École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
{{short description|Postgraduate establishment serving the French audiovisual industry}}
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| name = École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
| other_names = ENS Louis-Lumière
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| established = {{start date and age|1926}}
| type = EPIC
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| director = Vincent Lowy
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| students = 150
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| city = Paris
| country = France
| coordinates = {{Coord|48.9222|2.3356|type:edu_region:FR|display=inline,title}}
| campus = Urban
| former_names = École technique de photographie et de cinéma (ETPC; 1926–1964)
École nationale de photographie et cinématographie (ENPC; 1964–1991)
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| website = {{url|www.ens-louis-lumiere.fr}}
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| founder = Louis Lumière
Léon Gaumont
Paul Montel
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The École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière ({{IPA|fr|ekɔl nɑsjɔnal sypeʁjœʁ lwi lymjɛʁ}}; ENS Louis-Lumière) offers theoretical, practical as well as technical and artistic education and training for those wishing to go into the various branches of the audiovisual industry in France.{{cite web |title=About Ecole nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière |url=https://www.ens-louis-lumiere.fr/en/ |website=Ecole nationale superieure Louis-Lumiere |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
Run under the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education, it offers a state-funded course at postgraduate level leading to a nationally recognised diploma equivalent to a Master's degree.
History
The second film school in history, it was founded in 1926 as l'Ecole Technique de Cinématographie et de Photographie on the rue de Vaugirard, under the leadership of personalities such as Louis Lumière and Léon Gaumont. In 2012, the school moved to the Cité du Cinéma in Saint-Denis.
Notable alumni
- Claire Atherton
- Fred Zinnemann (1926){{Cite book|title = The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yuTwFQOrZYkC&pg=PT322|publisher = Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|date = 2009|access-date = 9 May 2015|isbn = 9780307518170|language = en|first = Michael|last = Ondaatje}}
- Pierre Lhomme
- Gaspar Noé
- Claire Mathon
- Euzhan Palcy
- Michel Houellebecq (1981){{Cite web|title = Houellebecq: le monde mode d'emploi|url = http://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/romans/20100831.BIB5564/houellebecq-le-monde-mode-d-039-emploi.html|website = Bibliobs|date = 31 August 2010|accessdate = 9 May 2015}}
- Parviz Kimiavi
- Taïeb Louhichi
- Youssef Ishaghpour
- Philippe Rousselot
- Eduardo Serra
- Bob Swaim
- Jaco Van Dormael
- Trần Anh Hùng
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Claude Zidi
- Benoît Delhomme
- Sophie Delaporte
- Laetitia Colombani (1998){{Cite web |last=Lastennet |first=Zoé |date=20 July 2019 |title=Laetitia Colombani : "Le dimanche, j'adore les plans de dernière minute" |url=https://www.lejdd.fr/culture/laetitia-colombani-le-dimanche-jadore-les-plans-de-derniere-minute-54187 |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=Le Journal du Dimanche |language=fr}}
References
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Category:Auguste and Louis Lumière
Category:Universities and colleges established in 1926
Category:Film schools in France
Category:1926 establishments in France
Category:Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
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