Christian Volckman (b. 1971) is a French film director, author, and

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

. He is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques in

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Career

He is mainly known for his

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animation feature film ''

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'', a 2006 dystopian

film noir Film noir (; ) is a style of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood Crime film, crime dramas that emphasizes cynicism (contemporary), cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of Ameri ...

. The film features the English voices of

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Romola Garai Romola Sadie Garai ( ; born 6 August 1982) is a Hong Kong-born British actress and film director. Known for her extensive work on stage and screen, she often acts in period films. Her early film roles include '' Nicholas Nickleby'' (2002), '' ...

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, and

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. It was awarded the Cristal for Best Feature at the

Annecy International Animated Film Festival The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (, officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival, or simply Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring ever ...

. in 2006, as well as the Best Feature Film Award at the 5th

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in 2007. The film, distributed by

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, received mixed reviews. His other film work includes music videos and two shorts, ''Le cobaye'', which received a Prix du Jury at Annecy in 1995, and
Maaz
', which has been shown at nearly 100 festivals and won 30 prizes, including two for sound. Volckman has directed several music videos, including
Miss Chang
and
Once upon a Time
for the group

Chinese Man Chinese Man is a French trip hop band formed in 2004 and originally from Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alps-French Riviera. History They are influenced by hip hop, funk, dub, reggae and jazz. Chinese Man is composed of DJ Marseille Zé Mateo and Hi ...

.
Paris sera toujours Paris
,
Sous le ciel de Paris
and
Champs Elysées
for the singer ZAZ.
Requiem
is the song for Alma that represents France at the Eurovision 2017. In 2008, he and visual artist Raphael Thierry started the websit
©®
an artistic collaboration developing thematic films and exhibitions name
THEFLOW
In 2019, he directed the film ''

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'', with

Olga Kurylenko Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko (born 14 November 1979) is a Ukrainian-born French actress. She rose to prominence by playing the Bond girl Camille Montes in the James Bond film '' Quantum of Solace'' (2008). Kurylenko began her career modellin ...

and Kevin Janssens

which was shown at the 2019

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Volckman, Christian 1971 births Living people 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters 21st-century French painters 21st-century French male artists French film directors French animators French animated film directors

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