About

Known credits:
31
Birthday:
1957-03-29
Place of birth:
Paris, France
Website:
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François Margolin

Overview

François Margolin, born on the 29th of March 1957, alumnus from FEMIS (French National Film School), combines the hats of writer, director and producer. He directed Mensonge in 1994, with Nathalie Baye, The Opium of the Talibans in 2001 and Les Petits Soldats (about Child Soldiers in Liberia) in 2005. His first short movie, Elle et Lui, won the famous Jean Vigo Prize. His work as a producer won him to work with prestigious directors like Raoul Ruiz (Nucingen House, Dias de Campo), Hou Hsiao-Hsien (The Flight of the Red Balloon), Raymond Depardon (Empty Quarter, une Femme en Afrique), Olivier Assayas (Boarding Gate) or Costa Gavras and Abbas Kiarostami for the omnibus documentary À propos de Nice, la suite. In 1986 he created the production company of Médecins Sans Frontières in Paris and worked as a journalist during the eighties for Liberation and L’Express, in Africa and Afghanistan. He published a successful book about the Black Jews of Ethiopia, We were the only Jews in the World, in 2008.

Known for

Acting
2012 Ballet aquatique Actor 59
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2009 Nucingen House Actor (voice) 59
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Directing
2023 Sarah Halimi: An Anti-Semitic and Unpunished Crime Directing Director N/A
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2023 L'automne à Pyongyang, un portrait de Claude Lanzmann Directing Director 59
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2016 Jihadists Directing Director 59
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2015 The Art Dealer Directing Director 58
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2004 Les petits soldats Directing Director N/A
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2003 OAS, Une histoire interdite Directing Director N/A
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1993 Mensonge Directing Director 58
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Paris, The Visit Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2015 The Art Dealer Writing Screenplay 58
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2007 Flight of the Red Balloon Writing Writer 59
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2004 Les petits soldats Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2023 Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan Production Producer 58
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2023 Sarah Halimi: An Anti-Semitic and Unpunished Crime Production Producer N/A
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2023 Slava Ukraini Production Producer 59
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2021 Sons of Cain Production Producer 59
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2021 Dirty Lands Production Producer 59
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2017 Napalm Production Producer 58
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2017 The Battle of Mosul Production Producer N/A
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2016 Peshmerga Production Producer 58
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2016 Death in Sarajevo Production Producer 59
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2009 Nucingen House Production Producer 59
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2008 Secrets Production Producer 58
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2007 Boarding Gate Production Producer 57
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2007 La Recta Provincia Production Associate Producer 59
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2007 Flight of the Red Balloon Production Producer 59
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2004 Days in the Country Production Producer 59
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2000 The Pilgrimage of Students and Jacob Production Producer 59
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1995 Concerning Nice Production Producer 58
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1985 Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa Production Producer 59
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