| Benoît Delépine | |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France |
| Occupation: | Comedian, screenwriter, film director, actor, producer |
| Years Active: | 1974–present |
Benoît Delépine (born 30 August 1958) is a French comedian and film director. He is known for his satirical activities on TV channel Canal+.
Director of the TV program Guignols de l'info for many years, he currently writes TV programs about the fictional country of Groland. He also plays the cynical journalist-reporter Mickael Kael.
In the cinema, Delépine has written and performed in two films. Michael Kael contre la World News Company, a chess commercial, reprising two elements of the fictional career of the director: his role as a reporter for Groland and the World Company, which he contributed to create for Les Guignols.
In 2004, Aaltra, which he wrote, directed, and starred in with Gustave Kervern enjoyed critical success. The two companions from the Groland adventure wrote and directed it as a road movie where two enemies travel the roads of northern France and Finland following an accident. With Kervern, he also directed and starred in Avida, which was awarded screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1] His 2010 film Mammuth was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
His 2012 film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[3] [4] where it won the Special Jury Prize.[5]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |||
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| width=65 | Director | width=65 | Screenwriter | width=65 | Producer | |
| 2004 | Aaltra | BFI London Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize Transilvania International Film Festival - Audience Award | ||||
| 2006 | Avida | |||||
| 2008 | Louise Hires a Contract Killer | Amiens International Film Festival - Audience Award Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original Screenplay San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Screenplay Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize for Originality (World Cinema Dramatic) Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay | ||||
| 2010 | Comme un chien | Short film; co-producer | ||||
| 2010 | Mammuth | Cabourg Film Festival - Coup de Foudre Nominated—Berlin Film Festival - Golden Bear Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay | ||||
| 2012 | Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize | |||||
| 2014 | Enfin la fin | Short film | ||||
| 2014 | Ablations | |||||
| 2014 | Near Death Experience | Nominated—Venice Film Festival - Horizons Award | ||||
| 2016 | Saint-Amour | |||||
| 2018 | I Feel Good | |||||
| 2020 | Delete History | |||||
| 2022 | En même temps | |||||