Trivia

Lived in Mali as a child.

Member of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2003

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.

(1983-1989) Studied film at VGIK in Moscow.

President of the jury at the entrance examination of La Fémis (France's national film school) in 2008.

President of the Cinéfondation and short films jury at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.