Teddy Lussi-Modeste

Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Born (1978-03-25) 25 March 1978 (age 46)[1][2]
Grenoble, France[1]
Alma materLa Fémis
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • teacher
Years active2004–present

Teddy Lussi-Modeste (born 25 March 1978) is a French Romani[3][4] film director, screenwriter and literature teacher.[5] He wrote and directed the films Jimmy Rivière (2011), The Price of Success (2017), and The Good Teacher (2024).

Early life

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Lussi-Modeste grew up in La Tronche, Grenoble, in a Sinti, Manush Romani community in France.[3][6]

Career

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Lussi-Modeste studied cinema at the film school La Fémis in Paris.[7] He later became a literature teacher in high schools and colleges, before devoting himself entirely to cinema in the late 2000s.[7]

Lussi-Modeste started his career as a film director in 2004 with the short film Kissing Tigers. In 2011, he released his feature directorial debut, the drama Jimmy Rivière.[8] He later wrote and directed the drama films The Price of Success (2017), and The Good Teacher (2024).[5] Lussi-Modeste also co-wrote the screenplay of Rebecca Zlotowski's 2019 comedy drama film An Easy Girl, and Maïwenn's 2023 historical drama film Jeanne du Barry.[5]

In the 2020s, Lussi-Modeste kept working as a French teacher at a school in Aubervilliers in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, the northeastern suburbs of Paris.[9]

Filmography

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As director

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Year Title Notes Ref(s)
2004 Kissing Tigers Short film [5]
2005 Courts mais GAY: Tome 10 Short film, segment Embrasser les tigres
2007 Dans l'oeil Short film
2009 I'm Coming Short film
2011 Jimmy Rivière Also screenwriter
2017 The Price of Success [10]
2024 The Good Teacher [11]

As screenwriter

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Year Title Notes Ref(s)
2004 Pilou Short film; directed by Claudine Natkin [5]
2019 An Easy Girl Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
2023 Jeanne du Barry Directed by Maïwenn

As actor

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Year Title Role Notes
2023 Jeanne du Barry Doctor La Martinière Directed by Maïwenn

Awards and nominations

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Year Award / Festival Category Work Result Ref(s)
2011 Angers Premiers Plans Film Festival Audience Award - Best French Feature Film Jimmy Rivière Won [12]
Louis Delluc Prize Best Debut Film Nominated [13]
2017 San Sebastián International Film Festival New Directors Award The Price of Success Nominated [14]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Teddy-Lussi-Modeste attendu mardi à l'Autre cité". L'Est Républicain (in French). 1 October 2017. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Teddy Lussi-Modeste". AlloCiné (in French). Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b Serroy, Jean (27 August 2017). "Teddy Lussi-Modeste : "Le succès se paie toujours au prix fort…"". Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Gypsy, Roma, Traveller Strand at Borderlines Film Festival 2016". Travellers Times. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Teddy Lussi-Modeste". Unifrance. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Teddy Lussi-Modeste". Roman Archive. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Cinéma: Teddy Lussi-Modeste, un "voyageur" dans la République" [Cinema: Teddy Lussi-Modeste, a “traveler” in the Republic]. RTL Belgium (in French). 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Teddy Lussi-Modeste". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  9. ^ "L'après-"Titane" de Kazak Productions". Le Film Français. 20 May 2022. p. 14. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023.
  10. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (7 September 2017). "Teddy Lussi-Modeste • Director". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  11. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (9 May 2023). "Indie Sales Boards Teddy Lussi-Modeste's 'The Good Teacher,' Co-Written by Audrey Diwan, Starring François Civil (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  12. ^ "European First Film Festival Premiers Plans / Festival d'Angers | Palmarès 2011" (PDF). Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  13. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (22 November 2011). "Nine contenders for the Delluc". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  14. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (19 July 2017). "The first films in competition in the New Directors section of San Sebastián". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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