Yann Samuell | |
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 Yann Samuell at the Cabourg Film Festival in 2016 | |
| Born | 7 June 1975 |
| Years active | 1986–present |
Yann Samuell (born 7 June 1975) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Yann Samuell | |
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| Yann Samuell at the Cabourg Film Festival in 2016 | |
| Born | 7 June 1975 |
| Years active | 1986–present |
Yann Samuell (born 7 June 1975) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Samuell went to film school and was a storyboard artist before becoming a director. He had his directing debut in 2003 with Love Me If You Dare. [1]
His second film was the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl (2008). Additional works include L'âge de raison (2010).
Samuell was screenwriter and director of a 2011 adaptation of Louis Pergaud's popular novel, La guerre des boutons. This adaptation is set in the 1960s, with the Algerian War as a backdrop. It is produced by Marc du Pontavice. [2] [1]
An alternate film adaptation of Pergaud's novel was directed by Christophe Barratier as La novelle guerre des boutons (2011), set during World War II in Occupied France. Both films were released in France in September 2011. [2] In the end Yann Samuell's version was a lot more successful and won prizes at international film festvals.
Samuell also directed the film adaption of the Gothic children's novel The Great Ghost Rescue (1975) by Eva Ibbotson. [1] It was released in 2011.
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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| Director | Screenwriter | ||||
| 1986 | Aube | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 1994 | Mano a mano | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 1997 | Cata-clysm | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 1998 | Teddy | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 2003 | Love Me If You Dare | Yes | Yes | Newport Beach Film Festival - Jury Award for Best Drama Palm Springs International Film Festival - John Schlesinger Award - Telluride Film Festival|Telluride Film Festival - Gijon Film Festival|Gijon Film Festival - Bermuda Film Festival|Bermuda Film Festival - London film Festival|London Film Festival - Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival - Yokohama Film Festival|Yokohama Film Festival | |
| 2008 | My Sassy Girl | Yes | |||
| 2010 | With Love... from the Age of Reason | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2011 | War of the Buttons | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2011 | The Great Ghost Rescue | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2016 | The Canterville Ghost | Yes | Yes | Also editor | |
| 2018 | My Mother, The Crab and Me | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2019 | Never without Louna | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2020 | Grand Hôtel | Yes | |||
| 2021 | Sauver Lisa | Yes | |||
| 2023 | The Lulus | Yes | Yes | ||
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