Finkiel, Emmanuel

(October 30, 1961, Bou­logne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   A former unit manager (1990 Nouvelle Vague / UK and USA: New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Switzerland) and first assistant director (1991 Aujourd'hui peut-être . . . , Jean-Louis Bertucelli, France / Italy; 1993 Trois Couleurs: Bleu / Bleu / Trzy Kolory: Nibieski / Three Colours: Blue / USA: Three Colors: Blue, Krzystof Kieslowski, France / Poland / Switzerland / UK; 1994 Trois Couleurs: Blanc / Trzy Kolory: Bialy / Three Colours: White / USA: Three Colors: White, Krzystof Kieslowski, France / Poland / Switzerland / UK; Trois Couleurs: Rouge / Rouge / Trzy Kolory: Czerwony / Three Colours: Red / USA: Three Colors: Red, Krzystof Kieslowski, France / Poland / Switzerland / UK; 1995 L'Appât, Bertrand Tavernier; 1996 Sur un Air de Mambô, TV movie, Jean-Louis Bertucelli), he made his directing debut in 1997. Other credits (as actor): 2003 Motus (Laurence Ferreira Barbosa); 2004 Le Pont des Arts (Eugène Green); 2005 De battre mon Cœur s'est ar­rêté (Jacques Audiard); 2007 Je suis une Amoureuse (Jocelyne Desverchère); 2008 57000 km entre nous (Delphine Kreuter).

 Filmography

1997 ◘ Madame Jacques sur la Croisette (medium-length; also screenwriter; shot in 1995)

1999 ◘ Voyages (also screenwriter; France / Belgium / Poland)

2000 ◘ Dimanche (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Samedi à Dimanche (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Samedi (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Mardi ou Mercredi? (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Du Lundi au Vendredi (short; also screenwriter)

2001 ◘ Casting (short; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Les Européens / Grenzganger / Tarinoita / Euro-péerna (segment "Nulle Part, Terre promise"; also screenwriter; France / Germany / Fin­land)

        ◘ En Marge des Jours (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor; France / Belgium)

        ◘ Nulle Part, Terre promise (also screenwriter, dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1997 ◘ Mélanie