Teddy Lussi-Modeste (born 25 March 1978) is a French Romani film director, screenwriter and literature teacher. He wrote and directed the films Jimmy Rivière (2011), The Price of Success (2017), and The Good Teacher (2024).
Early life Lussi-Modeste grew up in La Tronche, Grenoble, in a Sinti, Manush Romani community in France.
Career Lussi-Modeste studied cinema at the film school La Fémis in Paris. He later became a literature teacher in high schools and colleges, before devoting himself entirely to cinema in the late 2000s.
Lussi-Modeste started his career as a film director in 2004 with the short film Kissing Tigers. In 2011, he released his feature directorial debut, the drama Jimmy Rivière. He later wrote and directed the drama films The Price of Success (2017), and The Good Teacher (2024). Lussi-Modeste also co-wrote the screenplay of Rebecca Zlotowski's 2019 comedy drama film An Easy Girl, and Maïwenn's 2023 historical drama film Jeanne du Barry.
In the 2020s, Lussi-Modeste kept working as a French teacher at a school in Aubervilliers in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, the northeastern suburbs of Paris.
Filmography As director Year Title Notes 2004Kissing Tigers Short film 2005 Short film, segment 2007 Short film 2009 I'm Coming Short film 2011 Jimmy RivièreAlso screenwriter 2017The Price of Success 2024The Good Teacher
As screenwriter Year Title Notes 2004Pilou Short film; directed by Claudine Natkin 2019An Easy Girl Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski 2023Jeanne du Barry Directed by Maïwenn
As actor Year Title Role Notes 2023 Jeanne du Barry Doctor La Martinière Directed by Maïwenn
Awards and nominations Year Award / Festival Category Work Result 2011 Angers Premiers Plans Film Festival Audience Award - Best French Feature FilmJimmy Rivière Louis Delluc Prize Best Debut Film 2017 San Sebastián International Film Festival New Directors Award The Price of Success
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