Cédric Klapisch
Biography
Cédric Klapisch (born September 4, 1961), is a French film director. Klapisch was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to Auschwitz. He studied cinema at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as at the University of Paris VIII. He was rejected on two occasions by the prestigious French film school IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques), now known as La fémis. He later attended the film school at New York University from 1983 to 1985. During the 1980s, he started to shoot short films such as In transit or Ce qui me meut. He subsequently worked as a scriptwriter and he became a director for feature films. He has also directed a nature documentary for French television. Klapisch's next film, Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire), had its production delayed for 4 months. During this period, he devised a new, low-budget product, which became L'Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment). Shot in Spain, this film became his greatest box-office success.
Acting (17 movies)
Babyphone
2023
Russian Dolls
2005
Family Resemblances
1996
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
The Spanish Apartment
2002
Chinese Puzzle
2013
In transit
1986
Peut-être
1999
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
Back to Burgundy
2017
Cinéma par... Cédric Klapisch
2020
Ballerina
2006
Belmondo l'influenceur
2020
Good Old Daze
1995
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
Renaud Lavillenie, all the way to the top
2016
Colours of Time
2025
Directing (27 movies)
The Spanish Apartment
2002
Russian Dolls
2005
Paris
2008
When the Cat's Away
1996
Peut-être
1999
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
2003
Good Old Daze
1995
Le Poisson rouge
1994
Family Resemblances
1996
Lumière & Company
1995
Little Nothings
1992
My Piece of the Pie
2011
La Fête du Cinéma
2018
Chinese Puzzle
2013
Ce qui me meut
1989
In transit
1986
Colours of Time
2025
Back to Burgundy
2017
The Lilac Sweep
1998
Opéra national de Paris: L'histoire de Manon
2015
Someone, Somewhere
2019
Aurélie Dupont, l'espace d'un instant
2010
Rise
2022
Renaud Lavillenie, all the way to the top
2016
La flûte enchantée au Théâtre des Champs Elysées
2024
La Chambre
1994
Les vrais chercheurs ne savent pas ce qu’ils cherchent
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| In transit | 1986 | Writer |
| Ce qui me meut | 1989 | Writer |
| Little Nothings | 1992 | Writer |
| When the Cat's Away | 1996 | Screenplay |
| Family Resemblances | 1996 | Writer |
| Peut-être | 1999 | Screenplay |
| Princesses | 2000 | Producer |
| The Spanish Apartment | 2002 | Screenplay |
| Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) | 2003 | Screenplay |
| Russian Dolls | 2005 | Screenplay |
| Paris | 2008 | Screenplay |
| My Piece of the Pie | 2011 | Writer |
| Chinese Puzzle | 2013 | Writer |
| Chinese Puzzle | 2013 | Producer |
| Renaud Lavillenie, all the way to the top | 2016 | Writer |
| Back to Burgundy | 2017 | Writer |
| Back to Burgundy | 2017 | Producer |
| Someone, Somewhere | 2019 | Producer |
| Someone, Somewhere | 2019 | Writer |
| Rise | 2022 | Writer |
| Colours of Time | 2025 | Screenplay |
| Colours of Time | 2025 | Producer |