Michel Hazanavicius is remembered on screen for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Michel Hazanavicius as French film director, producer and screenwriter.
Michel Hazanavicius was born at 11th arrondissement of Paris in 1967. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy.
By this period cinema was global and fragmented: independent finance, festival circuits and television drama competing for the same talent.
Michel Hazanavicius is credited as film producer, film director and screenwriter.
His name is attached above all to 2011 film, The Artist, that won the Best Picture and the Best Director at the 84th Academy Awards. A film outlives its reviews, its budget and usually its studio; what remains is whether anyone still watches it.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Academy Award for Best Director (2012), BAFTA Award for Best Direction (2012), Knight of the Legion of Honour (2023) and César Award for Best Director (2012).
That the work was made from France shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Michel Hazanavicius is still working, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.
Achievements
- Academy Award for Best Director — 2012
- BAFTA Award for Best Direction — 2012
- Knight of the Legion of Honour — 2023
- César Award for Best Director — 2012
- Worked as film producer, film director and screenwriter
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