FILM DIRECTOR

André Téchiné

1943 - Today

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André Téchiné (French: [teʃine]; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post-New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a second generation of French film critics associated with Cahiers du cinéma who followed François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and others from criticism into filmmaking. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Téchiné has received more than 179,015 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). André Téchiné is the 408th most popular film director (up from 463rd in 2019), the 2,325th most popular biography from France (up from 2,523rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, André Téchiné ranks 408 out of 2,041. Before him are Russ Meyer, Claire Denis, Alberto Lattuada, Kaneto Shindo, Christian-Jaque, and John Guillermin. After him are Jean-Jacques Beineix, Kon Ichikawa, Walter Ruttmann, Giuliano Montaldo, Michel Gondry, and Sergiu Nicolaescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, André Téchiné ranks 181. Before him are Dick Taylor, Murtaz Khurtsilava, Boris Gromov, Robert Gates, Edward L. G. Bowell, and Alfio Basile. After him are J. T. Walsh, Ramón Sampedro, Nicholas Negroponte, Mustafa Nadarević, Pak Doo-ik, and Kiyoshi Tomizawa.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Téchiné ranks 2,325 out of 6,770. Before him are Alain Connes (1947), Louison Bobet (1925), Jean de Chelles (1200), Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria (1374), Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161), and Theobald I, Count of Blois (910). After him are Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy (1571), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria (1278), Fulbert of Chartres (960), Saint Martial (300), and Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, André Téchiné ranks 53. Before him are Alexandre Astruc (1923), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), Patrice Leconte (1947), Jacques Copeau (1879), Claire Denis (1946), and Christian-Jaque (1904). After him are Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Michel Gondry (1963), Aleksandar Petrović (1929), Claude Zidi (1934), Édouard Molinaro (1928), and Jean Eustache (1938).

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Filmography

Being 17
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Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the farming community up in the mountains. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them while his mother is ill in hospital. Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.
Feb 27o 20166.8 / 10
Wild Reeds
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As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.
Jun 1o 19947.1 / 10
In the Name of My Daughter
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In 1976 in Nice, Agnes, the daughter of the owner of the Palais de la Méditerranée, falls in love with an older lawyer.
May 21o 20145.6 / 10