Frédéric Auburtin

Frédéric Auburtin born 4 June 1962 is a French director writer actor and producer Frédéric Auburtin was born and grew up in Marseille where he studied music piano drums and literature before turning to the cinema in the early 80s He made his debut as an assistant director in the film Rouge midi directed by Robert Guédiguian In the 80s and 90s he worked as an assistant director in several movies and with several directors including Maurice Pialat Under the Sun of Satan Luigi Comencini La Bohème Richard Heffron La Révolution française Bertrand Blier Merci la vie JeanJacques Annaud The Lover Claude Berri Germinal and Lucie Aubrac JeanPaul Rappeneau The Horseman on the Roof and Randall Wallace The Man in the Iron Mask In 1999 he debuted as a director codirecting Un pont entre deux rives with Gérard Depardieu for which he also composed the soundtrack During the 2000s he keep directing mostly for television but also directed movies including SanAntonio 2004 and Envoyés très spéciaux 2009 In 2006 he codirected again with Depardieu the segment Quartier Latin written and starred by Gena Rowlands with Ben Gazzara and Gérard Depardieu in the highly acclaimed movie Paris je taime In 2014 he became widely known for directing the infamous movie United Passions The film recounts the origins of the worldgoverning body of association football Fédération Internationale de Football Association and was ninetypercent funded by them Released in North America at the peak of the scandals of the 2015 FIFA corruption case the film grossed very badly in the boxoffice a mere 918 in its opening weekend and received overwhelming dislike from critics around the world Its now considered one of the worst movies ever made and all the actors and Auburtin himself considered the film a disaster Source Article Frédéric Auburtin from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30