Michel Franco

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| caption = Franco in 2025

| name = Michel Franco

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|8|28}}

| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico

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| occupation = Film director, producer, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 2003-present

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Michel Franco (born 28 August 1979) is a Mexican filmmaker.{{Cite web |url=https://www.festivalscope.com/director/franco-michel |title=Michel Franco |access-date=2 March 2015 |work=Festival Scope |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142203/https://www.festivalscope.com/director/franco-michel |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }} He gained recognition for his film After Lucia that won the Prize Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|author=Cannes|date=27 May 2012|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2012/awardUnCertainRegard.html|title=Awards 2012|work=festival-cannes.fr|publisher=Cannes Film Festival|access-date=2 March 2015}} He has since directed several independent films, including New Order (2020) and Memory (2023).

His films typically deal with themes of dysfunctional families. Franco has received numerous awards in film festivals like Cannes, Venice and Chicago.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/live/2015/may/24/cannes-2015-palme-dor-announcement |title=Cannes 2015: Jacques Audiard's Dheepan wins the Palme d'Or |author=Henry Barnes |date=24 May 2015 |access-date=24 May 2015 |work=The Guardian}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-2015-winners-announced-797340 |title=Cannes: 'Dheepan' Wins the Palme d'Or |author=Rebecca Ford |date=24 May 2015 |access-date=24 May 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/a-man-of-integrity-wind-river-barbara-win-cannes-un-certain-regard-award-uma-thurman-mathieu-amalric-taylor-sheridan-1202446610/ |title='A Man of Integrity', 'Wind River', 'Barbara' Take Un Certain Regard Awards at Cannes |first=Guy |last=Lodge|date=27 May 2017 |access-date=27 May 2017 |work=Variety}}

Filmography

=Film=

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Year !Title ! width=65 \|Director ! width=65 \|Writer ! width=65 \|Producer ! width=65 \|Editor ! Notes
2009 \|Daniel & Ana \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{partial\|Associate}} \|{{no}} \|
2012 \| After Lucia \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
2013 \| Through the Eyes \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|Co-directed with Victoria Franco Also executive producer
2015 \| Chronic \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
2017 \|April's Daughter \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
2020 \| New Order \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
2021 \|Sundown \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
2023 \|Memory \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
2025 \| Dreams \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{TBA}} \|

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Year

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2009

|Daniel & Ana

|{{yes}}

|{{partial|Associate}}