Stéphane Foenkinos

A former English teacher, Stéphane Foenkinos’ career changed course when he met Jacques Doillon who employed him as casting director. Since 1997, he has worked with a raft of names from the world of French-language filmmaking including Jean-Luc Godard, François Ozon, André Téchiné, Claude Chabrol, Coline Serreau, Jeanne Labrune, Valérie Lemercier, Anne Fontaine, Ilan Duran-Cohen, Danièle Thompson, Jean-Paul Salomé, Catherine Corsini, Jacques Fieschi, Laurent Tirard and Florent Siri.

He has also worked on a range of international projects with directors including Peter Greenaway, Mike Newell, Martin Campbell, Florian Van Donnersmarck, Terrence Malick, Woody Allen for MIDNIGHT IN PARIS and most recently with Robert Zemeckis.

With his older brother David, he embarked upon a scriptwriting partnership under the guidance of Jacques Doillon. In 2005, they made their first short film, UNE HISTOIRE DE PIEDS, a love story from the point of view of feet that was selected for many festivals and won many prizes including the audience award at the Nice Festival and the Youth Prize at the Meudon Festival of Humor.

He also co-wrote the second season of the “Vénus et Apollon” series for Franco-German TV channel Arte and “Hard” for Canal , as well as the upcoming films of Alain Berbérian and Benoît Pétré.

When he is neither casting nor writing, Stéphane Foenkinos exhibits works and was a model for photographer Stéphanie Murat, posing for 55 écrivaines. The exhibition was shown at the Galerie Dupin in June 2011.

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