Benoît Delépine (; born 30 August 1958) is a French comedian and film director. He is known for his satirical activities on TV channel Canal+.
Director of the TV program Guignols de l'info for many years, he currently writes TV programs about the fictional country of Groland. He also plays the cynical journalist-reporter Mickael Kael.
In the cinema, Delépine has written and performed in two films. Michael Kael contre la World News Company, a chess commercial, reprising two elements of the fictional career of the director: his role as a reporter for Groland and the World Company, which he contributed to create for Les Guignols.
In 2004, Aaltra, which he wrote, directed, and starred in with Gustave Kervern enjoyed critical success. The two companions from the Groland adventure wrote and directed it as a road movie where two enemies travel the roads of northern France and Finland following an accident. With Kervern, he also directed and starred in Avida, which was awarded screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film Mammuth was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.
His 2012 film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize.
Filmography As filmmaker Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriterProducer 2004 Aaltra BFI London Film Festival - FIPRESCI PrizeTransilvania International Film Festival - Audience Award 2006 Avida 2008 Louise Hires a Contract Killer Amiens International Film Festival - Audience AwardPrix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original ScreenplaySan Sebastián International Film Festival - Best ScreenplaySundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize for Originality (World Cinema Dramatic)Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Screenplay 2010 Comme un chien Short film; co-producer 2010 Mammuth Cabourg Film Festival - Coup de FoudreNominated—Berlin Film Festival - Golden BearNominated—César Award for Best FilmNominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay 2012 Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize 2014 Enfin la fin Short film 2014 Ablations 2014 Near Death Experience Nominated—Venice Film Festival - Horizons Award 2016 Saint-Amour 2018 I Feel Good 2020Delete History 2022En même temps
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Entretien avec B. Delépine pour l'œil électrique, peu après la sortie du film Mickael Kael contre la World News Company (French)