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Patrice Leconte Biography
Birth Name:Patrice Leconte
Birth Place:Paris, France
Profession Director, Writer, Camera department, Actor, Assistant director, Production manager, Music department
Fast Facts
- Received the César Award for Best Director for "Ridicule․"
- Won the Prix Louis-Delluc in 1990
- Started out working as a cartoonist
- Trained at the Institute of High Cinematographic Studies in Paris
Awards
- 1981Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
- 1988César-Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation): nominated
- 1988César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
- 1988César-Best Film (Meilleur film): nominated
- 1989Palme d'Or-: nominated
- 1990César-Best Film (Meilleur film): nominated
- 1990César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
- 1990Critics Award-Best Film: winner
- 1990Prix Louis Delluc-: winner
- 1991César-Best Film (Meilleur film): nominated
- 1991César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
- 1991César-Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation): nominated
- 1992BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
- 1996Palme d'Or-: nominated
- 1996Gold Hugo-Best Film: winner
- 1997BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: winner
- 1997César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): winner
- 1997César-Best Film (Meilleur film): winner
- 1997David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
- 1997Lumiere Award-Best Film (Meilleur film): winner
- 1997Golden Satellite Award-Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language: nominated
- 1998Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: nominated
- 1999Audience Award-: winner
- 1999Don Quijote Award - Special Mention-: winner
- 1999Crystal Globe-: nominated
- 2000Grand Jury Prize-: nominated
- 2000César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
- 2000César-Best Film (Meilleur film): nominated
- 2000LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
- 2000Russian Film Critics Award-: winner
- 2000Golden St. George-: nominated
- 2001BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
- 2001Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 2001CFCA Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
- 2001Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
- 2002Christopher Award-Film: winner
- 2002Best Film-: nominated
- 2002Golden Lion-: nominated
- 2002Audience Award-Best Film: winner
- 2003David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
- 2003EFA People's Choice Award-Best European Director: nominated
- 2003LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
- 2004Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 2004EFA People's Choice Award-Best European Director: nominated
- 2004INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
- 2004Grand Prize-: nominated
- 2007David-Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea): nominated
- 2011Golden Tauro-: nominated
- 2012Rondo Statuette-Best Independent Film: nominated
- 2013Young Audience Award-: nominated
- 2013Grand Prix Asturias-Best Film: nominated
- 2014Tiantan Award-Best Picture: nominated
- 2015Magritte Award-Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction): nominated