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Frédéric Tcheng
American filmmaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frédéric Tcheng is a French film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He is best known for his documentaries Dior and I, Halston, and Invisible Beauty.[1][2][3]
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Tcheng was born and raised in Lyon, France.[4] After studying engineering in Paris, he moved to New York City where he obtained a Masters of Fine Arts from Columbia University's film school in 2007.[5][6] His first foray into documentary was the 2008 documentary Valentino: The Last Emperor, which he co-produced and co-edited.[7]
In 2011, he was the writer and co-director of Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.[8]
Tcheng's solo directorial debut, Dior and I, premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.[9] The acclaimed documentary focuses on Raf Simons' first haute couture collection for Dior.[2] Also in 2014, he served as a jury member at the Warsaw film festival and CPH:DOX.[10]
From 2018 to 2019, he served as a filmmaking mentor for Queer art, a non-profit arts organization that serves a diverse community of LGBTQ+ artists.[10][11]
In 2019, he directed the documentary Halston for CNN Films and Amazon. The film reframes the story of the American designer Halston as a business thriller and premiered at Sundance Film Festival.[12]
Tcheng's latest film, Invisible Beauty, about model and activist Bethann Hardison, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.[13][14] Tcheng co-wrote and co-directed the film, along with Hardison.[15]
Tcheng also served as an editor on the second season of the Netflix series Making a Murderer, and a cinematographer on the documentary King Georges.[16]
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