Yves Lavandier

Yves Lavandier
Yves Lavandier in 2015
Born	(1959-04-02) April 2, 1959 (age 62) France
Alma mater	Columbia University
Occupation	Film director, Screenwriter, Television writer, Script doctor, Professor, Essayist

Yves Lavandier (born April 2, 1959) is a French film writer and director.

Biography[]

Yves Lavandier was born on April 2, 1959. After receiving a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at Columbia University, New York, between 1983 and 1985. Miloš Forman, František Daniel, , Brad Dourif, and were among his teachers. During these two years, he wrote and directed several shorts including , and . He returned to France in 1985, directed another short, , and embarked on a scriptwriting career mainly for television. He is the creator of an English teaching sitcom called .

In addition to his career as scriptwriter, he began to teach screenwriting throughout Europe and published a treatise on the subject titled Writing Drama. For the occasion he founded his own publishing and production company, Le Clown & l'Enfant.^[1] Writing Drama is now considered a bible amongst European scriptwriters and playwrights, and Yves Lavandier a renowned .^[2] Among other things, Yves Lavandier is a pitch expert for Dreamago.^[3] He is also the author of a screenwriting manual called Constructing a Story.

In March 2015, he launched in English a web series entitled , described as a "tribute to the creative people who invent narratives, characters, fictitious worlds, structures and... meaning".

In August and September 2000, he shot his first feature film as writer-director, Yes, But..., which deals with brief therapy and teenage sexuality.^[4] It was released in France on April 18, 2001, and won several Audience Awards in festivals around the world.^[5] Yves Lavandier is married with four children.

References[]

External links[]

• Yves Lavandier at IMDb
• Le Clown & l'Enfant web site
• Interview on Writing Drama
• Interview on Yes, But...
• Hats off to the screenwriters!