Cédric Jimenez

{{Short description|French filmmaker}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Cédric Jimenez

| image = Jimenez reims polar 1511119.jpg

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|26|df=y}}{{Cite web |title=Cédric Jimenez |url=https://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/cedric_jimenez |access-date=20 December 2023 |website=Gala |language=fr}}

| birth_place = Marseille, France

| occupation = Film producer, director, screenwriter

| years_active = 2003–present

| partner = Audrey Diwan (–2018)

| children = 3

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Cédric Jimenez (born 26 June 1976) is a French film producer, film director and screenwriter.{{cite web|title=Cédric Jimenez|url=http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=personne&no=31866|publisher=Africultures|accessdate=16 August 2014}}

Career

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Jimenez's 2014 film The Connection (La French), starring Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web |title=The Connection (La French) |url=http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/galapresentations/the-connection/ |publisher=TIFF |accessdate=16 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815024424/http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/galapresentations/the-connection |archivedate=15 August 2014 }}

In 2015, he directed an adaptation of Laurent Binet's prize-winning novel HHhH, starring Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike, Mia Wasikowska, Jack O'Connell and Jack Reynor. The film was released the following year.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/cannes-jason-clarke-rosamund-pike-jack-oconnell-join-wwii-set-drama-hhhh-exclusive-1201488787/ |title=Cannes: Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike, Jack O'Connell Join WWII-Set Drama 'HHHH' (EXCLUSIVE) |date=7 May 2015|work=Variety}}

Personal life

In 2001, Jimenez had a daughter with French actress Karole Rocher.

Jimenez was in a relationship with French director Audrey Diwan, with whom he had two children, born in 2007 and 2008, respectively.{{Cite web |last=Cauhapé |first=Véronique |date=23 November 2021 |title=Le cinéma intime et politique d'Audrey Diwan, réalisatrice de "L'Evénement" |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2021/11/23/le-cinema-intime-et-politique-d-audrey-diwan-realisatrice-de-l-evenement_6103200_3246.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231218180808/https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2021/11/23/le-cinema-intime-et-politique-d-audrey-diwan-realisatrice-de-l-evenement_6103200_3246.html |archive-date=18 December 2023 |access-date=18 December 2023 |website=Le Monde |language=fr}}{{cbignore}} Jimenez and Diwan separated in 2018.

Filmography

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! rowspan=2 width="33"| Year

! rowspan=2| Film

! colspan=3| Credited as

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width=65 |Director

! width=65 |Screenwriter

! width=65 |Producer

align="center" | 2003

| align="left"| Who's the Boss: Boss of Scandalz Strategyz

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| Video documentary

align="center" | 2007

| align="left"| Scorpion

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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align="center" | 2007

| align="left"| Eden Log

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| {{yes}}

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align="center" | 2011

| align="left"| Bangkok Revenge

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| {{yes}}

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align="center" | 2012

| align="left"| Paris Under Watch

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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align="center" | 2014

| align="left"| The Connection

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| Sarasota Film Festival—Audience Award for Best in World Cinema
Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay

align="center" | 2016

| align="left"| The Man with the Iron Heart

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align="center" | 2020

| align="left"| BAC Nord

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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align="center" | 2022

| align="left"| November

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References

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