Naël Marandin
BornJune 23, 1981 (42 years old)
Paris
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Film director, actor, screenwriter

Naël Marandin (born June 23, 1981) is a French actor and film director.

Biography

Marandin started acting as a child, he played in such films as Les allumettes suédoises (The Swedish matches) and La ville dont le prince est un enfant (The city whose prince is a child). After that he took a break from acting and studied political science. For several years, he lived in China and Tibet. Upon return to France, he emerged as a video maker and film director, releasing two prized shorts: Foreign Bodies and No neighborhood.[1][2][3]

His first feature, She walks, was released in 2015. The film tells the story of Lin Aiyu, an illegal Chinese immigrant living in Belleville, who works as a prostitute hiding it from her teenage daughter.[4] At the project stage, the film won the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) project competition and received a grant for production.[5]

His second feature, Beasts (La terre des hommes),[6] was also supported by the CNC.[7] The screenplay was co-written with Marion Doussot and Marion Desseigne-Ravel.[8] The movie was well received by critics,[9] it won the Best Cinematography Prize at the Tallinn Black Nights Festival,[10] took the Grand Prix at the 2020 Saint-Jean-de-Luz Film Festival[11] and at the Saint-Jean-de-Luz IFF,[12] won Best Acting and the Audience Award at the 36th Mons International Film Festival,[13] and the 2020 Critics’ Week label of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "International Shorts". Dokufest. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  2. ↑ "Naël Marandin". Folamour. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  3. ↑ "Naël Marandin". Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  4. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (2014-04-08). "La Marcheuse: a social and sensual crime film in Belleville". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  5. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (2013-03-08). "Advances on receipts for Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  6. ↑ "Beasts". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  7. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (2018-11-08). "An advance on receipts for Guillaume Nicloux's Thalasso". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  8. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (2019-09-19). "Shoot about to kick off for Naël Marandin's Beasts". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  9. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (2020-06-08). "Charles Tesson • Delegate General, Critics' Week". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  10. ↑ Dalton, Ben (2020-11-27). "Ivaylo Hristov's 'Fear' wins best film at Tallinn Black Nights". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  11. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (2020-10-13). "Beasts triumphs at Saint-Jean-de-Luz". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  12. ↑ "Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the complete lineup of the Official Selection – Competition". Film New Europe. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  13. ↑ Engelen, Aurore (2021-07-19). "The Mons International Film Festival crowns I Never Cry by Piotr Domalewski". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  14. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (2020-11-20). "Review: Beasts". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-10-09.


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