Nicolas Philibert

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-01-10 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Nicolas Philibert

Biography

Nicolas Philibert (French: [filibɛʁ]; born 10 January 1951) is a French documentary filmmaker. He has directed films since 1978. At the 73rd Berlinale (2023), he receives the Golden Bear for his film "On the Adamant". Philibert's father was a film lecturer and he attended his talks in his youth. This encouraged him to embark on a film career. He started this with René Allio (1970), as a trainee on Les Camisards as an assistant on Rude Journée pour la reine (1973) and assistant-director on Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma sœur et mon frère... (1975). In 1978 he co-directed with Gérard Mordillat a feature documentary His Master's ...

Production

2007

Back to Normandy

as Director

2007

2002

2002

1987

1990

Louvre City

as Director

2010

Nénette

as Director

1997

2013

1990

Louvre City

as Writer

1985

Christophe

as Director

1988

1988

Go Ahead, Baby!

as Director

2002

The Invisible

as Director

1990

Louvre City

as Editor

1978

2002

2002

To Be and to Have

as Camera Operator

1997

2023

On the Adamant

as Director

2023

2023

On the Adamant

as Director of Photography

2023

1986

No Problem

as Director

1991

Patrons 78-91

as Director

1994

Family Portraits

as Director

1995

Pour Catherine

as Director

2010

The Screening

as Director

2011

2013

2018

Y'a quelqu'un?

as Director

2010

Nénette

as Writer

1994

1991

Patrons 78-91

as Writer

1999

Who Knows?

as Writer

1978

2013

Joël comme Collado

as Director of Photography

2010

Night Falls on the Menagerie

as Director of Photography

2010

The Screening

as Director of Photography

2010

Nénette

as Director of Photography

2009

Nénette, orang-outan de Bornéo

as Director of Photography

2002

What Drives the Taxidermist

as Director of Photography

2002

The Invisible

as Director of Photography

1997

Every Little Thing

as Director of Photography

2010

Nénette

as Editor

2010

The Screening

as Editor

1997

2020

2024

At Averroes & Rosa Parks

as Director of Photography

1989

A Tale of the Wind

as Assistant Director

2018

1974

The Wonderful Crook

as Production Design

1999

Who Knows?

as Director

2018

Each and Every Moment

as Director of Photography

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