Birthday

1967-03-29

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Biography

Michel Haznavicius (born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter best known for his spy movie parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and OSS 117: Lost in Rio, both of which star Jean Dujardin. His 2011 film The Artist competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival but lost to The Tree of Life. Dujardin though won the best actor prize at Cannes for his role in The Artist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michel Hazanavicius, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​