- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 29, 1967
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
Michel Hazanavicius
Michel Haznavicius (born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter best known for his spy movie parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and OSS 117: Lost in Rio, both of which star Jean Dujardin. His 2011 film The Artist competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival but lost to The Tree of Life. Dujardin though won the best actor prize at Cannes for his role in The Artist. Hazanavicius was born in Paris. His family is Jewish, and originally from Lithuania. His grandparents were from both Poland and Lithuania and settled in France in the 1920s. Before directing films, Hazanavicius worked in television, beginning with the Canal+ channel, where he started as a director in 1988. He began directing commercials for companies such as Reebok and Bouygues Telecom, and then, in 1993, he made his first feature-length film, La Classe américaine, for televisio…
Filmography
movieBaise-en-ville
2026 · Sprite's father
movieThe Money Maker
2026 · Producer
movieI Love Peru
2025
movieCerfa
2025
movieThe Most Precious of Cargoes
2024 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movie40
2024 · Self
tvTêtàtête(s)
2023 · Self - Guest
tvFaut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023 · Self - Guest
tvDirectors Talks
2023 · Self
tvEn société
2023 · Self - Guest
movieEn attendant que mes larmes viennent
2023 · Co-Producer
movieKilling Blues
2023 · Co-Producer
tvBeau geste
2023 · Self
tvQuelle époque !
2022 · Self - Guest
movieIncredible But True
2022 · Photographer
movieFinal Cut
2022 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
tvCannes Festival
2022 · Self - Guest
movieShake Your Cares Away
2021 · Co-Producer
tvC ce soir, le débat
2021 · Self - Guest
movieBelmondo l'influenceur
2020 · Self
movieStill Not... Breathless
2020 · Self
Michel Hazanavicius raconte la grande histoire de « La Classe américaine »
movieMichel Hazanavicius raconte la grande histoire de « La Classe américaine »
2020 · Michel Hazanavicius
movieThe Lost Prince
2020 · Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
movieLa télé des Nuls
2019 · Self
movieBe Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018 · Self
tvVidéo Club
2018 · Self
movieKeep an Eye Out
2018 · Policeman 1
movieLa mangeuse d’hommes
2018
movieGodard Mon Amour
2017 · Narrator #5 (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
movieReality
2015 · Award Presenter
movieThe Search
2014 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
movieJacky in the Kingdom of Women
2014 · Julin
movieLa Classe américaine
2012 · Self, Producer, Director of Photography
movieThe Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012 · Self
movieHollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
2012 · Himself
movieThe Players
2012 · Director
movieThe Extraordinary Voyage
2011 · Self - Filmmaker
movieThe Artist
2011 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieOSS 117: Lost in Rio
2009 · Director, Screenplay
movieOSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
2006 · Director, Adaptation
movieÉric ké Ramzy - Nouveau spectacle
2005 · Writer
movieLucky Luke and the Daltons
2004 · Screenplay
tvKulturplatz
2004 · Self
movieMy Wife Is an Actress
2001 · Le cameraman info sport
tvBurger Quiz
2001 · Self
movieSitcom, A Movie
1999 · Director, Writer
movieLe Clone
1998 · Writer
Echec au capital
movieEchec au capital
1997 · Director
movieDidier
1997 · Fabrice
movieDelphine : 1, Yvan : 0
1996 · Régis, Writer
movieFear City: A Family-Style Comedy
1994 · Régis
movieLa Classe américaine
1993 · Dubbing Voice (voice), Director, Screenplay
movieÇa détourne
1992 · Director, Writer
movieDerrick contre Superman
1992 · Producer, Director, Writer
tvCérémonie des César
1976 · Self - Presenter
The Third Hand
movieThe Third Hand
— · Director, Writer