10 Facts About Philippe Garrel

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Philippe Garrel is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement.

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Philippe Garrel's films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival.

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Philippe Garrel was born in Boulogne-Billancourt in 1948, the son of actor Maurice Garrel and his wife.

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The younger Garrel became interested in film and started his career early, influenced by the new work of Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut.

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At the age of 16, Philippe Garrel wrote and directed his first film, Les Enfants desaccordes, in 1964.

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In 1982, Philippe Garrel won the Prix Jean Vigo for the film L'Enfant secret.

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Philippe Garrel won Perspectives du Cinema Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984 for his 1983 film Liberte, la nuit.

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Over a ten-year period, Philippe Garrel enjoyed a good run of critical recognition at the Venice Film Festival.

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Philippe Garrel met German singer and actress Nico in 1969 when she performed the song "The Falconer" for his film Le Lit de la Vierge.

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Philippe Garrel first cast Nico in his 1972 film La Cicatrice interieure.