Jean-Francois Richet is a French
screenwriterScreenwriters or scenarists or scriptwriters are people in a film crew who write/create the screenplays from which films and television programs are made....
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directorA film director, or filmmaker is a person who directs the making or production of a film. Some also consider a film producer to be a filmmaker....
, and
producerA film producer or movie producer is someone who creates the scenes and conditions for making movies. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors...
, born on July 2, 1966 in Paris. He grew up in
MeauxMeaux is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located east-northeast from the center of Paris. Meaux is a sub-prefecture of the department and the seat of an arondissement...
, a suburb east of Paris.
- État des lieux (1995) - named at the César Awards 1996
The 1996 César Awards were hosted by Philippe Noiret. The winners and nominees were:*Best Film:
La Haine, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Le Bonheur est dans le pré, directed by Étienne Chatiliez
La Cérémonie, directed by Claude Chabrol
Gazon maudit, directed by Josiane...
in the Best Debut category.
- Ma 6-T va crack-er
Ma 6-T va crack-er is a French movie, directed by Jean-François Richet in 1997, caricaturing gang warfare.- Setting :...
(1997) - a film which caricatures gang warfare.
- Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13 is a 2005 action / thriller film directed by Jean-François Richet, starring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Ja Rule, and Drea de Matteo...
(2005) - an actionAction movies are a film genre wherein the story is largely told through physical action as opposed to dialogue. The action typically involves individual efforts on the part of the hero. While action has long been an element of films, the "Action film" as a genre of its own began to develop in the...
/thriller starring Ethan HawkeEthan Green Hawke is an American actor, writer and film director. He made his feature film debut in 1985, opposite River Phoenix in the movie Explorers, before making a supporting appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society which is considered his breakthrough role...
, Laurence FishburneLaurence John Fishburne III is an American actor of screen and stage, as well as a playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy, Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s character's father Furious Styles in Boyz N The Hood, "Cowboy...
, John LeguizamoJohn Alberto Leguizamo is an Alma and Emmy Award winning Colombian-American comedian, actor, voice actor and producer.-Early life:...
, Maria BelloMaria Elena Bello is an American actress best known for her appearances in the movies Coyote Ugly, The Jane Austen Book Club and A History of Violence.-Early life:...
, Ja RuleJeffrey Atkins , better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American recording artist and actor signed to The Inc. and Universal Records, formerly of Def Jam Recordings. A Hollis, New York native, Ja Rule has released six albums.-Early life:Atkins was born in Queens, New York...
, and Drea de MatteoAndrea Donna de Matteo is an American actress, best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, Wendy Case on the FX drama Sons of Anarchy, and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey...
. It is a loose remakeA remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
of John CarpenterJohn Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction.- Early life :Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York,...
's 1976 film of the same nameAssault on Precinct 13 is a 1976 American action/thriller film inspired by the Howard Hawks western film Rio Bravo. It was written and directed by John Carpenter. The film tells of the fictional attack on a police precinct by the Street Thunder gang out for retribution for the death of their comrades...
, with an updated plot.
- An adaptation of L'Instinct de mort (2008) - featuring Vincent Cassel
Vincent Cassel is a French actor who comes from a strong acting background. Well known in his native France as a leading man, Cassel is usually seen as a villain or heavy in English-speaking films, often playing sadistic or brutal roles.-Personal life:Cassel was born Vincent Crochon in Paris,...
as Mesrine, co-starring Gérard DepardieuGérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu is a French actor. He has won a number of honors including a nomination for an Academy Award for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac and the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card....
, Mathieu AmalricMathieu Amalric is a three-time César Award winning French actor and film director, perhaps best known in America for his lead role in the four-time Academy Award nominated 2007 film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly...
and Cécile de FranceCécile de France is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art de la séduction and Irène , she gained international attention for her lead role in the horror thriller Haute Tension...
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Jean-Francois Richet is a French
screenwriterScreenwriters or scenarists or scriptwriters are people in a film crew who write/create the screenplays from which films and television programs are made....
,
directorA film director, or filmmaker is a person who directs the making or production of a film. Some also consider a film producer to be a filmmaker....
, and
producerA film producer or movie producer is someone who creates the scenes and conditions for making movies. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors...
, born on July 2, 1966 in Paris. He grew up in
MeauxMeaux is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located east-northeast from the center of Paris. Meaux is a sub-prefecture of the department and the seat of an arondissement...
, a suburb east of Paris.
Selected filmography
- État des lieux (1995) - named at the César Awards 1996
The 1996 César Awards were hosted by Philippe Noiret. The winners and nominees were:*Best Film:
La Haine, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Le Bonheur est dans le pré, directed by Étienne Chatiliez
La Cérémonie, directed by Claude Chabrol
Gazon maudit, directed by Josiane...
in the Best Debut category.
- Ma 6-T va crack-er
Ma 6-T va crack-er is a French movie, directed by Jean-François Richet in 1997, caricaturing gang warfare.- Setting :...
(1997) - a film which caricatures gang warfare.
- Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13 is a 2005 action / thriller film directed by Jean-François Richet, starring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Ja Rule, and Drea de Matteo...
(2005) - an actionAction movies are a film genre wherein the story is largely told through physical action as opposed to dialogue. The action typically involves individual efforts on the part of the hero. While action has long been an element of films, the "Action film" as a genre of its own began to develop in the...
/thriller starring Ethan HawkeEthan Green Hawke is an American actor, writer and film director. He made his feature film debut in 1985, opposite River Phoenix in the movie Explorers, before making a supporting appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society which is considered his breakthrough role...
, Laurence FishburneLaurence John Fishburne III is an American actor of screen and stage, as well as a playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy, Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s character's father Furious Styles in Boyz N The Hood, "Cowboy...
, John LeguizamoJohn Alberto Leguizamo is an Alma and Emmy Award winning Colombian-American comedian, actor, voice actor and producer.-Early life:...
, Maria BelloMaria Elena Bello is an American actress best known for her appearances in the movies Coyote Ugly, The Jane Austen Book Club and A History of Violence.-Early life:...
, Ja RuleJeffrey Atkins , better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American recording artist and actor signed to The Inc. and Universal Records, formerly of Def Jam Recordings. A Hollis, New York native, Ja Rule has released six albums.-Early life:Atkins was born in Queens, New York...
, and Drea de MatteoAndrea Donna de Matteo is an American actress, best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, Wendy Case on the FX drama Sons of Anarchy, and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey...
. It is a loose remakeA remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
of John CarpenterJohn Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction.- Early life :Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York,...
's 1976 film of the same nameAssault on Precinct 13 is a 1976 American action/thriller film inspired by the Howard Hawks western film Rio Bravo. It was written and directed by John Carpenter. The film tells of the fictional attack on a police precinct by the Street Thunder gang out for retribution for the death of their comrades...
, with an updated plot.
- An adaptation of L'Instinct de mort (2008) - featuring Vincent Cassel
Vincent Cassel is a French actor who comes from a strong acting background. Well known in his native France as a leading man, Cassel is usually seen as a villain or heavy in English-speaking films, often playing sadistic or brutal roles.-Personal life:Cassel was born Vincent Crochon in Paris,...
as Mesrine, co-starring Gérard DepardieuGérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu is a French actor. He has won a number of honors including a nomination for an Academy Award for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac and the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card....
, Mathieu AmalricMathieu Amalric is a three-time César Award winning French actor and film director, perhaps best known in America for his lead role in the four-time Academy Award nominated 2007 film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly...
and Cécile de FranceCécile de France is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art de la séduction and Irène , she gained international attention for her lead role in the horror thriller Haute Tension...
. The movie is being released in two parts, the first L'instinct de mort (Killer Instinct, English title Public Enemy Number One (Part 1)) was released in France on October 22, 2008 and the second part L'Ennemi public n°1 (Public Enemy Number One (Part 2)) was released in French theaters on November 19, 2008.