Person Details

Birthday: 1957-03-29 19:56:02

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 30

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

François Margolin, born on the 29th of March 1957, alumnus from FEMIS (French National Film School), combines the hats of writer, director and producer. He directed Mensonge in 1994, with Nathalie Baye, The Opium of the Talibans in 2001 and Les Petits Soldats (about Child Soldiers in Liberia) in 2005. His first short movie, Elle et Lui, won the famous Jean Vigo Prize. His work as a producer won him to work with prestigious directors like Raoul Ruiz (Nucingen House, Dias de Campo), Hou Hsiao-Hsien (The Flight of the Red Balloon), Raymond Depardon (Empty Quarter, une Femme en Afrique), Olivier Assayas (Boarding Gate) or Costa Gavras and Abbas Kiarostami for the omnibus documentary À propos de Nice, la suite. In 1986 he created the production company of Médecins Sans Frontières in Paris and worked as a journalist during the eighties for Liberation and L’Express, in Africa and Afghanistan. He published a successful book about the Black Jews of Ethiopia, We were the only Jews in the World, in 2008.

Most Famous Work

Boarding Gate
Average
5

Boarding Gate

(2007) Producer
Flight of the Red Balloon
Average
6
Death in Sarajevo
Average
6

Death in Sarajevo

(2016) Producer
Nucingen House
Average
6

Nucingen House

(2008) Producer
Peshmerga
Average
5

Peshmerga

(2016) Producer
Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
Average
5
The Art Dealer
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4

The Art Dealer

(2015) Screenplay
Concerning Nice
Average
5

Concerning Nice

(1995) Producer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2012 N/A
2008 (voice)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Directing

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2015 Screenplay
2007 Writer
2004 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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