Julien Leclercq (director)
| Julien Leclercq | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 August 1979 Somain, Nord, France |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Julien Leclercq (born 7 August 1979) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
Julien Leclercq began his career in 2004 with the production of the short film Transit, in which he explored a retro-future world populated by half-flesh, half-metal beings. This short film got the attention of the producer Franck Chorot and the Gaumont (a film company), who promptly offered Leclercq a budget of 8.7 million euros to produce his first feature film Chrysalis, the story of a police lieutenant (played by Albert Dupontel) who tries to find his wife’s killer in a Paris of 2025. Leclercq returned to reality to undertake the ambitious project of L'Assaut, a film about the hijack of the Paris-Algiers flight in December 1994. His work includes directing the 2012 film Gibraltar, the 2010 film L'Assaut, the 2007 film Chrysalis, and the 2004 short film Transit. He has written L'Assaut, Chrysalis, and Transit. He has produced L'Assaut and Transit.