Cédric Klapisch

Director
Actor
Writer

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment. When Elise, his sister with three kids and no husband, moves in to his place to care for him, Pierre does not change his new habits. And instead of dancing himself, it is Paris and the Parisians who dance before his eyes.

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Paris (2008)

Cédric Klapisch was born on 4 September 1961 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a director and actor, known for Pot Luck (2002), Rise (2022) and Un air de famille (1996). He has been married to Lola Doillon since 2002. They have one child.

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Awards
- 24 wins & 18 nominations total

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Known for

Pot Luck

7.3

Movie

Director

2002

Rise

7.1

Movie

Director

2022

Un air de famille

7.4

Movie

Director

1996

Little Nothings

6.4

Movie

Director

1992

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Director

La venue de l'avenir
- Director
- 2025
Salade grecque
7.3
TV Series
- Director
- 2023
Rise
7.1
- Director
- 2022
Cartier: How Far Would You Go for Love
Video
- Director
- 2020
Someone, Somewhere
6.6
- Director
- 2019
Quatre chorégraphes d'aujourd'hui à l'Opéra de Paris: Thierrée/Shechter/Pérez/Pite
TV Movie
- Director
- 2018
Back to Burgundy
6.8
- Director
- 2017
Call My Agent!
8.3
TV Series
- Director
- 2015
La chose sûre
7.0
Short
- Director
- 2013
Chinese Puzzle
6.9
- Director
- 2013
Ma part du gâteau
5.8
- Director
- 2011
Aurélie Dupont danse l'espace d'un instant
7.9
TV Movie
- Director
- 2010
Paris
6.8
- Director
- 2008
Russian Dolls
7.0
- Director
- 2005
Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
6.4
- Director
- 2003

Actor

Salade grecque
7.3
TV Series
- Director Telephone Voice
- 2023
Babyphone
5.2
- Le psychiatre
- 2023
Rise
7.1
- Le régisseur du ballet (uncredited)
- 2022
Someone, Somewhere
6.6
- L'homme qui a une femme lacanienne (uncredited)
- 2019
Back to Burgundy
6.8
- Un vendangeur (uncredited)
- 2017
Call My Agent!
8.3
TV Series
- Caméo lors de l'hommage à Samuel Kerr (uncredited)
- 2015
Chinese Puzzle
6.9
- Le photographe
- 2013
The Doll
Short
- 2013
De Force
4.3
- Cameo
- 2011
Ma part du gâteau
5.8
- Homme sur le quai (uncredited)
- 2011
Paris
6.8
- Un quidam dans le cauchemar de Philippe Verneuil (uncredited)
- 2008
Russian Dolls
7.0
- Man on TGV (uncredited)
- 2005
Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
6.4
- Le Journaliste
- 2003
Pot Luck
7.3
- Le professeur stressé (uncredited)
- 2002
Peut-être
5.8
- L'épicier
- 1999

Writer

La venue de l'avenir
- Writer
- 2025
Rise
7.1
- dialogue
- screenplay
- 2022
Someone, Somewhere
6.6
- screenplay
- 2019
Back to Burgundy
6.8
- screenplay
- 2017
La chose sûre
7.0
Short
- Writer
- 2013
Chinese Puzzle
6.9
- screenplay (dialogue)
- 2013
La jeunesse a-t-elle une histoire?
TV Movie
- writer
- 2013
Ma part du gâteau
5.8
- scenario
- 2011
Paris
6.8
- writer
- 2008
Russian Dolls
7.0
- Writer
- 2005
Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
6.4
- scenario and dialogue
- 2003
Pot Luck
7.3
- Writer
- 2002
Peut-être
5.8
- writer
- 1999
Le ramoneur des lilas
6.6
Short
- Writer
- 1998
Un air de famille
7.4
- Writer
- 1996

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Trivia
His favorite directors are John Cassavetes, Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen, and Maurice Pialat.

Quotes
The screenplay is not a definitive stage in cinema and in film scriptwriting. If there is something that doesn't sound quite right on paper, it comes alive in practice and when the actors begin to speak; like some kind of incarnation. There's no narrative camera because of the basic structure. It's possible to improvise once we know what we're doing.