Arthur Harari
French actor and filmmaker (born 1981)
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Arthur Harari (born 1981 in Paris)[1] is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He is most known for co-writing Anatomy of a Fall (2023) with Justine Triet, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, César Award for Best Original Screenplay and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
- Director
- screenwriter
- actor
Arthur Harari | |
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Arthur Harari at the special lunch for nominees of the 2017 César Awards | |
| Born | 1981 (age 44–45) Paris, France |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Partner | Justine Triet |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Clément Harari (grandfather) |
He made his directorial debut in 2016 with the crime drama Dark Inclusion. In 2021 he co-wrote and directed the war drama Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, for which he won the César Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Career
After three shorts and a medium-length film, Harari directed his debut feature Dark Inclusion (2016), a heist film and family revenge drama about diamond dealers in Antwerp.[2]
His second feature film, Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, was selected to be screened as the opening film in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.[3] With his co-writer Vincent Poymiro, Harari won Best Original Screenplay at the 47th César Awards.[4]
He was a co-writer of the film Anatomy of a Fall (2023), which won numerous awards for Best Original Screenplay, including the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
In June 2024, Harari was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[5]
Harari's next project, The Unknown, is a fantasy film starring Léa Seydoux and is slated for release in 2026.[6][7]
Personal life
Harari is the grandson of the Egyptian-French actor Clément Harari. His older brother, Tom, is a cinematographer. His younger brother, Lucas, is a graphic novelist.[8] Harari is Jewish.[9]
Harari is in a relationship with director Justine Triet,[10] with whom he has two children.[11] Harari co-wrote the screenplays for her films Sibyl (2019) and Anatomy of a Fall (2023), the latter of which received the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.[12][13]
Political beliefs
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Harari signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[14][15][16] At the 29th Lumière Awards ceremony on 22 January 2024, Harari commented that he was "disgusted by what the Israeli government is doing in Gaza". He also condemned the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel but further "argued that the responsibility to end the war in Gaza lies with the Israeli leadership".[17]
Filmography
Feature film
| Year | English title | Original title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dark Inclusion | Diamant noir | Co-written with Vincent Poymiro and Agnès Feuvre | [18] |
| 2021 | Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle | Co-written with Vincent Poymiro | [19] |
| 2026 | The Unknown | L'Inconnue | Post-production | [20] |
Short film
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Des jours dans la rue |
| 2006 | Le Petit |
| 2007 | La Main sur la gueule |
| 2013 | Peine perdue |
Only screenwriter
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Manodopera | Short film; co-written with Loukianos Moshonas |
| 2019 | Sibyl | Co-written with Justine Triet |
| 2023 | Anatomy of a Fall |
As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | La République | Énarque 3 | Nicolas Pariser | Short film | |
| 2011 | Panexlab | Olivier Seror | Medium-length film | ||
| 2012 | La Grève des ventres | Alexandre | Lucie Borleteau | Short film | |
| 2013 | Age of Panic | Arthur | Justine Triet | [21] | |
| 2014 | Think of Me | Guard | Shanti Masud | Short film | |
| La Nuit tombe | Benjamin Papin | ||||
| 2015 | Dix-sept ans pour toujours | Clément | Aurélia Morali | ||
| Dark Inclusion | Policier Paris | Arthur Harari | |||
| 2016 | Le Dieu bigorne | Le père de Vinca | Benjamin Papin | Medium-length film | |
| In Bed with Victoria | Le dresseur de chimpanzé | Justine Triet | |||
| 2017 | Le lion est mort ce soir | Le projectionniste | Nobuhiro Suwa | ||
| 2019 | Sibyl | Dr. Katz | Justine Triet | ||
| 2023 | The Goldman Case | Maître Georges Kiejman | Cédric Kahn | [22] | |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Le critique littéraire | Justine Triet |
