Philippe Faucon

Philippe Faucon
Philippe Faucon at the 2016 César Awards
Born	(1958-01-26) 26 January 1958 (age 59) Oujda, Morocco
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1984–present

Philippe Faucon (born 26 January 1958) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.

Philippe Faucon was born in Oujda, the son of a French soldier and an Algerian pied-noir mother. He grew up between Morocco and Algeria, where his father did his military service. After completing his studies at the Aix-Marseille University, he began to work in film and in 1984, he directed his first short film, titled La Jeunesse.

In 2015, he directed the film Fatima, which was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. For the film, he received the Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film, the César Award for Best Film and the César Award for Best Adaptation, among other awards.