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François Ozon

Director

François Ozon

Born November 15, 1967 in Paris, France52 films

François Ozon (born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.

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He has achieved international acclaim for his films 8 femmes (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003). Ozon is considered to be one of the most important young French film directors in the new “New Wave” in French cinema such as Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Philippe Ramos, and Yves Caumon, as well as a group of French filmmakers associated with a "cinema du corps/cinema of the body".

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Summer of 85 posterFirst watchSummer of 8520207.4What do you dream of when you're 16-years-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike?…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
In the House poster7.2In the House2012Frantz poster7.3Frantz20168 Women poster6.98 Women2002Young & Beautiful poster6.5Young & Beautiful2013By the Grace of God poster7.2By the Grace of God2019Swimming Pool poster6.5Swimming Pool2003The Crime Is Mine poster6.5The Crime Is Mine2023Double Lover poster6.1Double Lover2017

Filmography

52 films as director
  1. 2027Summer Of FireDirector
  2. 2025The StrangerDirector
  3. 2024When Fall Is ComingDirector
  4. 2023The Crime Is MineDirector
  5. 2022Ozon: Remastered & UncutDirector
  6. 2022Peter von KantDirector
  7. 2021Everything Went FineDirector
  8. 2020Summer of 85Director
  9. 2019By the Grace of GodDirector
  10. 2017Double LoverDirector
  11. 2016FrantzDirector
  12. 2014The New GirlfriendDirector
  13. 2013Young & BeautifulDirector
  14. 2012In the HouseDirector
  15. 2010Trophy WifeDirector
  16. 2009Hideaway (Le refuge)Director
  17. 2009RickyDirector
  18. 2007A Curtain Raiser & Other ShortsDirector
  19. 2007AngelDirector
  20. 2007When Fear Eats the SoulDirector
  21. 2006A Curtain RaiserDirector
  22. 2005Time to LeaveDirector
  23. 2004Five Times TwoDirector
  24. 2003Swimming PoolDirector
  25. 2002Courts mais Gay : Tome 3Director
  26. 2002Erstes Mal - Schwule KurzfilmeDirector
  27. 20028 WomenDirector
  28. 2001Under the SandDirector
  29. 2001X2000: The Collected Shorts of Francois OzonDirector
  30. 2000Water Drops on Burning RocksDirector
  31. 1999Criminal LoversDirector
  32. 1998X2000Director
  33. 1998Bed ScenesDirector
  34. 1998SitcomDirector
  35. 1997See the SeaDirector
  36. 1997The VirginsDirector
  37. 1997The Black HoleDirector
  38. 1996A Summer DressDirector
  39. 1996L'Homme idéalDirector
  40. 1995Little DeathDirector
  41. 1995Jospin s'éclaireDirector
  42. 1994Truth or DareDirector
  43. 1994A Rose Between UsDirector
  44. 1993VictorDirector
  45. 1992Thomas reconstituéDirector
  46. 1991Deux plus unDirector
  47. 1991Une goutte du sangDirector
  48. 1991Le Trou madameDirector
  49. 1991Peau contre peau (les risques inutiles)Director
  50. 1990My Parents on a Summer DayDirector
  51. 1988Fingers on the BellyDirector
  52. 1988Family PhotoDirector