Overview

• His agent, Céline Kamina, confirmed he died suddenly at home in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue near Avignon.
• He gained wide attention with La Conquête (2011), portraying Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise and screened out of competition at Cannes with Denis Podalydès in the lead.
• His France 2 telefilm Ne m’abandonne pas (2017) on deradicalization was used in schools and won an onal Emmy AwarEmmy Award.
• He emerged from 1980s theatre with a disruptive, punk-tinged voice, founded the company La Lézarde, and later shifted toward screenwriting and directing.
• His debut feature La Nage indienne (1992) launched Karine Viard, and his later work included the novel Sfumato (2015) and the film L’Homme parfait (2022).