Armand Gatti
1924
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2017
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Centre de formation des journalistes
occupation: film director, poet, journalist, screenwriter, writer, French Resistance fighter, filmmaker, opinion journalist, conceptual artist, playwright, director, essayist
award received: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Albert Londres Prize, Fénéon Prize
Armand Gatti (French: [gati]; 26 January 1924 – 6 April 2017) was a French playwright, poet, journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker and World War II resistance fighter. His debut film Enclosure was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver Prize for Best Director. Two years later, his film El Otro Cristóbal was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.In 2013 he was awarded the Grand prix du théâtre de l'Académie française. Gatti, like his father, was an anarchist. His works included themes of prisons and escape. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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