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Leos Carax

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Also known as Alexandre Oscar Dupont, Alex Christophe Dupont

French director and writer (born 1960)

OverviewAI-generated

Leos Carax is a French person who began his work period in 1984. He is the author of works including *Les amants du Pont-Neuf* and *Holy motors*. According to Open Library, he has two top works, while Crossref lists a total of five works.

Carax stands at a height of 1.60 meters and was born on November 22, 1960. His name appears in the author field as Léos Carax. On Last.fm, the name Leos Carax is associated with 69 listeners and a playcount of 162. The subject is referenced by 336 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Les amants du Pont-Neuf
  • Holy motors

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
FR
Active from
1960-11-22

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
69
Total plays
162

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Leos+Carax">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Leos Carax

Key facts

Born
Alex Christophe Dupont , ( 1960-11-22 ) 22 November 1960 (age 65) , Suresnes , Hauts-de-Seine , France
Occupations
Film director critic actor screenwriter
Years active
1984–present

via Wikipedia infobox

~3 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Alex Christophe Dupont (born 22 November 1960), best known as Leos Carax ( French: [leɔs kaʁaks]), is a French film director, critic, and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was Boy Meets Girl (1984), and his notable works include Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991), Pola X (1999), Holy Motors (2012) and Annette (2021). For the latter, he won the Best Director prize at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leos Carax” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.