Yohann Kouam
Born
Lille, France
NationalityFrench
Cameroon
Occupation(s)Actor, director, producer, screen writer, editor
Years active2004–present

Yohann Kouam (born 1982), is a French filmmaker as well as a producer, screenwriter of Cameroonian descent.[1] He has made several critically acclaimed short films.[2]

Personal life

Yohann is a French film director.[3] His father is an accountant and mother is a hotelier.[4]

Career

He studied film editing at Institut des arts de diffusion (IAD) in Brussels, and then Translation Studies in France.[5] He later became a teaching assistant in high school to give language lessons.[4]

In 2007, Kouam made a short film Fragments de vie. With its critical reception, he made the second short film Les dimanches de Léa in 2010.[6] He then made the short film The Return in 2013,[7] which became internationally acclaimed. In 2016, he made the film From San Francisco with Love.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNoteRef.
2004Frères (Fragments of Lives)Director, Writershort film[8]
2007Fragments de vie (Fragments of Lives)Director, Writershort film[9]
2010Les dimanches de Léa (Lea's Sundays)Directorshort film[10]
2013Le Retour (The Return)Directorshort film[11]
2016From San Francisco with LoveDirector, Writershort film[12]

References

  1. "YOHANN KOUAM". mubi. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. "LES COURTS MÉTRAGES DE YOHANN KOUAM". Mezzanine Films. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. "Yohann Kouam". clermont-filmfest. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Yohann Kouam, the return to cinema". bondyblog. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  5. "Yohann Kouam biography". African Filmny. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  6. "FILMS DIRECTED BY Yohann Kouam". letterboxd. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  7. "Un film de Yohann Kouam". Mezzanine Films. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  8. "Frères by Yohann Kouam". clermont-filmfest. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  9. "Fragments of Lives". Uni France. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  10. "Lea's Sundays". Uni France. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  11. "The Return". Uni France. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  12. "From San Francisco with Love". Uni France. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
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