Arthur Joffé

{{Short description|French film director (born 1953)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} thumb '''Arthur Joffé''' (born 20 September 1953) is a French film director, the son of the director and screenwriter Alex Joffé.<ref name="EFFD">Philippe Rège, ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors'', volume 1, p. 538</ref><ref>[http://next.liberation.fr/culture/1995/08/21/mort-du-cineaste-alex-joffe_141109 " Mort du cinéaste Alex Joffé"], ''Libération'', 21 August 1995<br>- [https://www.lesechos.fr/21/08/1995/LesEchos/16964-073-ECH_la-mort-d-alex-joffe.htm# "La mort d'Alex Joffé"]. ''Les Echos'', 21 August 1995</ref> He was awarded the Palme d'Or du court métrage at the 1982 Cannes film festival for his short film ''Merlin ou le cours de l'or''.<ref name="EFFD" /><ref>[http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1982/awardCompetition.html Awards 1982 : Competition], Festival de Cannes website</ref> He was also the recipient of the Youth Prize in Cannes for his film ''Casting''.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}

Arthur Joffé was born on 20 September 1953 in Paris. His first full-length feature film was ''Harem'', starring Ben Kingsley and Nastassja Kinski.<ref name=EFFD/>

== Filmography == * 1980 : ''La Découverte'' (short feature) * 1982 : ''Merlin ou le cours de l'or'' (short feature) * 1982 : ''Casting'' * 1985 : ''Harem'' * 1990 : ''Alberto Express'' * 1998 : ''Let There Be Light'' * 2004 : ''Ne quittez pas !'' * 2015 : ''Le Feu sacré'' (documentary)

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