Frédéric Auburtin
Born (1962-06-04) 4 June 1962
Marseille, France
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor, composer, second unit director, assistant director
Years active1985–present

Frédéric Auburtin (born 4 June 1962) is a French director, writer, actor and producer.

Life and career

Frédéric Auburtin was born and raised in Marseille, France, where he studied music (piano, drums) and literature before transitioning to the film industry in the early 80s. He made his debut as an assistant director for the film Rouge midi, which was directed by Robert Guédiguian.

In the 80s and 90s he worked as an assistant director with several directors for various movies, including Maurice Pialat (Under the Sun of Satan), Luigi Comencini (La Bohème), Richard Heffron (La Révolution française), Bertrand Blier (Merci la vie), Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Lover), Claude Berri (Germinal and Lucie Aubrac), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (The Horseman on the Roof) and Randall Wallace (The Man in the Iron Mask).

In 1999, he debuted as a director, co-directing Un pont entre deux rives with Gérard Depardieu, for which he also composed the soundtrack. During the 2000s he kept directing mostly for television, but also directed movies, including San-Antonio (2004) and Envoyés très spéciaux (2009). In 2006, he co-directed (again with Depardieu) the segment "Quartier Latin", written and starred by Gena Rowlands with Ben Gazzara and Gérard Depardieu, in the highly acclaimed movie Paris, je t'aime.[1][2]

In 2014, he became widely known for directing the infamous movie United Passions. The film recounts the origins of the world-governing body of association football, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, and was ninety-percent funded by them. Released in North America at the peak of the scandals of the 2015 FIFA corruption case, the film grossed very badly in the box-office (a mere $918 in its opening weekend)[3] and received overwhelming dislike from critics around the world.[4] It's now considered one of the worst movies ever made[5] and all the actors and Auburtin himself considered the film a "disaster".[6]

Filmography

Assistant Director

Director

  • Un pont entre deux rives (1999)
  • Boulevard du Palais (TV series) (1 episode) (2001)
  • Volpone (TV Movie) (2003)
  • San-Antonio (2004)
  • Paris, je t'aime (2006) (segment "Quartier Latin")
  • La vie à une (TV movie) (2008)
  • Envoyés très spéciaux (2009)
  • La plus pire semaine de ma vie (TV series) (2 episodes) (2010-2011)
  • United Passions (2014)

Actor

Writer

Composer

  • Un pont entre deux rives (1999)
  • Volpone (TV movie) (2003)
  • La vie à une (TV movie) (2008)

Production Manager

Editorial Department

Soundtrack

  • Envoyés très spéciaux ("Un euro pour nos otages") (2009)

Himself

  • Un jour dans la vie du cinéma français (TV movie documentary) (2002)

References

  1. ↑ "Paris Je T'aime". Rotten Tomatoes.
  2. ↑ "Paris, je t'aime". Metacritic.
  3. ↑ "Box Office: FIFA Movie 'United Passions' Bombs in U.S." The Hollywood Reporter. 7 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "United Passions". Metacritic.
  5. ↑ "United Passions". Rotten Tomatoes.
  6. ↑ Lee, Benjamin (17 June 2015). "Fifa movie director calls his film 'a disaster'" – via www.theguardian.com.
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