Michel Hazanavicius

Michel Hazanavicius fascinates me because he refuses to be predictable. He built his reputation parodying spy films with the OSS 117 series, then stunned everyone by winning Best Picture and Best Director for The Artist, a silent, black-and-white love letter to early cinema. That leap from broad comedy to elegant homage reveals a genuine cinephile who understands film history deeply enough to reinvent it. The Legion of Honour only underlines his standing in France. I respect directors who treat the past as a living toolkit rather than a museum, and Hazanavicius keeps proving he can surprise audiences who think they have him figured out.

Name (English)

Michel Hazanavicius

Name (Japanese)

ミシェル・アザナヴィシウス

Reading

みしぇる・あざなゔぃしうす

Born

March 29, 1967 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

Origin

11th arrondissement of Paris, France

Occupation

film producer / film director / screenwriter / film editor / actor

Awards & achievements

• Directors Guild of America Award
• 2012 Academy Award for Best Director
• 2012 BAFTA Award for Best Direction
• Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Director
• 2023 Knight of the Legion of Honour
• 2012 César Award for Best Director
• 2023 François Morellet Prize

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel%20Hazanavicius
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B6%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28556

Tags

• film producer
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.