Frédéric Auburtin


Frédéric Auburtin is a French director, writer, actor and producer.

Life and career

Frédéric Auburtin was born and grew up in Marseille, where he studied music and literature before turning to the cinema in the early 80s. He made his debut as an assistant director in the film Rouge midi, directed by Robert Guédiguian.
In the 80s and 90s he worked as an assistant director in several movies and with several directors, including Maurice Pialat, Luigi Comencini, Richard Heffron, Bertrand Blier, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Claude Berri, Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Randall Wallace.
In 1999, he debuted as a director, co-directing Un pont entre deux rives with Gérard Depardieu, for which he also composed the soundtrack. During the 2000s he keep directing mostly for television, but also directed movies, including San-Antonio and Envoyés très spéciaux . In 2006, he co-directed the segment "Quartier Latin", written and starred by Gena Rowlands with Ben Gazzara and Gérard Depardieu, in the highly acclaimed movie Paris, je t'aime.
In 2014, he became widely known for directing the infamous movie United Passions. The film recounts the origins of the world-governing body of association football, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, and was ninety-percent funded by them. Released in North America at the peak of the scandals of the 2015 FIFA corruption case, the film grossed very badly in the box-office and received overwhelming dislike from critics around the world. It's now considered one of the worst movies ever made and all the actors and Auburtin himself considered the film a "disaster".

Filmography

Assistant Director