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Michel Hazanavicius

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Michel Hazanavicius · Arts & Literature

What

French writer-director of The Artist (Academy Award Best Picture 2011)

When

1967, Paris, France

Where

France

Biography

Michel Hazanavicius is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — French writer-director of The Artist (Academy Award Best Picture 2011)

How & why

Michel Hazanavicius is a French writer-director whose black-and-white silent film 'The Artist' (2011) won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. He is also known for the 'OSS 117' spy comedies. He comes from a Lithuanian Jewish family that emigrated to France in the early twentieth century.

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French writer-director of The Artist (Academy Award Best Picture 2011)

2011

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters