze
Jamel Debbouze (; ; born 18 June 1975) is a Moroccan-French actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and director. Best known for his stand-up comedy sketches, he also worked with director Alain Chabat in several films and other notable French comedians such as Florence Foresti, Fred Testot and Gad Elmaleh. He has starred in a number of box-office successes, including ''Amélie'', ''Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'', ''Hollywoo'' and ''HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami''. He is the founder of the Canal+ (French TV channel), Canal+ television show ''Jamel Comedy Club''. Life Jamel Debbouze was born in Paris, France. His family, from Taza, moved back to Morocco the following year. They returned in 1979 and settled in Trappes in 1983, in the Paris region, where was spent the rest of his childhood. He has five younger siblings: Mohamed, Hayat, Karim, Rachid and Nawel. On 17 January 1990, at the train station in Trappes, he was struck by a passing train travelling at 150 ...
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Robert De Niro
Robert Anthony De Niro ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director, and film producer. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Robert De Niro, various accolades, including two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for eight BAFTA Awards and four Emmy Awards. He was honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025. De Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. He went on to earn two Academy Awards, his first for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in the crime drama ...
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