Michel Hazanavicius is best known for his 2011 film, The Artist, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards.
12 Facts About Michel Hazanavicius
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Michel Hazanavicius directed spy film parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and OSS 117: Lost in Rio.
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Michel Hazanavicius's grandparents were from both Poland and Lithuania and settled in France in the 1920s.
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Michel Hazanavicius began directing commercials for companies such as Reebok and Bouygues Telecom, and then, in 1993, he made his first feature-length film, La Classe americaine, for television.
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In 1997, Michel Hazanavicius directed his first short film, Echec au capital, and followed it up with his first theatrically released feature, Mes amis, which starred his brother, actor Serge Michel Hazanavicius.
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Seven years later, Michel Hazanavicius wrote and directed his second feature, OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, a parody of 1960s spy movies and specifically of OSS 117, a popular character created by Jean Bruce in 1949.
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On 24 January 2012 Michel Hazanavicius received nominations for three Oscars: the Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.
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Michel Hazanavicius was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals.
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Michel Hazanavicius contributed a section to the omnibus film The Players starring Jean Dujardin.
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Michel Hazanavicius then announced that his next feature film would be a remake of the 1948 Fred Zinnemann film The Search.
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Michel Hazanavicius was in a relationship with film director Virginia Lovisone, and they have two daughters together, Simone and Fantine.
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Michel Hazanavicius is married to Berenice Bejo, who acted in his films OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, The Artist and The Search.