Kim Chapiron

Kim Chapiron (born 4 July 1980) is a French film director, screenwriter, and musician of Vietnamese descent. Biography Of Vietnamese origin by his mother, Chapiron is the son of graphic designer Christian Chapiron, better known as Kiki Picasso, and the brother of singer and stylist Mai Lan. In 1995, he created the collective "Kourtrajmé" with the director Romain Gavras. The same year, the two directors met for a science fiction short entitled Paradoxe Perdu. They play the only two main characters. Chapiron filmed more than twenty short films mixing action and comedy (compiled in 2003 in the double DVD Seigneur ne leur pardonnez pas car ils savent ce qu’ils font). February 2006 saw the release of Sheitan, Kim Chapiron's first feature film that won the closing screening of Midnight Madness at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival and was selected at various festivals, including the Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer, the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival.