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Biography
Arnaud Desplechin (French: [aʁno depləʃɛ̃]; born 31 October 1960) is a French film director and screenwriter. Most known for his Esther Kahn (2000), Kings and Queen (2004), A Christmas Tale (2008) and his My Golden Days (2015) which won the César Award for Best Director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arnaud Desplechin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Annual award ACFK · 2024
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · 2017
- César Award — Best Director · 2016
- Officer of Arts and Letters · 2014
- Louis Delluc Prize · 2004
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- Prix Jean Vigo · 1991
- César Award — Best Film · 2014 · nominated
- César Award — Best Adaptation · 2014 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 2014 · nominated
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2009 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 2009 · nominated
- César Award — Best Film · 2009 · nominated
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Foreign Language Film · 2008 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Screenplay · 2008 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 2005 · nominated
- César Award — Best Film · 2005 · nominated
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 2005 · nominated
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1993 · nominated
- César Award — Best First Film · 1993 · nominated
Filmography11 titles

Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015as Self
2015as Self

A Christmas Tale
2008Director, Writer
2008Director, Writer

My Golden Days
2015Director, Screenplay
2015Director, Screenplay

The Photograph
1987Director of Photography
1987Director of Photography

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument
1996Director, Writer
1996Director, Writer

Diane
2018Thanks
2018Thanks

Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian
2013Director, Writer
2013Director, Writer

Room 999
2023as Self
2023as Self

Ismael's Ghosts
2017Director, Writer
2017Director, Writer

Deception
2021Director, Screenplay
2021Director, Screenplay

Two Pianos
2025Adaptation, Director, Scenario Writer
2025Adaptation, Director, Scenario Writer