Guillaume Brac Explained
Guillaume Brac (born 1977) is a French film director from Paris. He has directed films such as Tonnerre, July Tales, Treasure Island, and À L'abordage.[1]
Early life
Guillaume Brac was born in 1977 in Paris, France.[2] He graduated from La Fémis in 2005.[3]
Career
Guillaume Brac's 2011 film, Un monde sans femmes, was nominated for the César Award for Best Short Film at the 37th César Awards.[4] His debut feature film, Tonnerre, had its world premiere at the 2013 Locarno Festival.[5] It stars Vincent Macaigne, Solène Rigot, and Bernard Ménez.[6] It was nominated for the 2014 Louis Delluc Prize for Best Directorial Debut.[7]
He served as one of the jury members in the Caméra D'or section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[8] His second feature film, July Tales, had its world premiere at the 2017 Locarno Festival.[9] After that, he directed a documentary film, Treasure Island, which had its world premiere at the 2018 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[10] In 2020, he returned with a fiction film, À L'abordage, which had its world premiere at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[11] It won a special mention from the FIPRESCI jury.[12]
Filmography
Feature films
Short films
- Le Naufragé (2009)
- Un monde sans femmes (2011)
- Le Repos des braves (2016)
Notes and References
- Web site: Guillaume Brac • Director of À l'abordage. Cineuropa. Fabien. Lemercier. 27 February 2020. 11 May 2020.
- Web site: Guillaume Brac. Vienna International Film Festival. 11 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190523171205/https://www.viennale.at/en/guest/guillaume-brac. 23 May 2019. live.
- Web site: Guillaume Brac, athlète et poète du jeune cinéma français. Le Monde. Aureliano. Tonet. fr. 18 January 2014. 11 May 2020.
- Web site: 'The Artist' Nabs 10 César Nominations, But Maiwenn's 'Poliss' Leads With 13 Nods. Deadline Hollywood. Nancy. Tartaglione. 27 January 2012. 11 May 2020.
- Web site: Tonnerre: Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. Jordan. Mintzer. 9 October 2013. 11 May 2020.
- Web site: Guillaume Brac to make feature debut with Tonnerre. Cineuropa. Fabien. Lemercier. 12 October 2012. 11 May 2020.
- Web site: Olivier Assayas' 'Sils Maria' Wins Louis Delluc Prize. Variety. Elsa. Keslassy. 16 December 2014. 11 May 2020.
- Web site: Cannes: Barry Jenkins Joins Student and Short Film Jury. The Hollywood Reporter. Rhonda. Richford. Georg. Szalai. 14 May 2017. 11 May 2020.
- Web site: Guillaume Brac is back with Contes de juillet. Cineuropa. Fabien. Lemercier. 25 July 2017. 11 May 2020.
- Web site: Guillaume Brac • Director. Cineuropa. Fabien. Lemercier. 3 July 2018. 11 May 2020.
- Web site: Guillaume Brac heads for Berlin with À l'abordage. Cineuropa. Fabien. Lemercier. 4 February 2020. 11 May 2020.
- Web site: Berlin: Christian Petzold's 'Undine' Wins FIPRESCI Critics Award. The Hollywood Reporter. Scott. Roxborough. 1 March 2020. 11 May 2020.