Cédric Anger

Cédric Anger (born 1975 in Caen)^[1] is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed four feature films: The Killer (2007), The Counsel (2010), Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart (2014), and Paris Pigalle (2018).

Cédric Anger
Anger in 2015
Born	1975 (age 49–50) Caen, France
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2000–present

Career

Anger was a critic for Cahiers du cinéma from 1993 to 2001,^[2] where he arrived at the age of 18 as a protégé of Jean Douchet.^[3] While in high school, Anger started a magazine which he sent to Douchet as well as Serge Daney and Alain Bergala. Douchet and Daney responded. On the occasion of Douchet introducing Robert Bresson's Pickpocket (1959) in a theater, Douchet advised Anger to write for Cahiers du cinéma. He traveled to Paris on the year of his graduation, where Douchet introduced him to Thierry Jousse. Anger began working for the magazine by the end of 1993, but left six months later to work as an assistant on André Téchiné's Thieves (1996) and on other films. He returned to Cahiers du cinéma at the beginning of 1995 when a new staff was taking charge of the magazine.^[4]

Anger got his start in film co-writing the screenplays for Xavier Beauvois's films To Matthieu (2000) and Le Petit Lieutenant (2005), the latter of which garnered Anger a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 31st César Awards. In 2002, he made his directorial debut with the short film Novela, which had a positive reception from critics as well as at festivals. That same year, he co-wrote the screenplay for Werner Schroeter's film Two (2002).^[5]

In 2007, he made his feature directorial debut, The Killer, a thriller starring Gilbert Melki, Mélanie Laurent and Grégoire Colin.^[6][7] In 2014, he directed his third film, Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart, inspired by the story of the killer gendarme Alain Lamare,^[8] and for which Anger received a nomination for Best Adaptation at the 40th César Awards.^[9][10]

In June 2024, Apple TV+ announced the six-part thriller series À l'ombre des forêts starring Benoît Magimel and Mélanie Laurent, created and directed by Anger.^[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Notes
2000	To Matthieu	No	Yes
2002	Novela	Yes	Yes	Short film
	Two	No	Yes
2005	Le Petit Lieutenant	No	Yes	Collaboration
2007	The Killer	Yes	Yes
2010	The Counsel	Yes	Yes
2014	In the Name of My Daughter	No	Yes
	Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart	Yes	Yes
2017	Golden Years	No	Yes
	All That Divides Us	No	Yes
2018	Paris Pigalle	Yes	Yes
2020	How I Became a Super Hero	No	Yes	Collaboration
2023	Soul Mates	No	Yes
	Wingwomen	No	Yes
TBA	La Femme la plus riche du Monde	No	Yes	In-production
	À l'ombre des forêts	Yes	Yes	Miniseries

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
César Awards	25 February 2006	Best Original Screenplay	Le Petit Lieutenant	Nominated	[12]
	20 February 2015	Best Adaptation	Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart	Nominated	[13]

References

1. Lecornu-Baert, Nathalie (12 September 2018). "Caen. Avant-première au Pathé avec le Caennais Cédric Anger". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
2. "Ce réalisateur caennais qui fait tourner Canet". Ouest-France (in French). 24 October 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
3. Regnier, Isabelle (10 November 2014). "Et Anger changea Canet..." Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
4. Hader, Bastien (3 January 2008). "Interview with director Cedric Anger". Dissidenz.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
5. Regnier, Isabelle (8 January 2008). "14 ans d'attente pour faire un premier film". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
6. Elley, Derek (31 January 2008). "The Killer". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
7. Lacey, Liam (28 November 2008). "A simmering existential thriller". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
8. Mintzer, Jordan (20 October 2014). "'Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart': Rome Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
9. "César 2015 : Saint Laurent, Les Combattants et Timbuktu en tête des nominations". AlloCiné (in French). 28 January 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
10. Lemercier, Fabien (28 January 2015). "Césars: ten nominations for Saint Laurent". Cineuropa. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
11. Whittock, Jesse (27 June 2024). "Benoit Magimel & Melanie Laurent To Lead Apple TV+ French Drama 'A L'ombre Des Forets'". Deadline. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
12. "Cérémonie des César 2006" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
13. Audigier, Anne (20 February 2015). "La 40e Nuit des César : le triomphe de Timbuktu". France Inter (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2024.

External links

• Cédric Anger at IMDb 
• Cédric Anger at AlloCiné (in French)