Michel Fessler

Michel Fessler (19 May 1955 – 19 August 2025) was a French screenwriter and film director.

His most notable films were Farinelli, Ridicule, and March of the Penguins, the last of which was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay in 2006.

Fessler died on 19 August 2025, at the age of 70.

Filmography Screenwriter (1991) (1992) Farinelli (1994) (1994) Ridicule (1995) Hanuman (1998) (2001) (2003) A Species Odyssey (2003) (2005) Man to Man (2005) March of the Penguins (2005) (2006) (2007) (2008) The Sea Wall (2008) Ao: The Last Hunter (2010) (2012) (2012) (2016) (2017) Heart of Oak (2022) Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be (2022) Visions (2023) (2024)

Director Jean Reverzy, l'homme de passage (1995) À qui tu parles ? (1996) L'Esclavage (1996) La Leçon de monsieur Paillasson (1997) Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods (2024)