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- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Christian Carion was born in a family of farmers in the North of France. Despite nursing a passion for films since he was 13, he travels a scientific path. After passing his baccalauréat, he joins an engineering school affiliated to the french ministry of agriculture, thus answering his family's wishes.
Yet the movies were never far away, and at a point he no longer could hide his wishes to make films. He rented a camera and began shooting films he himself describes as « uninteresting ». At that moment he met Christophe Rossignon. Both men decide there and then to start making movies. Christian Carion will be the film-maker and Christophe Rossignon the producer. And sometimes an actor as in the short film Carion shoots in 1999: Monsieur le député.
In 2001, Christian Carion directs his first feature film: Une hirondelle a fait le printemps (The girl from Paris), the story, an hommage to his upbringing, tells the meeting of a brooding farmer, Michel Serrault, and a parisian girl seeking the calm of the countryside, played by Mathilde Seigner. The movie is a hit, seducing over 2,4 millions of french moviegoers.
The success allows Carion to move on to a more ambitious project, Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas). A movie he had in mind since 1993. Screened in Cannes for the film festival in 2005, this historic movie depicts the fraternizations of warriors on the eve of Christmas during World War I. The movie, a huge public success, was nominated numerous times in the french Cesar and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
Two years later, he filmed another historic movie ; L'affaire Farewell''(Farewell), with Emir Kusturica and Guillaume Canet. A spy movie set in Russia and based on true events.
In 2014 he shot, on the roads of northern France, En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît (Come what may). Another historical piece about the exodus of millions of people in may 1940, when France was falling apart and the inhabitants of northern France were fleeing the german troops. Written using numerous recollections from the northern people, the movie depicts the quest of a german dissident, looking for his son. The original music was composed by Enio Morricone.- Marie-Georges Pascal was born on 2 October 1946 in Cambrai, France. She was an actress, known for Pilotes de course (1975), Quand les filles se déchaînent (1974) and The Grapes of Death (1978). She died on 9 November 1985 in Paris, France.
- Actress
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Bruna Matsin is an award-winning French-American Actress. Born in the small town of Cambrai in Northern France, she has, however, spent most of her life in the United States.
Matsin initially got into Law School after spending a year studying Political Science. Four years into it, and she was back to her one true love for the Performing Arts, leaving law school for the San Francisco Shelton Studios, before transferring to the Studio A.C.T. program of the prestigious American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), under the Artistic Direction of Bruce Williams.
While pursuing her acting career, Matsin has also garnered awards as a Writer, Filmmaker and Producer.
Her directorial debut,"The Lollipop Thief", went on to win the "Best Family Short Film" Award at the 2015 San Diego International Kids' Film Festival. Coincidentally, her screenplay for animation, "The Fairy & The Princess", would win there again a year later, the recipient of the ""Final Draft Best Short Screenplay" Award, upon winning 3rd Place at Scriptamation, and after being nominated at the Back in the Box Festival.
On the Production side, Matsin has also collaborated on edgy films such as "Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley", a documentary Executive Produced by Alex Gibney, and on the award-winning film "Done In" starring Guy Henry ("Harry Potter, "Dolby City"), produced by S.J. Evans at Dark Art Films.
In 2019, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Under the Stars International Film Festival, for her role as "Ms. Rodaz", in "Playing Ourselves" directed by Nicolas Alayo.
In addition to her work onscreen and onstage, Matsin is also an accomplished Voice-Over Artist, having dubbed iconic actresses such as Dame Maggie Smith and Olympia Dukakis, just to name a few.
She has been splitting her time between the United Kingdom and California since 2018.- Anne Caudry was born on 28 May 1957 in Cambrai, France. She was an actress, known for The Unburdening (1983), Bolero (1981) and Heart to Heart (1979). She died on 23 August 1991 in Paris, France.
- Animation Department
- Visual Effects
- Director
Jean-Dominique Fievet was born on 11 November 1978 in Cambrai, France. Jean-Dominique is a director, known for G-Force (2009), The Golden Compass (2007) and Hotel Transylvania (2012). Jean-Dominique has been married to Muriel Fievet-Larauche since 22 August 2009. They have one child.- Sonia Dubois was born on 20 October 1963 in Cambrai, France. She is an actress, known for La cible (1997), Intime conviction (2006) and Ma femme est folle (2009).
- Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Claude Desailly was born on 14 April 1922 in Cambrai, Nord, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Les visiteurs (1980), Les yeux cernés (1964) and Ce soir les jupons volent... (1956). He died on 26 April 2009 in Gordes, Vaucluse, France.- Louis Blériot was born on 1 July 1872 in Cambrai, Nord, France. He was married to Alice Védères. He died on 2 August 1936 in Paris, France.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Andrew Brunelle was born on 13 July 1894 in Cambrai, Nord, France. He was an actor and director, known for Des ailes s'ouvrent (1932), Théodore cherche des allumettes (1923) and Bouton d'or (1933). He died on 17 August 1943 in Paris, France.- Director
- Actor
- Cinematographer
Maxime Carsel was born on 2 December 1977 in Cambrai, France. He is a director and actor, known for Satire en campagne (2017), Satiradax (2011) and La grève (2020).- Paul-Henry Chombart de Lauwe was born on 4 August 1913 in Cambrai, Nord, France. He is known for À la découverte des Français (1957) and L'art et les hommes (1955). He was married to Marie-José Chombart de Lauwe. He died on 30 January 1998 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France.