Thierry Frémaux

Thierry Frémaux (French: [tjɛ.ʁi fʁe.mo]; born 29 May 1960 in Tullins) is the director of the Institut Lumière, of the Lumière Film Festival and of the Cannes Film Festival.^[1][2]

Thierry Frémaux
Thierry Frémaux in 2017
Born	(1960-05-29) 29 May 1960 (age 65) Tullins, Isère, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Film critic

Education and career

Frémaux has a diplôme d'études approfondies (equivalent to a Master of Advanced Studies) in film history from Lumière University Lyon 2.^[3]

In 2017, Frémaux gathered a collection of the early films by Auguste and Louis Lumière into a whole feature film Lumière ! l'aventure commence,^[4] also narrating the original version of the film, in French.

See also

• Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux

Bibliography

• Sélection officielle (2017, Grasset; ISBN 978-2-2468-6371-7) (English translation: Official Selection)

Filmography

• 2017 – Lumière! The Adventure of Cinema Begins
• 2024 – Lumiere! The Adventure Continues