ComteJean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson was a French writer and novelist. He authored forty books, was the director of Le Figaro from 1974 to 1977, as well as the dean of the Académie Française, to which he was elected in 1973, until his death, in addition to his service as president of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies within UNESCO (1992–1997).
The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot is a French literary award.
Yasmina Reza is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays 'Art' and God of Carnage. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. The 2011 black comedy film Carnage, directed by Roman Polanski, was based on Reza's Tony Award-winning 2006 play God of Carnage.
Fayard is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.
Régis Wargnier is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter and film score composer. His 1992 film Indochine won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards. His 1995 A French Woman was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver St. George for the Direction.
Olivier Cotte is a French writer, graphic novel scriptwriter, animation historian, illustrator, and a director.
François Valéry is a French singer-songwriter and composer. He is married to Nicole Calfan and Michael Calfan is his son.
The Avignon Film Festival, also known as the Avignon/New York Film Festival or Rencontres Cinématographiques Franco-Américain d'Avignon, took place every year in Avignon, France along with a twin film festival organised in New York. It was last held in 2008.
Daniel Bevilacqua, better known by the stage name Christophe, was a French singer and songwriter. He was born in the Paris suburb of Juvisy-sur-Orge, to an Italian father.
André Turpin is a French Canadian cinematographer, film director, and screenwriter.
François Cotinaud is a French saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and soundpainter.
Geoffrey Couët is a French actor and comedian.
The grand prix catholique de littérature is a French literary prize awarded by the Association des écrivains catholiques de langue française.
Frédéric Boyer is a French author of novels, poems, essays, and translations.
Elvire Murail is a French writer, mainly author of books for youth under the pen name Moka. The daughter of poet Gérard Murail, she is the younger sister of writers Marie-Aude and Lorris Murail, and composer Tristan Murail.
La Bibliothèque oulipienne is a collection that hosts the works of the individual and collective members of the Oulipo. The short texts that compose them form a fabric of playful literary creations.
Georges Perrier is a French chef who emigrated to the United States in 1967 and lived in Philadelphia, where he founded and ran Le Bec-Fin and other restaurants, bars and cafés across the country.
Laurent Campellone is a French conductor.
Known around the world for his expertise in the French opera of the Romantic era, he is often compared to Michel Plasson. Critics consider him today as "one of the best defenders in the world" of this repertoire.
He is currently the General Manager of Opéra de Tours.
Sophie Lefebvre is a Canadian costume designer, most noted as a two-time Jutra/Iris winner for Best Costume Design.
