Ladj Ly

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Ladj Ly
File:Ladj Ly en 2019.jpg
Born (1980-03-19) 19 March 1980 (age 44)
Nationality French
Occupation Film director
Screenwriter
Notable work Les Misérables

Ladj Ly (French pronunciation: ​[ladʒ li]; born 19 March 1980 in Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter. He won a Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival for Les Misérables in 2019. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.[1]

Biography

Ly's parents are from Mali and he grew up in Montfermeil, a district of Bosquets. He started making films with his friends Kim Chapiron, Romain Gavras, and JR, in the collective Kourtrajmé.[2]

He directed his first films, notably for Oxmo Puccino, and his first documentaries, 365 jours à Clichy-Montfermeil (fr) (365 days in Clichy-Montfermeil), filmed after the 2005 French riots; Go Fast Connexion; and 365 jours au Mali (365 days in Mali).

In 2011, Ly was given a three-year prison sentence for kidnapping and false imprisonment.[3][4] In 2012, the sentence was reduced on appeal to two years imprisonment, and one year suspended sentence.[5]

Les Misérables is the first non-documentary film he directed.[6] The film received many awards, notably at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and a nomination for the César Award for Best Short Film in 2018. In the same year, he was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film for À voix haute : La Force de la parole (fr) with Stéphane de Freitas (fr).[7][8][9]

In 2018 in Montfermeil, Ly created a free film school, called "L'école Kourtrajmé".[10]

With co-writers Alexis Manenti and Giordano Gederlini, he won the Lumières Award for Best Screenplay,[11] and was nominated for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay[12] and the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter,[13] for the 2019 feature film version of Les Misérables.

His second feature film, Les Indésirables, is slated to premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.[14]

References

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  11. ↑ Scott Roxborough, "France’s Lumiere Awards: ‘Les Misérables’ Wins Best Film, Roman Polanski Tapped as Best Director". The Hollywood Reporter, 27 January 2020.
  12. ↑ Melanie Goodfellow, "César awards: ‘Les Miserables’ wins best film, Polanski takes best director". Screen Daily, 28 February 2020.
  13. ↑ Nancy Tartaglione, "European Film Awards Nominations: Polanski’s ‘An Officer And A Spy’, Almodovar’s ‘Pain And Glory’, Bellocchio’s ‘Traitor’ Lead". Deadline Hollywood, 9 November 2019.
  14. ↑ Michael Rosser, "Ladj Ly’s ‘Les Indésirables’ to world premiere at Toronto 2023". Screen Daily, 5 July 2023.

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