Leos Carax

Birthday: November 22, 1960 in Suresnes, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Birth Name: Alexandre Oscar Dupont

Height: 168 cm

Leos Carax made several short films and also wrote film criticism, then at the age of 24 years made a very strong first feature Boy Meets Girl (1984). The film played at the 1984 Cannes film festival ...Show More

[on Pola X (1999)] The film was thought to be in three parts, three chapters. There's the one chapte Show more [on Pola X (1999)] The film was thought to be in three parts, three chapters. There's the one chapter in the countryside, called 'In the Light.' I knew this chapter would be light, it would be green and white, green for nature. I dyed all of the actors' hairs blonde and put them in white shirts. So I was trying to find a way to expose this young girl in a shot that would be really white and surrounded by green. So the film is going from light to darkness and rust. (...) So there was a conscious [decision] of going from light to dark, and from 35mm to 16mm. [Sept. 2000] Hide

[on Denis Lavant playing Alex in Holy Motors (2012)] If Denis had said no, I would have offered the Show more [on Denis Lavant playing Alex in Holy Motors (2012)] If Denis had said no, I would have offered the part to Lon Chaney or to Chaplin. Or to Peter Lorre or Michel Simon, all of whom are dead. Hide

Leos Carax's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (4) as Director (1) as Creator (1)

Tokyo! [Audio: Japanese]

Mauvais sang

Mister Lonely

King Lear

Holy Motors