Thierry Frémaux

Thierry Frémaux
Thierry Frémaux in 2017
Born (1960-05-29) 29 May 1960 (age 64)
Tullins, Isère, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationFilm critic

Thierry Frémaux (French: [tjɛ.ʁi fʁe.mo]; born 29 May 1960 in Tullins) is the director of the Institut Lumière, of the Lumière Film Festival and of the Cannes Film Festival.[1][2]

Education and career

Frémaux has a diplôme d'études approfondies (equivalent to a Master of Advanced Studies) in film history from Lumière University Lyon 2.[3]

In 2017, Frémaux gathered a collection of the early films by Auguste and Louis Lumière into a whole feature film Lumière ! l'aventure commence,[4] also narrating the original version of the film, in French.

See also

Bibliography

  • Sélection officielle (2017, Grasset; ISBN 978-2-2468-6371-7) (English translation: Official Selection)

References

  1. ^ Foundas, Scott (13 May 2013). "Cannes Honcho Thierry Fremaux Is Hollywood's Inside Man". Variety. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. ^ Buisson, Jean-Christophe (17 May 2013). "Thierry Frémaux, monsieur cinéma". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ^ Didier Péron, « Palme pilote », Libération, 15 May 2007.
  4. ^ "Lumière ! l'Aventure commence – Ad Vitam".