Vadim Jean (born

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, 9 December 1963)"Zip up your Rhino suit"
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, producer, and

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Career

After graduating with a degree in history from

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, he found work on

Mike Figgis Michael Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work on '' Leaving Las Vegas'' (1995). Figgis was the founding patron of the independent filmmakers' ...

' '' Stormy Monday'', before establishing his own production company in 1989 covering a wide variety of subjects, from sport to corporate videos."Vadim Jean"
Mob film He first came to public attention as a director when '' Leon the Pig Farmer'' won him the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the 1992

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, the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics' Circle, the Most Promising Newcomer at the

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, and the Chaplin Award for the best first feature from the

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.Vadim Jean - Awards

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He repeated his critical success in 1999 when '' One More Kiss'' won the Audience Award at the Atlantic Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Film at the International Filmfest Emden. His Hollywood debut was '' Jiminy Glick in Lalawood'' starring

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as his celebrity interviewing alter-ego, produced by Gold Circle films. The film also features

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and

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as themselves. It was selected as the closing gala at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2010 he directed ''In the Land of the Free...'' a feature documentary narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. It tells the story of three men known as the Angola Three who among them have spent over a century in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State penitentiary. It was nominated best documentary at the 2011

.''London Evening Standard'', 5 January 2011

Filmography

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* 1963 births Living people Alumni of the University of Warwick English film directors English film producers People associated with the Discworld series {{UK-film-producer-stub