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French film director, screenwriter and writer
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4 May 1968(Lyon)
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Biography
Éric Vuillard (4 May 1968, Lyon) is a French writer and film director. He has made two films, L’homme qui marche and Mateo Falcone, the latter based on a story by Prosper Merimee. He is the author of Conquistadors (2009) which won the Prix de l'inaperçu in 2010. His other works include:
La bataille d'Occident (Franz-Hessel-Preis 2012, Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud 2013)
Congo (Franz-Hessel-Preis 2012, Valery-Larbaud Prize 2013)
Tristesse de la terre (Joseph-Kessel Prize 2015)
Tristesse de la terre has been translated into English under the title Sorrow of the Earth.