Arthur Harari
Arthur Harari is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He is most known for co-writing Anatomy of a Fall with Justine Triet, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, César Award for Best Original Screenplay and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
He made his directorial debut in 2016 with the crime drama Dark Inclusion. In 2021 he co-wrote and directed the war drama Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, for which he won the César Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Career
After three shorts and a medium-length film, Harari directed his debut feature Dark Inclusion, a heist film and family revenge drama about diamond dealers in Antwerp.His second feature film, Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, was selected to be screened as the opening film in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. With his co-writer Vincent Poymiro, Harari won Best Original Screenplay at the 47th César Awards.
He was a co-writer of the film Anatomy of a Fall, which won numerous awards for Best Original Screenplay, including the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
In June 2024, Harari was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Harari's next project, The Unknown, is a fantasy film starring Léa Seydoux and is slated for release in 2026.
Personal life
Harari is the grandson of the Egyptian-French actor Clément Harari. His older brother, Tom, is a cinematographer. His younger brother, Lucas, is a graphic novelist. Harari is Jewish.Harari is in a relationship with director Justine Triet, with whom he has two children. Harari co-wrote the screenplays for her films Sibyl and Anatomy of a Fall, the latter of which received the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.