Nicolas Klotz

Born in 1954, Nicolas Klotz began his career as an assistant director before moving behind the camera in 1987 to make the documentary “Pandit Ravi Shankar”. It’s the portrait of the famous sitar-player whom Klotz follows during his musical tours across India and Europe. He has adapted several novels and in 1995, founded La Compagnie de l’Asile. This was followed by two biopics, one of James Carter and the other of Brad Mehldau in 1999. He adapted the embryonic scripts of what were to become “Pariah” (2000) and “The Wound” (2003). Teaching at La Femis in Paris, he works in collaboration with Élisabeth Perceval, his partner. Together they have made several films including “Low Life” (2012), “L'Héroïque Lande, la frontière brûle" (2017), “Fugitif où cours-tu ?” (2018), “Saxifrages, quatre nuits blanches” (2021), and “Nous disons révolution” (2021).