Cédric Klapisch

Cédric Klapisch born September 4 1961 is a French film director Klapisch was born at NeuillysurSeine HautsdeSeine He is from a Jewish family his maternal grandparents were deported to Auschwitz He studied cinema at the University of Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as at the University of Paris VIII He was rejected on two occasions by the prestigious French film school IDHEC Institut des hautes études cinématographiques now known as La fémis He later attended the film school at New York University from 1983 to 1985 During the 1980s he started to shoot short films such as In transit or Ce qui me meut He subsequently worked as a scriptwriter and he became a director for feature films He has also directed a nature documentary for French television Klapischs next film Ni pour ni contre bien au contraire had its production delayed for 4 months During this period he devised a new lowbudget product which became LAuberge Espagnole The Spanish Apartment Shot in Spain this film became his greatest boxoffice success