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Florent-Emilio Siri is a Director, Scriptwriter and Thanks French born on 2 march 1965

Florent-Emilio Siri

Florent-Emilio Siri
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Nationality France
Birth 2 march 1965 (59 years)

Florent Emilio Siri (born 2 March 1965 in Saint-Avold, Moselle) is a French video game and film director and screenwriter born in Lorraine.

He studied cinema at the Sorbonne University and ESRA in Paris.

He began his feature film career with the 1998 social film Une minute de silence (One minute of silence), and continued in 2002 with the action film Nid de guêpes (The Nest), and then went on to serve as director of two critically acclaimed and highly successful Splinter Cell games at French-based video game developer Ubisoft, titled Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Following the underground success of his first feature film, Siri's directorial style caught the eye of actor Bruce Willis, who asked Siri to direct his big-budget 2005 action thriller Hostage. While not a big commercial success, the film earned considerable critical praise of Siri's slick direction, calling it "an art house version of the Die Hard films."

In 2007, he released a film called L'Ennemi intime (Intimate Enemies) treating on the personal aspect and psychological effects on individual personalities of the Algerian War. It was the first movie depicting the use of napalm by the French Army during the 1954-1962 conflict.

He wrote with Julien Rappeneau and made a film biopic titled My Way (Cloclo) about the French pop singer, songwriter and dancer Claude François portrayed by Jérémie Renier. It will be released in France in March 2012.

Florent Siri is also a noted music video director, particularly in his home country of France. He has worked with such bands as IAM, Expression Direkt, Alliance Ethnik, and Wu-Tang Clan, among others.

Biography

Florent-Emilio Siri est né le 2 mars 1965 dans la Lorraine industrielle qu'il décrit dans son premier long-métrage Une minute de silence. Son père, d'origine italienne, était mineur de charbon à Freyming-Merlebach et ce premier film rend hommage à ce métier et à la dernière génération de mineurs.

À vingt ans, il fait des études à la Sorbonne, sous la direction notamment d'Éric Rohmer, et à l'École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle (promotion 1988).

Best films

The Artist (2011)
(Thanks)
My Way (2012)
(Director)

Usually with

Éric Savin
Éric Savin
(3 films)
Marc Barbé
Marc Barbé
(3 films)
Mimi Lempicka
Mimi Lempicka
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Florent-Emilio Siri (7 films)

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Director

French Cuisine, 1h25
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Franck Dubosc, Gérard Lanvin, Pascale Arbillot, Audrey Dana, Catherine Lachens, Stefan Godin
Rating45% 2.2886752.2886752.2886752.2886752.288675
François et Charlotte dirigent ensemble un hôtel-restaurant réputé au bord de la mer. Charlotte a déjà été mariée par le passé à Alex, un joueur invétéré et quelque peu mythomane. Celui-ci avait disparu à la suite d'une dispute. Considéré comme mort, il réapparaît, justifiant sa longue disparition par le tsunami en Thaïlande, bien décidé à reconquérir son épouse. Les deux hommes se livrent alors un combat acharné pour le cœur de Charlotte. La lutte s'annonce de haute volée entre Alex, hâbleur et menteur, et François, travailleur et obsédé par l'obtention d'une étoile au Guide Michelin...
My Way
My Way (2012)
, 2h28
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jérémie Rénier, Benoît Magimel, Joséphine Japy, Monica Scattini, Robert Knepper, Armin Rohde
Rating68% 3.4319553.4319553.4319553.4319553.431955
La vie du chanteur populaire Claude François, de sa jeunesse à Ismaïlia en Égypte, jusqu'à sa mort accidentelle dans son appartement parisien survenue le 11 mars 1978.
Intimate Enemies, 1h51
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Benoît Magimel, Albert Dupontel, Aurélien Recoing, Mohamed Fellag, Marc Barbé, Abdelhafid Metalsi
Rating68% 3.4422053.4422053.4422053.4422053.442205
The film is set in 1959 during the Algerian War. Lieutenant Terrien (Benoît Magimel), an inexperienced and naïve junior French Army officer, has volunteered for active service, rather than a safe staff post in Algiers. He is posted to Kabylie, a remote and mountainous region of Algeria, as a replacement for Lieutenant Constantin (Hicham Hlimi) who was killed during a ‘friendly fire’ incident commanding a counter-insurgency ambush operation – i.e. he was accidentally killed by his own side during a confused fire-fight. The war in Algeria is much more complicated than Lieutenant Terrien anticipated as he takes over command of his new platoon at the outpost "Mazel". Within hours of taking over his new command Terrien is ordered to lead a ‘locate and destroy’ mission into the zone interdite (the 'Forbidden Zone') to find a World War II French Army veteran named Slimane, now a local commander of Algerian rebels trying to win the independence of their homeland. Slimane is never seen in person during the film.
Hostage
Hostage (2005)
, 1h53
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker, Michelle Horn, Jimmy Bennett
Rating64% 3.248873.248873.248873.248873.24887
Former SWAT officer Jeff Talley is a hostage negotiator in Los Angeles. Talley is negotiating with a man who has taken his wife and son hostage after learning she has been cheating on him. Talley denies a SWAT commander's request to give snipers the green light to take out the suspect. There are three gunshots in the house. Talley runs through the barricaded door and finds the man and his wife dead. In the boy's room he finds the son, who passes away in Talley's arms. This leaves Talley emotionally scarred. He moves with his family to become police chief in Bristo Camino, a peaceful suburban hamlet in Ventura County, California.
The Nest
The Nest (2002)
, 1h45
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Samy Naceri, Benoît Magimel, Nadia Farès, Pascal Greggory, Sami Bouajila, Valerio Mastandrea
Rating66% 3.3459053.3459053.3459053.3459053.345905
It's July 14, and people are enjoying the national holiday. A group prepare what is later shown to be a warehouse robbery. Meanwhile, Laborie, a special agent in the French special forces, and an international team are escorting the leader of the Albanian mafia, Abedin Nexhepi. He is due to appear in a European court, charged with running an extensive prostitution network. Despite a considerable security presence, Nexhep's henchmen still try to intercept the armed escort. They set up an ambush, but the escort manages to escape.
A Minute of Silence, 1h28
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Benoît Magimel, Bruno Putzulu, Rüdiger Vogler, Kader Boukhanef, Pierre Martot, Éric Savin
Rating58% 2.9457452.9457452.9457452.9457452.945745
Marek, le Polonais, et Mimmo, l'Italien, sont mineurs depuis l'âge de seize ans. Collègues et amis, leur quotidien est rythmé par des rituels : à la sortie du puits, on se retrouve entre mineurs autour de bières, on traîne dans les cabarets érotiques, on fait des courses-poursuites en voiture… Décembre 95 : ils ont vingt-cinq ans, une grève éclate. Marek veut y prendre part et trouver sa place auprès des syndicalistes ; quant à Mimmo, l'avenir dont il rêve est ailleurs. Au fur et à mesure que la grève s'intensifie, leur amitié est mise à l'épreuve.

Scriptwriter

My Way
My Way (2012)
, 2h28
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jérémie Rénier, Benoît Magimel, Joséphine Japy, Monica Scattini, Robert Knepper, Armin Rohde
Rating68% 3.4319553.4319553.4319553.4319553.431955
La vie du chanteur populaire Claude François, de sa jeunesse à Ismaïlia en Égypte, jusqu'à sa mort accidentelle dans son appartement parisien survenue le 11 mars 1978.
Intimate Enemies, 1h51
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Benoît Magimel, Albert Dupontel, Aurélien Recoing, Mohamed Fellag, Marc Barbé, Abdelhafid Metalsi
Rating68% 3.4422053.4422053.4422053.4422053.442205
The film is set in 1959 during the Algerian War. Lieutenant Terrien (Benoît Magimel), an inexperienced and naïve junior French Army officer, has volunteered for active service, rather than a safe staff post in Algiers. He is posted to Kabylie, a remote and mountainous region of Algeria, as a replacement for Lieutenant Constantin (Hicham Hlimi) who was killed during a ‘friendly fire’ incident commanding a counter-insurgency ambush operation – i.e. he was accidentally killed by his own side during a confused fire-fight. The war in Algeria is much more complicated than Lieutenant Terrien anticipated as he takes over command of his new platoon at the outpost "Mazel". Within hours of taking over his new command Terrien is ordered to lead a ‘locate and destroy’ mission into the zone interdite (the 'Forbidden Zone') to find a World War II French Army veteran named Slimane, now a local commander of Algerian rebels trying to win the independence of their homeland. Slimane is never seen in person during the film.
The Nest
The Nest (2002)
, 1h45
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Samy Naceri, Benoît Magimel, Nadia Farès, Pascal Greggory, Sami Bouajila, Valerio Mastandrea
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.3459053.3459053.3459053.3459053.345905
It's July 14, and people are enjoying the national holiday. A group prepare what is later shown to be a warehouse robbery. Meanwhile, Laborie, a special agent in the French special forces, and an international team are escorting the leader of the Albanian mafia, Abedin Nexhepi. He is due to appear in a European court, charged with running an extensive prostitution network. Despite a considerable security presence, Nexhep's henchmen still try to intercept the armed escort. They set up an ambush, but the escort manages to escape.
A Minute of Silence, 1h28
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Benoît Magimel, Bruno Putzulu, Rüdiger Vogler, Kader Boukhanef, Pierre Martot, Éric Savin
Roles Writer
Rating58% 2.9457452.9457452.9457452.9457452.945745
Marek, le Polonais, et Mimmo, l'Italien, sont mineurs depuis l'âge de seize ans. Collègues et amis, leur quotidien est rythmé par des rituels : à la sortie du puits, on se retrouve entre mineurs autour de bières, on traîne dans les cabarets érotiques, on fait des courses-poursuites en voiture… Décembre 95 : ils ont vingt-cinq ans, une grève éclate. Marek veut y prendre part et trouver sa place auprès des syndicalistes ; quant à Mimmo, l'avenir dont il rêve est ailleurs. Au fur et à mesure que la grève s'intensifie, leur amitié est mise à l'épreuve.

Team

The Artist
The Artist (2011)
, 1h40
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about films, Films about television, Films about dogs, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, John Goodman, Uggie, Penelope Ann Miller
Roles Thanks
Rating77% 3.8980253.8980253.8980253.8980253.898025
In 1927, silent film star George Valentin is posing for pictures outside the premiere of his latest hit film when a young woman, Peppy Miller, accidentally bumps into him. Valentin reacts with humor to the accident and shows off with Peppy for the cameras. The next day, Peppy finds herself on the front page of Variety with the headline "Who's That Girl?" Later, Peppy auditions as a dancer and is spotted by Valentin, who insists that she have a part in Kinograph Studios' next production, despite objections from the studio boss, Al Zimmer. While performing a scene in which they dance together, Valentin and Peppy show great chemistry, despite her being merely an extra. With a little guidance from Valentin (he draws a beauty spot on her, which will eventually be her trademark, after finding her in his dressing room), Peppy slowly rises through the industry, earning more prominent starring roles.