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{{short description|French film director and screenwriter (born 1975)}}
{{Infobox person
|image = Yann Samuell Cabourg 2016.jpg
|caption = Yann Samuell at the [[Cabourg Film Festival]] in 2016
| name = Yann Samuell
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|6|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[France]]
| years_active = 1986–present
}}
'''Yann Samuell''' (born 7 June 1975) is a French [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]].

==Life and career==
Samuell went to film school and was a [[storyboard]] artist before becoming a director. He had his directing debut in 2003 with ''[[Love Me If You Dare (film)|Love Me If You Dare]].''<ref name="Screen"/>

His second film was the romantic comedy ''[[My Sassy Girl (2008 film)|My Sassy Girl]]'' (2008). Additional works include ''[[L'âge de raison (2010 film)|L'âge de raison]]'' (2010).

Samuell was screenwriter and director of [[War of the Buttons (2011 Yann Samuell film)|a 2011 adaptation]] of [[Louis Pergaud]]'s popular novel, ''La guerre des boutons.'' This adaptation is set in the 1960s, with the [[Algerian War]] as a backdrop. It is produced by [[Marc du Pontavice]].<ref name="Grey">[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904265504576568383569971652 Tobias Grey, "Waging War(s) of the Buttons in France"], ''Wall Street Journal,'' 15 September 2011, accessed 2 November 2012</ref><ref name="Screen">[http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/affinity-international-gets-into-cannes-spirit-with-the-great-ghost-rescue/5013252.article "Affinity International gets into Cannes spirit with ''The Great Ghost Rescue''"]</ref>

An alternate film adaptation of Pergaud's novel was directed by [[Christophe Barratier]] as ''La novelle guerre des boutons'' (2011), set during World War II in Occupied France. Both films were released in France in September 2011.<ref name="Grey"/> In the end Yann Samuell's version was a lot more successful and won prizes at international film festvals.

Samuell also directed the [[The Great Ghost Rescue (film)|film adaption]] of the Gothic children's novel ''[[The Great Ghost Rescue]]'' (1975) by [[Eva Ibbotson]].<ref name="Screen"/> It was released in 2011.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan=2 width="33"| Year
! rowspan=2| Title
! colspan=2| Credited as
! rowspan=2| Notes
|-
! width=65 |Director
! width=65 |Screenwriter
|-
| align="center" | 1986
| align="left"| ''Aube''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|Short film
|-
| align="center" | 1994
| align="left"| ''Mano a mano''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|Short film
|-
| align="center" | 1997
| align="left"| ''Cata-clysm''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|Short film
|-
| align="center" | 1998
| align="left"| ''Teddy''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|Short film
|-
| align="center" | 2003
| align="left"| ''[[Love Me If You Dare (film)|Love Me If You Dare]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Newport Beach Film Festival|Newport Beach Film Festival - Jury Award for Best Drama]]<br>[[Palm Springs International Film Festival|Palm Springs International Film Festival - John Schlesinger Award - Telluride Film Festival|Telluride Film Festival - Gijon Film Festival|Gijon Film Festival - Bermuda Film Festival|Bermuda Film Festival - London film Festival|London Film Festival - Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival - Yokohama Film Festival|Yokohama Film Festival]]
|-
| align="center" | 2008
| align="left"| ''[[My Sassy Girl (2008 film)|My Sassy Girl]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
| align="center" | 2010
| align="left"| ''[[With Love... from the Age of Reason]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| align="center" | 2011
| align="left"| ''[[War of the Buttons (2011 Yann Samuell film)|War of the Buttons]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| align="center" | 2011
| align="left"| ''[[The Great Ghost Rescue (film)|The Great Ghost Rescue]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| align="center" | 2016
| align="left"| ''[[The Canterville Ghost (2016 film)|The Canterville Ghost]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|Also editor
|-
| align="center" | 2018
| align="left"| ''[[My Mother, The Crab and Me (2018 film)|My Mother, The Crab and Me]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| align="center" | 2019
| align="left"| ''[[Never without Louna (2019 film)|Never without Louna]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| align="center" | 2020
| align="left"| ''Grand Hôtel''
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| align="center" | 2021
| align="left"| ''Sauver Lisa''
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| align="center" | 2023
| align="left"| ''[[The Lulus (2023 film)|The Lulus]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Yann Samuell}}
*{{IMDb name|id=1367933}}

{{Yann Samuell}}
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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:French film directors]]
[[Category:French screenwriters]]
[[Category:French-language film directors]]

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