Ladj Ly | |
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Born | 19 March 1980 |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Film directorScreenwriter |
Notable work | Les Misérables |
Ladj Ly (French pronunciation: [ladʒ li]; born 19 March 1980 in Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter. He won a Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival for Les Misérables in 2019. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. [1]
Ly's parents are from Mali and he grew up in Montfermeil, a district of Bosquets. He started making films with his friends Kim Chapiron, Romain Gavras, and JR, in the collective Kourtrajmé. [2]
He directed his first films, notably for Oxmo Puccino, and his first documentaries, 365 jours à Clichy-Montfermeil (365 days in Clichy-Montfermeil), filmed after the 2005 French riots; Go Fast Connexion; and 365 jours au Mali (365 days in Mali).
In 2011, Ly was given a three-year prison sentence for kidnapping and false imprisonment. [3] [4] In 2012, the sentence was reduced on appeal to two years imprisonment, and one year suspended sentence. [5]
Les Misérables is the first non-documentary film he directed. [6] The film received many awards, notably at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and a nomination for the César Award for Best Short Film in 2018. In the same year, he was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film for À voix haute : La Force de la parole with Stéphane de Freitas . [7] [8] [9]
In 2018 in Montfermeil, Ly created a free film school, called "L'école Kourtrajmé". [10]
With co-writers Alexis Manenti and Giordano Gederlini, he won the Lumières Award for Best Screenplay, [11] and was nominated for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay [12] and the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, [13] for the 2019 feature film version of Les Misérables.
His second feature film, Les Indésirables, is slated to premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. [14]
Ladj Ly | |
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Born | 19 March 1980 |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Film directorScreenwriter |
Notable work | Les Misérables |
Ladj Ly (French pronunciation: [ladʒ li]; born 19 March 1980 in Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter. He won a Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival for Les Misérables in 2019. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. [1]
Ly's parents are from Mali and he grew up in Montfermeil, a district of Bosquets. He started making films with his friends Kim Chapiron, Romain Gavras, and JR, in the collective Kourtrajmé. [2]
He directed his first films, notably for Oxmo Puccino, and his first documentaries, 365 jours à Clichy-Montfermeil (365 days in Clichy-Montfermeil), filmed after the 2005 French riots; Go Fast Connexion; and 365 jours au Mali (365 days in Mali).
In 2011, Ly was given a three-year prison sentence for kidnapping and false imprisonment. [3] [4] In 2012, the sentence was reduced on appeal to two years imprisonment, and one year suspended sentence. [5]
Les Misérables is the first non-documentary film he directed. [6] The film received many awards, notably at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and a nomination for the César Award for Best Short Film in 2018. In the same year, he was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film for À voix haute : La Force de la parole with Stéphane de Freitas . [7] [8] [9]
In 2018 in Montfermeil, Ly created a free film school, called "L'école Kourtrajmé". [10]
With co-writers Alexis Manenti and Giordano Gederlini, he won the Lumières Award for Best Screenplay, [11] and was nominated for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay [12] and the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, [13] for the 2019 feature film version of Les Misérables.
His second feature film, Les Indésirables, is slated to premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. [14]