Teddy Lussi-Modeste
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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).
Lussi-Modeste grew up in La Tronche, Grenoble, in a Sinti, Manush Romani community in France.
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 i ...
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Lussi-Modeste grew up in La Tronche, Grenoble, in a Sinti, Manush Romani community in France.
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 i ...