What other occupations did the director of the film that won three awards from the Director's Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival hold?
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Xavier Dolan Xavier Dolan (born "Xavier Dolan-Tadros" 20 March 1989) is a French Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume designer, and voice actor from Quebec. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his debut feature "I Killed My Mother" ("J’ai tué ma mère"), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Director's Fortnight.
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I Killed My Mother I Killed My Mother (French: J'ai tué ma mère ) is a 2009 Quebec biographical drama film written and directed by Xavier Dolan. The film attracted international press attention when it won three awards from the Director's Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. After being shown, the film received a standing ovation. It was shown in 12 cinemas in Quebec and 60 in France.
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3faltig 3faltig is a German comedy film directed by Harald Sicheritz. It was released in 2010.
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Knife Edge (film) Knife Edge is a 2009 British thriller film directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Natalie Press, Hugh Bonneville and Tamsin Egerton.
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Gerald (film) Gerald is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written, produced and edited by Tim Gallagher, directed by Marc Clebanoff (director of "Break"), and stars Louis Mandylor and Mackenzie Firgens with Deborah Theaker and Mickey Rooney. The main character, Gerald, was inspired by "Forrest Gump", Seymour Krelborn of "Little Shop of Horrors" and Mr. Gallagher's personal experience with mentally challenged individuals.
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Micmacs (film) Micmacs is a 2009 French comedy film by French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Its original French title is MicMacs à tire-larigot, ("Non-stop shenanigans" or, literally, "Intrigue – His heart's content"). The film is billed as a "satire on the world arms trade". It premiered on 15 September 2009 at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival as a gala screening at Roy Thomson Hall.
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Robert Stone (director) Robert Stone is a British-American documentary filmmaker. His work has been screened at dozens of film festivals and televised around the world, notably seven of his films have appeared on PBS's "American Experience" series and four of his films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (including Closing Night Film in 2009).
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The Army of Crime The Army of Crime (French: L'Armée du crime ) is a 2009 French drama-war film directed by Robert Guédiguian and based on a story by Serge Le Péron, one of three credited for the screenplay. It received a wide release in France on 16 September 2009 and opened in the United States in 2010. The film deals with the events of the Affiche Rouge ("red poster") affair. The title was taken from the caption on a propaganda poster, in which the Nazis sought to present prominent French Resistance fighters as foreign criminals; the caption read "Liberators? Liberation by the army of crime".
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Bets and Wedding Dresses Bets and Wedding Dresses (Italian: "Tris di donne e abiti nuziali" ) is a 2009 Italian drama film written and directed by Vincenzo Terracciano. It was screened out of competition at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.
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Ursula Meier Ursula Meier (born 24 June 1971) is a French-Swiss film director and screenwriter who received the Best Director award at the 2008 Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême [Angoulême French-language Film Festival] for her first theatrical feature, "Home", which won the 2009 Swiss Film Prize for Bester Spielfilm (Best Film) as well as Bestes Drehbuch (Best Screenplay) (shared with Antoine Jaccoud). The film also received a César nomination for Best First Film and a Best Film nomination at Argentina's Mar del Plata Film Festival.
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Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) The Best Director Award (French: "Prix de la mise en scène" ) is an annual award presented at the Cannes Film Festival for best directing achievements in a feature film screened as part of festival's official selection (i.e. films selected for the competition program which compete for the festival's main prize Palme d'Or). Awarded by festival's jury, it was first given in 1946.
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Let the Sunshine In (film) Let the Sunshine In (French: Un beau soleil intérieur ), or Bright Sunshine In, is a 2017 French film directed by Claire Denis. The film is an adaptation of Roland Barthes's 1977 text "" (French: "Fragments d’un discours amoureux")"." Novelist Christine Angot and frequent Denis collaborator Jean-Pol Fargeau have both been reported as Denis's co-writers on the project. It opened the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes in won the SACD Award.
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Cold Showers Cold Showers (French: Douches froides ) is a 2005 French drama film directed by Antony Cordier. It was a Directors' Fortnight Selection at 2005 Cannes Film Festival. The film tells the story of three teenagers, a girl, Vanessa, and two boys, Mickael and Clement, who face changes and problems over a period of three months as they enter adulthood. The film attracted attention on its release due to the full-frontal nudity of several young French actors.
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Confessions of a Shopaholic (film) Confessions of a Shopaholic is a 2009 American romantic comedy film based on the first two entries in the "Shopaholic" series of novels by Sophie Kinsella. Directed by P. J. Hogan, the film stars Isla Fisher as the shopaholic journalist and Hugh Dancy as her boss.
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Cosmonaut (film) Cosmonaut (Italian: "Cosmonauta" ) is a 2009 Italian coming-of-age film written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. It won the Controcampo Italiano at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. It also won the Ciak d'oro for best first work.
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The Other Bank The Other Bank (Georgian: გაღმა ნაპირი ) is a 2009 Georgian drama film directed by Giorgi Ovashvili. It was Georgia's submission to the 82nd Academy Award for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Julie &amp; Julia Julie & Julia is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. The film contrasts the life of chef Julia Child in the early years of her culinary career with the life of young New Yorker Julie Powell, who aspires to cook all 524 recipes in Child's cookbook in 365 days, a challenge she described on that made her a published author.
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Gotham Independent Film Awards 2009 The 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were held on November 30, 2009. The nominees were announced on October 19, 2009. The ceremony was hosted by Kumail Nanjiani.
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2009 Shanghai International Film Festival The 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival is the 12th such festival devoted to international cinema to be held in Shanghai, China. It was held from June 13-21, 2009.
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2009 Bergen International Film Festival The 2009 Bergen International Film Festival was arranged in Bergen, Norway 21st-28 October 2009, and was the 10th edition of the festival.
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Going South (2009 film) Going South (French: Plein sud ) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Sébastien Lifshitz and written by Lifshitz, Stéphane Bouquet and Vincent Poymiro. It stars Yannick Renier, Léa Seydoux, Nicole Garcia, Théo Frilet and Pierre Perrier. It was screened in the Panorama section at the Berlinale 2010.
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The Entrepreneur The Entrepreneur (Italian: L'industriale ) is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Giuliano Montaldo. The film premiered out of competition at the 2011 Rome Film Festival. It won three Italian Golden Globes for best film, cinematography and best music and the special jury prize to Pierfrancesco Favino. It was also nominated to four Nastro d'Argento Awards (for best script, best actress, best cinematography and best scenography).