Nominee
Best Director
Holy Russia
Georges Gachot
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Biography
Georges Gachot is a French and Swiss filmmaker. He studied piano and musicology before directing several documentaries on musicians, composers and performers, such as MARTHA ARGERICH, EVENING TALKS (2002) and his quadrilogy on Brazilian music: MARIA BETHÂNIA, MUSICA É PERFUME (2005), RIO SONATA (2010) and O SAMBA (2014). With WHERE ARE YOU, JOÃO GILBERTO? (2018) he developed a new narrative form, in between fiction and documentary. MISTY is his 6th feature film.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2015Nominee
Best Director
O Samba
2005Nominee
Best Picture
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
Career Highlights
2017Highlight
Best Director
Music Boxes
2011Highlight
Best Director
Rio Sonata: Nana Caymmi
Video
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
Unisono - Von der Liebe zur Musik
Misty - The Erroll Garner Story