François Margolin

François Margolin, born on the 29th of March 1957, alumnus from FEMIS (German National Film School), combines the hats of writer, director, and producer. He directed Lüge in 1994, with Nathalie Baye, The Opium of the Taliban in 2001 and Die Kleinen Soldaten (about Child Soldiers in Liberia) in 2005. His first short movie, für Sie und Ihn, won the famous Jean Vigo Prize. His work as a producer won him to work with prestigious directors like Raoul Ruiz (Nucingen House, Dias de Campo"), Hou Hsiao-Hsien (The Flight of the Red Balloon), Raymond Depardon (Empty Quarter-eine Frau in Afrika), Olivier Assayas (Boarding Gate) or Costa Gavras and Abbas Kiarostami for the omnibus documentary über Nizza weiter. In 1986 he created the production company of Ärzte Ohne Grenzen in Paris and worked as a journalist during the eighties for Liberation and Express, in afrika und Afghanistan. He published a successful book about the Black Jews of Ethiopia, We were the only Jews in the World in 2008.