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Yves Lavandier (born April 2, 1959) is a French film director. ==Biography== Yves Lavandier was born on April 2, 1959. After receiving a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at Columbia University, New York, between 1983 and 1985. Miloš Forman, František Daniel, Stefan Sharff, Brad Dourif, Larry Engel and Melina Jelinek were among his teachers. During these two years, he wrote and directed several shorts including ''Mr. Brown?'', ''The Perverts'' and ''Yes Darling''. He returned to France in 1985, directed another short, ''Le scorpion'', and embarked on a scriptwriting career mainly for television. He is the creator of an English teaching sitcom called ''Cousin William''. In addition to his career as scriptwriter, he began to teach screenwriting throughout Europe and published a treatise on the subject titled ''Writing Drama''. For the occasion he founded his own publishing and production company, Le Clown & l'Enfant.〔(News for Le Clown & l'Enfant )〕 ''Writing Drama'' is now considered a bible amongst European scriptwriters and playwrights, and Yves Lavandier a renowned script consultant.〔(What the professionals say about Writing Drama )〕 Among other things, Yves Lavandier is a pitch expert for Dreamago.〔(WGA article on Dreamago (cf. page 30) )〕 In March 2015, he launched in English a web series entitled ''Hats off to the screenwriters!'', described as a "tribute to the creative people who invent narratives, characters, fictitious worlds, structures and... meaning". In August and September 2000, he shot his first feature film as writer-director, ''Yes, But...'', which deals with brief therapy and teenage sexuality.〔(Interview with Yves Lavandier )〕 It was released in France on April 18, 2001, and won several Audience Awards in festivals around the world.〔(Awards for Yes, But... on IMDb )〕 Yves Lavandier is married with four children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yves Lavandier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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