France

Born in 1954 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, filmmaker, director and producer Nicolas Klotz has made several feature films, including The Bengali Night (1988), La Nuit sacrée (1993), Paria (2000) which received the Special Jury Award at the San Sebastian Festival, and The Wound (La Blessure), presented at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cannes 2004. In addition, he produced several music documentaries, including Chants of Sand and Stars (Italia Special Award 1996), James Carter (1998), and Brad Mehldau (1999). In 1995, together with his scriptwriter Elisabeth Perceval, he created the production company Petits et Grands Oiseaux through which they co-produced plays and films, including Paria (2000), The Wound (La Blessure – 2004) and Heartbeat Detector (La Question humaine – 2007). He is a Professor at La Fémis (Paris) and has directed several plays and video monographies.

Filmography

Rendez-vous avec Marguerite (1983)
Pandit Ravi Shankar (1986)
The Bengali Night (1988)
La Nuit sacrée (1993)
Chants of Sand and Stars (1996)
Paria (2000)
The Wound / La Blessure (2004)
Dans la peau de… Paulo Branco (2005)
Heartbeat Detector / La Question humaine (2007)
La Consolation (2007)
Jeunesse d’Hamlet, Clichy-sous-Bois, 15 novembre 2005 (2007)
Mademoiselle Julie (2011)
Low Life (2011)
Le Vent Souffle Dans La Cour D’honneur – Les Utopies Contemporaines Du Festival d’Avignon (2013)
Mata Atlântica (2016)
Hamlet en Palestine (2017)
The Wild Frontier (2017)