François Ozon

François Ozon ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter.

Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeling view of human sexuality. Recurring themes in his films are friendship, sexual identity, different perceptions of reality, transience and death.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ozon has achieved international acclaim for his films 8 femmes (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003). He is considered one of the most important directors in the new "New Wave" in French cinema, along with Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Philippe Ramos, and Yves Caumon, as well as a group of French filmmakers associated with a cinema du corps ("cinema of the body").<ref name=jq>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Life and career

Ozon was born in Paris, France.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Having studied directing at the French film school La Femis, Ozon made several short films such as A Summer Dress (Une robe d'été, 1996) and Scènes de lit (1998). His motion picture directing debut was Sitcom (also 1998), which was well received by both critics and audiences.

After the Fassbinder adaptation Water Drops on Burning Rocks (Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes, 2000) came the film which made his name outside France, 8 Women (8 femmes, 2002), starring Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert and Emmanuelle Béart. With its quirky mix of musical numbers and murder mystery and a production design harking back to 1950s Hollywood melodramas such as those directed by Douglas Sirk, the film became a huge commercial success.

In 2003, Swimming Pool, starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier, was released. Ozon considered it a very personal film that gives insight into the difficult process of writing a novel or screenplay.

In 2004, he directed the film 5x2. His next film, Time to Leave (Le temps qui reste) (which one critic said explored the question "how does a frivolous person deal with his own mortality?")<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> screened at film festivals worldwide in 2005, and in 2006 it was distributed in the U.S.

Ozon's first full English-language production, Angel, starring Romola Garai, was released in 2007. The film, based on a novel by British writer Elizabeth Taylor, follows the story of a poor girl who climbs Edwardian England's social ladder by becoming a romance writer. The film was shot at Tyntesfield House and Estate near Bristol, at other UK locations and in Belgium. While filming Angel, Ozon developed a strong friendship with Garai and called her his "muse".

His film The Refuge had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2009.

Ozon was on the jury for the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, held in February 2012.<ref name="BerlinJury">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

His 2013 film Young & Beautiful (Jeune & Jolie) was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="Cannes2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ozon was voted best screenwriter at the 2013 European Film Awards for his 2012 film In the House.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

His 2014 film The New Girlfriend premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

His film Peter von Kant, a gender-flipped reinterpretation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 film The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, premiered at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival.<ref>Manori Ravindran, "Francois Ozon’s ‘Peter Von Kant’ to Open Berlin Film Festival". Variety, January 12, 2022.</ref>

Awards

• 1999: Seattle International Film Festival - Emerging Masters Showcase Award
• 2004: Filmfest Hamburg - Douglas-Sirk-Award
• 2006: Frameline Film Festival - Frameline Award
• 2011: Jameson Dublin International Film Festival - Career Achievement Award

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1988	Photo de famille	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Also editor and cinematographer
1988	Les Doigts dans le ventre	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Also editor, cinematographer and producer
1990	Mes parents un jour d'été	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Also producer
1991	Une goutte de sang	Template:Yes
1991	Deux plus un	Template:Yes
1992	Thomas reconstitué	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
1993	Victor	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
1994	Une rose entre nous	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Also actor
1994	Truth or Dare	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Also as editor French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best Short Film
1995	Little Death	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
1996	A Summer Dress	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	L.A. Outfest - Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short Film Nominated—César Award for Best Short Film
1998	Scènes de lit (Le trou noir ~ Monsieur propre ~ Madame ~ Tête-bêche ~ L'homme idéal ~ Love in the dark ~ Les puceaux)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Also editor Avignon Film Festival - Prix Panavision
1998	X2000	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Short film (6 minutes) Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Special Mention of the Jury
2006	A Curtain Raiser	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2007	Quand la peur dévore l'âme	Template:Yes		Also as editor

Documentary shorts

Year	Title	Notes
1991	Peau contre peau (les risques inutiles)
1991	Le Trou madame
1995	Jospin s'éclaire	Also editor

Feature film

Year	Title	Original French title	Director	Writer	Notes
1997	See the Sea	Regarde la mer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Medium-length film
1998	Sitcom		Template:Yes	Template:Yes
1999	Criminal Lovers	Les amants criminels	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	L.A. Outfest - Grand Jury Award Sitges Film Festival - Best Screenplay
2000	Water Drops on Burning Rocks	Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	50th Berlin International Film Festival - Teddy Award for Best Feature Film New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - Best Feature Film Nominated—50th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear
2000	Under the Sand	Sous le sable	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—European Film Award for Best Director
2002	8 Women	8 femmes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Lumière Award for Best Director 52nd Berlin International Film Festival - Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Jury Award Nominated—52nd Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation Nominated—European Film Award for Best Film Nominated—European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
2003	Swimming Pool		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—2003 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated—European Film Award for Best Film Nominated—European Film Academy People's Choice Award for Best European Film
2004	5x2	Cinq fois deux	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—61st Venice International Film Festival - Golden Lion
2005	Time to Leave	Le Temps qui reste	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Valladolid International Film Festival - Silver Spike Nominated—2005 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard
2007	Angel		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—57th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear
2009	Ricky		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—59th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear
2009	The Refuge	Le refuge	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	San Sebastián International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
2010	Potiche		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation Nominated—European Film Academy People's Choice Award for Best European Film Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Foreign Film in Coproduction Nominated—67th Venice International Film Festival - Golden Lion
2012	In the House	Dans la maison	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	European Film Award for Best Screenwriter RiverRun International Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature RiverRun International Film Festival - Best Screenplay San Sebastián International Film Festival - Golden Shell San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Screenplay 2012 Toronto International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize (Special Presentations) Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation Nominated—European Film Award for Best Director Nominated—Gaudí Award for Best European Film Nominated—Goya Award for Best European Film Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
2013	Young & Beautiful	Jeune & Jolie	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	San Sebastián International Film Festival - TVE-Another Look Award Nominated—2013 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
2014	The New Girlfriend	Une nouvelle amie	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	San Sebastián International Film Festival - Sebastiane Award Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario
2016	Frantz		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film Nominated—Louis Delluc Prize Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Screenplay
2017	Double Lover	L'Amant double	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—2017 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
2019	By the Grace of God	Grâce à Dieu	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize—69th Berlin International Film Festival Nominated—69th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay
2020	Summer of 85	Été 85	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation
2021	Everything Went Fine	Tout s'est bien passé	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—2021 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
2022	Peter von Kant		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Nominated—72nd Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear
2023	The Crime Is Mine	Mon crime	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2024	When Fall Is Coming	Quand vient l'automne	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Jury Prize for Best Screenplay—72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival Nominated—72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival - Golden Shell
2025	The Stranger	L’Étranger	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Pending—82nd Venice International Film Festival - Golden Lion

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
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2000 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Berlin Film Festival	Golden Bear	Water Drops on Burning Rocks	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Teddy Award for Best Feature Film		Template:Won
check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	European Film Awards	Best Director	Under the Sand	Template:Nom
2002 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	César Awards	Best Film		Template:Nom
		Best Director		Template:Nom
	Berlin Film Festival	Golden Bear	8 Women	Template:Nom
	European Film Awards	Best Film		Template:Nom
		Best Screenwriter		Template:Nom
		People's Choice Award for Best European Film		Template:Nom
2003 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	César Awards	Best Film		Template:Nom
		Best Director		Template:Nom
		Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted		Template:Nom
	Lumière Awards	Best Director		Template:Won
	Cannes Film Festival	Palme d'Or	Swimming Pool	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	European Film Awards	Best Film		Template:Nom
		People's Choice Award for Best European Film		Template:Nom
check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Venice Film Festival	Golden Lion	5x2	Template:Nom
check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Cannes Film Festival	Un Certain Regard	Time to Leave	Template:Nom
check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Berlin Film Festival	Golden Bear	Angel	Template:Nom
check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Berlin Film Festival	Golden Bear	Ricky	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Venice Film Festival	Golden Lion	Potiche	Template:Nom
		Queer Lion		Template:Nom
2011 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	British Academy Film Awards	Best Film Not in the English Language		Template:Nom	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	César Awards	Best Adaptation		Template:Nom
	European Film Awards	People's Choice Award for Best European Film		Template:Nom
check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Goya Awards	Best European Film	In the House	Template:Nom
2013 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Cannes Film Festival	Palme d'Or	Young & Beautiful	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	César Awards	Best Film	In the House	Template:Nom	<ref name="BBC-César">Template:Cite news</ref>
		Best Director		Template:Nom
		Best Adaptation		Template:Nom
	European Film Awards	Best Director		Template:Nom
		Best Screenwriter		Template:Won
check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Venice Film Festival	Golden Lion	Frantz	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Cannes Film Festival	Palme d'Or	L'Amant double	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	César Awards	Best Film	Frantz	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Director		Template:Nom
		Best Adaptation		Template:Nom
	European Film Awards	Best Screenwriter		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		People's Choice Award for Best European Film		Template:Nom
	Lumière Awards	Best Screenplay		Template:Nom
2018 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Bodil Awards	Best Non-American Film		Template:Nom
	Robert Awards	Best Non-American Film		Template:Nom
2019 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Berlin Film Festival	Golden Bear	By the Grace of God	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize		Template:Won
2020 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	César Awards	Best Film		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Director		Template:Nom
		Best Original Screenplay		Template:Nom
	Lumière Awards	Best Film		Template:Nom
		Best Screenplay		Template:Nom
	European Film Awards	Best Director	Summer of 85	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	César Awards	Best Film		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Director		Template:Nom
		Best Adaptation		Template:Nom
	Cannes Film Festival	Palme d'Or	Everything Went Fine	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Berlin Film Festival	Golden Bear	Peter von Kant	Template:Nom
		Teddy Award for Best Feature Film		Template:Nom
2025 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Lumière Awards	Best Director	When Fall Is Coming	Template:Nom
		Best Screenplay		Template:Nom

Further reading

• Asibong, Andrew, François Ozon, Manchester University Press (2008) Template:ISBN
• Badt, Karin, "Francois Ozon's New Thriller Gains Applause at Cannes Despite Shallowness," Huffington Post (2017). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/592736c8e4b03296e2d11342
• Cavitch, Max, "Sex After Death: François Ozon's Libidinal Invasions," Screen 48.3 (2007), 313-26
• Padva, Gilad. "Undressed Masculinities and Disrupted Sexualities in Une Robe d'été" in Grandena, Florian and Johnston, Cristina (Eds.). Cinematic Queerness: Gay and Lesbian Hypervisibility in Contemporary Francophone Feature Films, vol. 2 (Modern French Identities 98) (pp. 215–225). Oxford and New York: Peter Lang (2011).
• Palmer, Tim, "Style and Sensation in the Contemporary French Cinema of the Body," Journal of Film and Video 58.3 (2006), 22-32
• Rees-Roberts, Nick. French Queer Cinema, Edinburgh University Press (2008) Template:ISBN
• Schilt, Thibaut. François Ozon, University of Illinois Press (2011) Template:ISBN
• Wende, Johannes (Ed.), François Ozon, edition text + kritik (2016) Template:ISBN

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• François Ozon's official site Template:Webarchive
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• Summer 2006 Interview with OzonTemplate:Dead link
• POTICHE Facebook Page