Michel Fessler
Authors · Directors
French screenwriter and director (1955–2025)
About Michel Fessler
Michel Fessler (19 May 1955 – 19 August 2025) was a French screenwriter and film director. His most notable films were Farinelli, Ridicule, and March of the Penguins, the last of which was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay in 2006. Fessler died on 19 August 2025, at the age of 70.
Quick facts
- Known for
- Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods, Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be, March of the Penguins
- Born
- 1955-03-19
- Died
- 2025-08-19
Official & social profiles
External & source links
Michel Fessler gallery
Books & published works
Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods
Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be
March of the Penguins
Visions
Man to Man
Ridicule
Ao: The Last Hunter
The Lady in the Portrait
African Safari
Versailles: The Dream of a King
El Amanecer del Hombre
Heart of an Oak
Land of the Bears
Hanuman
The Year of Awakening
The Sea Wall
A Jew Must Die
South of the Clouds
The Way to Happiness
Birth of Civilization
Tamara
Charley & Mimmo
Louis XV, le Soleil noir
Serko
Pipaluk
My Heart Laid Bare
Sidecar
Run
Quand tu descendras du ciel
T'choupi à table
T'choupi et ses amis - Font du poney
The Catch