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Vadim Jean

b. 1963

British film director

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Born 1963. Vadim Jean is a British film director, screenwriter, film producer and director.

Vadim Jean (born Bristol, 9 December 1963) is an English film director, producer, and executive producer.

Career After graduating with a degree in history from Warwick University, he found work on Mike Figgis' Stormy Monday, before establishing his own production company in 1989 covering a wide variety of subjects, from sport to corporate videos. He first came to public attention as a director when Leon the Pig Farmer won him the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the 1992 Venice Film Festival, the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics' Circle, the Most Promising Newcomer at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and the Chaplin Award for the best first feature from the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

He repeated his critical success in 1999 when One More Kiss won the Audience Award at the Atlantic Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Film at the International Filmfest Emden.

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University of Warwick

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Who is Vadim Jean?

British film director

When was Vadim Jean born?

Vadim Jean was born on 9 December 1963 in Bristol.

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Vadim Jean is a film director, screenwriter, film producer and director.

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Vadim Jean is British.

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· Wikipedia: Vadim Jean

· Wikidata: Q1339179

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