Léon, Vladimir

(August 6, 1969, Moscow, Russia -)

   In France since 1975, he studied cinema and aesthetics at the Sorbonne, where he began shooting video and Super-8 movies. He collaborated as an actor on the underground films directed by his elder brother Pierre and some friends of his (1989 Les Cinéphiles l: Le Retour de Jean, Louis Skorecki; Les Cinéphiles 2: Eric a disparu, Louis Skorecki; 1994 Li per Li, Pierre Léon; 1995 Le Lustre de Pittsburgh, Pierre Léon; 1996 Les Travaux de nos Jours, Mathieu Riboulet; 1997 Oncle Vania, Pierre Léon; 1998 Le Dieu Mozart II, Pierre Léon; 2001 Humphrey Bogart et la Femme invisible, short, Anne Benhaïem; L'Etonnement de Léon, Pierre Léon; 2002 Mods, short, Serge Bozon; 2003 Toutes ces belles Promesses, Jean-Paul Civeyrac, France / Belgium; Triple Agent / Agente speciale / Triple agente / US festival: Triple Agent, Eric Rohmer, France / Italy / Spain; Etoile Violette / TV: Jean-Jacques, short, Axelle Ropert; 2006 Neige, ma Grimace, short, Antoine Fu­mat; Octobre, Pierre Léon; Il faut aimer son Prochain, les Autres sont trop loin, short, Arnold Pasquier; 2007 Guillaume et les Sortilèges, Pierre Léon; 2008 L'Idiot, Pierre Léon).

 Filmography

1989 ◘ Portrait au judas (short; also screenwriter)

1995 ◘ Atcha (co-director with Arnold Pasquier)

1998 ◘ Loin du Front (segment "Douamont repris!"; also screenwriter; also co-screenwriter, actor in the segment "Amants de Saint-Jean"; Harold P. Manning)

2004 ◘ Nissim dit Max (documentary; co-director with Pierre Léon; also co-screenwriter; shot in 2002)

2006 ◘ Le Brahmane du Komintern (documentary; also screenwriter)