François Bégaudeau born 27 April 1971 is a French writer journalist and actor He is best known for cowriting and starring in Entre les murs 2008 a film based on his 2006 novel of the same name The film won the Palme dOr at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009 He was born in Luçon Vendée France and was a member of the 1990s punk rock group Zabriskie Point After receiving his degree in Literature he taught high school in Dreux and in an inner city middle school in Paris Bégaudeau published his first novel Jouer juste in 2003 In 2005 he published Dans la diagonale and Un démocrate Mick Jagger 19601969 a fictionalized account of the life of Mick Jagger In 2006 his third novel entitled Entre les murs earned him the Prix France CultureTélérama Bégaudeau works as a movie critic for the French version of Playboy having previously worked for the Cahiers du cinéma He was also a regular contributor for several French magazines including Inculte Transfuge and So Foot Since 2006 he has been a columnist for La Matinale and Le Cercle on Canal television He worked on the screenplay for Entre les murs 2008 a film based on his 2006 novel of the same name in collaboration with the films director Laurent Cantet Bégaudeau also starred as the lead in the film which went on to win the Palme dOr at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival The film also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009 though it ultimately lost to Japans Departures The Englishlanguage version of Entre les murs was published in April 2009 by Seven Stories Press under the title The Class Source Article François Bégaudeau from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30
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