FILM DIRECTOR

Michel Hazanavicius

1967 - Today

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Michel Hazanavicius (French: [mi.ʃɛl a.za.na.vi.sjys] Lithuanian: Hazanavičius; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He is best known for his 2011 film, The Artist, won Best Picture and Best Director at the 84th Academy Awards. He also directed spy film parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2024). Michel Hazanavicius is the 664th most popular film director (down from 603rd in 2024), the 3,475th most popular biography from France (down from 3,221st in 2019) and the 93rd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michel Hazanavicius ranks 664 out of 2,041. Before him are Corey Yuen, Daniel Schmid, Michel Deville, Robert Z. Leonard, Nancy Meyers, and John Farrow. After him are Anthony Asquith, Ulrich Seidl, John Madden, Stephen Hopkins, Sally Potter, and Claude Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Michel Hazanavicius ranks 128. Before him are Satya Nadella, Tia Carrere, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Chuck Schuldiner, Luis Abinader, and Herzi Halevi. After him are Layne Staley, Ai Yazawa, Benny Benassi, Nicolae Ciucă, Steve Zahn, and Leslie Jones.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Hazanavicius ranks 3,475 out of 6,770. Before him are Sebastianus (400), Gaël Monfils (1986), Bernard Picart (1673), Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (1941), Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920), and Carole André (1953). After him are Stéphane Courtois (1947), Jacques Fatton (1925), Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont (1798), Henri Cassini (1781), André Marie (1897), and Charles Athanase Walckenaer (1771).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Michel Hazanavicius ranks 93. Before him are Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1932), Robert Enrico (1931), Jean-Daniel Cadinot (1944), Maurice Tourneur (1876), Paul Grimault (1905), and Michel Deville (1931). After him are Claude Miller (1942), Georges Franju (1912), Claude Pinoteau (1925), Bruno Nuytten (1945), Benoît Jacquot (1947), and Pierre Schoendoerffer (1928).

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