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Michel Fessler(1955-2025)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Actor
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Michel Fessler
Michel Fessler was born on 19 March 1955 in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, Rhône, France. He was a writer and director, known for Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods (2024), Tamara and The Sea Wall (2008). He died on 19 August 2025 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
BornMarch 19, 1955
DiedAugust 19, 2025(70)
BornMarch 19, 1955
DiedAugust 19, 2025(70)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods (2024)
Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods
5.7
  • Writer
  • 2024
Tamara
  • Writer
    The Sea Wall (2008)
    The Sea Wall
    6.1
    • Writer
    • 2008
    L'affût (1992)
    L'affût
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 1992

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Tamara
      • screenplay
      • Pre-production
    • Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods (2024)
      Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods
      5.7
      • scenario
      • narration
      • 2024
    • Visions (2023)
      Visions
      5.3
      • scenario
      • original idea
      • 2023
    • King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones (2022)
      King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
      8.1
      • consultant
      • 2022
    • Little Nicholas - Happy as Can Be (2022)
      Little Nicholas - Happy as Can Be
      7.1
      • scenario and dialogue
      • 2022
    • Heart of an Oak (2022)
      Heart of an Oak
      7.5
      • scenario
      • 2022
    • Den druknede (2021)
      Den druknede
      Short
      • Writer
      • screenplay
      • 2021
    • Simon Abkarian and Pascale Arbillot in Le chemin du bonheur (2021)
      Le chemin du bonheur
      5.8
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Bingbing Fan in The Lady in the Portrait (2017)
      The Lady in the Portrait
      6.0
      • screenplay
      • 2017
    • A Jew Must Die (2016)
      A Jew Must Die
      6.3
      • screenplay
      • 2016
    • Born (2014)
      Born
      6.6
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Abdoul-Karim Konate in Run (2014)
      Run
      6.0
      • screenplay collaborator
      • 2014
    • Land of the Bears (2014)
      Land of the Bears
      7.0
      • collaboration
      • 2014
    • African Safari (2013)
      African Safari
      6.1
      • script by
      • 2013
    • Miniyamba (2012)
      Miniyamba
      7.3
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Fleur Lise Heuet in Ma bonne étoile (2012)
      Ma bonne étoile
      6.0
      • adaptation
      • 2012

    Director

    • Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods (2024)
      Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Le leçon de Monsieur Paillasson
      Short
      • Director
      • 1997
    • À qui tu parles?
      Short
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Jean Reverzy in Jean Reverzy, l'homme de passage (1995)
      Jean Reverzy, l'homme de passage
      • Director
      • 1995

    Actor

    • Canevas la ville (1986)
      Canevas la ville
      • 1986

    Videos1

    My Heart Laid Bare
    Full Movie 6:41
    My Heart Laid Bare

    Personal details

    • Born
      • March 19, 1955
      • Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, Rhône, France
    • Died
      • August 19, 2025
      • Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France(cancer)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Michel Fessler has made several contributions as a screenwriter or co-writer for French and international feature films and animated films.

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