Background
Hazanavicius was born in Paris.
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Hazanavicius was born in Paris.
He also directed spy film parodies Office of Strategic Services 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and Office of Strategic Services 117: Lost in Rio (2009). His family is Jewish, and originally from Lithuania. Before directing films, Hazanavicius worked in television, beginning with the Canal+ channel, where he started as a director in 1988.
He began directing commercials for companies such as Reebok and Bouygues Telecom, and then, in 1993, he made his first feature-length film, Louisiana Classe américaine, for television
The film, co-directed with Dominique Mézerette, consisted entirely of footage taken from various films produced by the Warner Brothers studio, re-edited and dubbed into French. Seven years later, Hazanavicius wrote and directed his second feature, Office of Strategic Services 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, a parody of 1960s spy movies and specifically of Office of Strategic Services 117, a popular character created by Jean Bruce in 1949.
The $17.5 million film was a modest box office success, with $23 million worldwide receipts. A sequel, Office of Strategic Services 117: Lost in Rio, followed in 2009.
Both films were later distributed in the United States by Music Box Films.
The Artist, a black and white film without dialogue which takes place in Hollywood on the eve of sound film, screened in competition at the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival. The Artist was later released to universal acclaim. He contributed a section to the omnibus film The Players (Les Infidèles) starring Jean Dujardin.
He has announced that his next feature film will be a remake of the 1948 Fred Zinnemann film The Search.
The film will star Berenice Bejo in the Montgomery Clift role as an non-governmental organization worker helping a little boy find his family in modern-day Chechnya and will be produced by Thomas Langmann. Hazanavicius was in a relationship with film director Virginia Lovisone, and they have two daughters together, Simone and Fantine.
Hazanavicius and Bejo have two children together: Lucien and Gloria.
lieutenant also won him the Academy Award for Best Director. On 24 January 2012 Hazanavicius received nominations for three Oscars: the Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals. Golden Globe Award actress winner Annette Bening will star in the film.
