Teddy Lussi-Modeste Explained

Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Birth Date:1978 3, df=yes[1] [2]
Birth Place:Grenoble, France
Alma Mater:La Fémis
Yearsactive:2004–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

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

Career

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

As director

YearTitleNotes
2004Kissing TigersShort film
2005French: Courts mais GAY: Tome 10Short film, segment French: Embrasser les tigres
2007French: Dans l'oeilShort film
2009I'm ComingShort film
2011Jimmy RivièreAlso screenwriter
2017The Price of Success[10]
2024The Good Teacher[11]

As screenwriter

YearTitleNotes
2004PilouShort film; directed by Claudine Natkin
2019An Easy GirlDirected by Rebecca Zlotowski
2023Jeanne du Barry

As actor

Awards and nominations

YearAward / FestivalCategoryWorkResult
2011Angers Premiers Plans Film Festival Audience Award - Best French Feature FilmJimmy Rivière[12]
Louis Delluc PrizeBest Debut Film[13]
2017San Sebastián International Film FestivalNew Directors AwardThe Price of Success[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1 October 2017 . Teddy-Lussi-Modeste attendu mardi à l’Autre cité . . fr . 12 February 2024 . 12 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240212223225/https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-de-verdun/2017/10/01/un-realisateur-attendu-mardi-a-l-autre-cite . live .
  2. Web site: Teddy Lussi-Modeste . 12 February 2024 . . fr . 16 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240216154617/https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=411211.html . live .
  3. Web site: fr . Jean . Serroy . Teddy Lussi-Modeste : "Le succès se paie toujours au prix fort…" . . 27 August 2017 . 18 February 2024 . 3 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171003025845/http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2017/08/27/le-succes-se-paie-toujours-au-prix-fort-phix . live .
  4. Web site: 10 February 2016 . Gypsy, Roma, Traveller Strand at Borderlines Film Festival 2016 . Travellers Times . 18 February 2024 . 18 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240218193601/https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/features/gypsy-roma-traveller-strand-borderlines-film-festival-2016 . live .
  5. Web site: Teddy Lussi-Modeste . 12 February 2024 . . 12 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240212223226/https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/330366/teddy-lussi-modeste . live .
  6. Web site: Teddy Lussi-Modeste . 18 February 2024 . Roman Archive . 30 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230530143640/https://www.romarchive.eu/en/collection/p/teddy-lussi-modeste/ . live .
  7. Web site: 5 August 2009 . Cinéma: Teddy Lussi-Modeste, un "voyageur" dans la République . Cinema: Teddy Lussi-Modeste, a “traveler” in the Republic . . fr . 16 February 2024 . 16 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240216145206/https://www.rtl.be/art/info/magazine/culture/cinema-teddy-lussi-modeste-un-voyageur-dans-la-republique-122156.aspx . live .
  8. Web site: Teddy Lussi-Modeste . 12 February 2024 . . 12 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240212223225/https://cineuropa.org/en/filmography/194757/ . live .
  9. 20 May 2022 . L'après-"Titane" de Kazak Productions . live . . 14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511002915/https://www.lefilmfrancais.com/document/cannes2022/quotidien/media/mag/LFF03/mobile/index.html#p=15 . 11 May 2023.
  10. Web site: Lemercier . Fabien . Teddy Lussi-Modeste • Director . 7 September 2017 . . 12 February 2024 . 12 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240212223226/https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/334207/ . live .
  11. Web site: Keslassy . Elsa . 9 May 2023 . Indie Sales Boards Teddy Lussi-Modeste's 'The Good Teacher,' Co-Written by Audrey Diwan, Starring François Civil (EXCLUSIVE) . . 12 February 2024 . 18 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240218185013/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/indie-sales-teddy-lussi-modestes-the-good-teacher-audrey-diwan-francois-civil-1235607553/ . live .
  12. Web site: European First Film Festival Premiers Plans / Festival d'Angers Palmarès 2011 . 18 February 2024 . Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers . fr . 26 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220626202451/http://www.premiersplans.org/actualites/documents/2011-palmares-fr.pdf . live .
  13. Web site: Lemercier . Fabien . 22 November 2011 . Nine contenders for the Delluc . . 21 February 2024 . 26 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210926060533/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/211884/ . live .
  14. Web site: Rivera . Alfonso . 19 July 2017 . The first films in competition in the New Directors section of San Sebastián . . 16 February 2024 . 16 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240216151810/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/331667/ . live .

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