Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai
Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Filmmakers |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Website | falabracks |
Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai are French documentary filmmakers, best known for directing the films Lourdes, Rocco, Reset, Rookies, and the Netflix docuseries Move.
Early life
[edit]Thierry Demaizière was born in Saint-Rémy in France. Alban Teurlai was born in Brou-sur-Chantereine, France. Demaizière studied literature and obtained a degree at Sorbonne University, and Teurlai studied cinema at the University of Paris. Prior to their collaboration, Demaizière worked as a radio journalist for RTL, Canal+ and TF1 while Teurlai worked as an editor for short films and music videos for Kavinsky among other artists as well as for creative advertising companies for 10 years.[1]
Career
[edit]Demaizière and Teurlai began their collaboration directing documentaries about Karl Lagerfeld and Vincent Lindon for France Télévisions broadcasters.[2] Their documentary Reset about Benjamin Millepied's debut as artistic director for the Paris Opera Ballet premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was distributed by Canal+.[3][4]
Their critically acclaimed film Lourdes documenting families and individual stories of those with chronic medical conditions, terminal diagnoses, disabilities, and marginalized communities seeking solace at the Lourdes sanctuary site was nominated for the César Award as well as the Lumières Award for the Best Documentary category.[5][6][7]
In 2020, Netflix brought on Demaizière and Teurlai for a 5-episode docuseries Move featuring Lil Buck, Israel Galván, Akram Khan, Ohad Naharin, among other dancers with guidance from Octavian Saiu.
In 2022, their feature documentary film Rookies about a specialized hip-hop program within a Parisian school premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for another César Award under the Best Documentary category.[8]
In 2024, their documentary À corps perdus featuring six Paralympic athletes: triathlete Alexis Hanquinquant, Oksana Masters, para cyclist Anne-Sophie Centis, wheelchair rugby player Cédric Nankin, paralympic swimmer Gabriel Araujo, and para taekwondo practitioner Zakia Khudadadi, premiered on France Télévisions to critical acclaim.[9][10]
A second documentary about the famed actor Vincent Lindon entitled Vincent Lindon: cœur sanglant will premiere at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon.
In an interview with the French newspaper Libération, Demaizière and Teurlai described their complementary directorial approaches—with Demaizière managing interviews and acting broadly as a "periscope" for the film, and Teurlai managing the detailed visual manifestation of the themes with the cinematography, editing, and intricate cinematic construction more closely as the "microscope." [11]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Reset | Directors | Documentary Official Selection - Tribeca Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sheffield DocFest, Sydney Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival |
| 2016 | Rocco | Directors | Documentary Official Selection - Venice Film Festival, NIN Award - FEST International Film Festival |
| 2019 | Lourdes | Directors | Documentary Nominated - César Awards, Lumières Award, Official Selection - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival |
| 2020 | Move | Directors | 5-episode Netflix docuseries |
| 2022 | Rookies | Directors | Documentary Nominated César Awards, Nominated Paris Film Critics Association Awards, Official Selection - Berlin International Film Festival |
| 2024 | À corps perdus | Directors | Documentary Premiered on France Télévisions, (running until March 2025) |
| 2024 | Vincent Lindon: cœur sanglant | Directors | Documentary World Premiere at the Lumière Film Festival |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022, Generation 14plus 2022". Berlinale Archive. 2022.
- ^ Foreman, Liza (2022-02-28). "'Rookies' Directors Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai on Bringing Parisian Hip-Hop to the Big Screen". Variety.
- ^ Turan, Kenneth (January 10, 2017). "Review: 'Reset' charts the leaps, strides and missteps of the now-departed director of the Paris Opera Ballet". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Schager, Nick (2016-04-25). "'Film Review: 'Reset'". Variety.
- ^ Abele, Robert (July 2, 2021). "Review: Come for the Miracles, stay for the humanity, in 'Lourdes' documentary". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Kenny, Glenn (June 24, 2021). "'Lourdes' Review: Pilgrims Find Fellowship on Quest for Miracles". The New York Times.
- ^ Scheck, Frank (May 7, 2019). "'Lourdes': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Judah, Tara (2022-02-10). "'Rookies': Berlin Review". Screen Daily.
- ^ Malin, Isabelle (2024-08-19). "Ils vont sûrement te tuer s'ils te trouvent: une athlète qualifiée pour les Jeux paralympiques de Paris 2024 raconte sa fuite d'Afghanistan". France Télévisions (in French).
- ^ Pacary, Catherine (2024-08-21). "A corps perdus on France 2: six hard-hitting portraits of para athletes". MSN (in French).
- ^ Roque, Eva (2022-04-13). "Le portrait Thierry Demaizière et Alban Teurlai, périscope et microscope". Libération (in French).
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