Robin Campillo (; born 16 August 1962) is a Moroccan-born French screenwriter, editor and film director. He is known for his work on films such as ''
The Class'' (2008), ''
Heading South'' (2005), the French
zombie film
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''
They Came Back'' (2004), ''
Eastern Boys'' (2013), and ''
Time Out'' (2001), the latter of which was placed at ninety-nine on
Slant Magazine
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's best films of the 2000s, number nine of ''
The Guardian
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's'' Best Films of the noughties, and number eleven at ''
The A.V. Club
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's'' top fifty films of the 2000s.
In 2017, he released ''
120 BPM (Beats per Minute)'' which received mass acclaim and went on to garner many awards, including the
Grand Prix
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and 2017
César Award for Best Film
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film (French: ''César du meilleur film'').
Winners and nominees 1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
* Lumières Award for Best Film
* Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film
...
.
Filmography
References
External links
*
1962 births
Living people
French film directors
French male screenwriters
French screenwriters
French-language film directors
French film editors
People from Mohammedia
French gay writers
LGBT film directors
French male non-fiction writers
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