Yann Samuell

Yann Samuell
Yann Samuell at the Cabourg Film Festival in 2016
Born (1975-06-07) 7 June 1975 (age 49)
France
Years active1986–present

Yann Samuell (born 7 June 1975) is a French film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Samuell went to film school and was a storyboard artist before becoming a director. He had his directing debut in 2003 with Love Me If You Dare.[1]

His second film was the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl (2008). Additional works include L'âge de raison (2010).

Samuell was screenwriter and director of a 2011 adaptation of Louis Pergaud's popular novel, La guerre des boutons. This adaptation is set in the 1960s, with the Algerian War as a backdrop. It is produced by Marc du Pontavice.[2][1]

An alternate film adaptation of Pergaud's novel was directed by Christophe Barratier as La novelle guerre des boutons (2011), set during World War II in Occupied France. Both films were released in France in September 2011.[2] In the end Yann Samuell's version was a lot more successful and won prizes at international film festvals.

Samuell also directed the film adaption of the Gothic children's novel The Great Ghost Rescue (1975) by Eva Ibbotson.[1] It was released in 2011.

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Screenwriter
1986 Aube Yes Yes Short film
1994 Mano a mano Yes Yes Short film
1997 Cata-clysm Yes Yes Short film
1998 Teddy Yes Yes Short film
2003 Love Me If You Dare Yes Yes Newport Beach Film Festival - Jury Award for Best Drama
Palm Springs International Film Festival - John Schlesinger Award - Telluride Film Festival|Telluride Film Festival - Gijon Film Festival|Gijon Film Festival - Bermuda Film Festival|Bermuda Film Festival - London film Festival|London Film Festival - Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival - Yokohama Film Festival|Yokohama Film Festival
2008 My Sassy Girl Yes
2010 With Love... from the Age of Reason Yes Yes
2011 War of the Buttons Yes Yes
2011 The Great Ghost Rescue Yes Yes
2016 The Canterville Ghost Yes Yes Also editor
2018 My Mother, The Crab and Me Yes Yes
2019 Never without Louna Yes Yes
2020 Grand Hôtel Yes
2021 Sauver Lisa Yes
2023 The Lulus Yes Yes

References

  1. ^ a b c "Affinity International gets into Cannes spirit with The Great Ghost Rescue"
  2. ^ a b Tobias Grey, "Waging War(s) of the Buttons in France", Wall Street Journal, 15 September 2011, accessed 2 November 2012
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