Maya Give Me a Title

Michel
Gondry

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY (max 400 ch)
For Berlinale
Born in Versailles, France, Michel Gondry is a multidisciplinary filmmaker, screenwriter and musician. In 2005, along with Charlie Kaufman and Pierre Bismuth, Gondry won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, which he also directed. Several of his work has been screened at the Berlinale with THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP (2006), BE KIND REWIND (2008) and IS THE MAN WHO IS TALL HAPPY? (2014) about Noam Chomsky. MAYA, GIVE ME A TITLE is his first animated film. Gondry was a jury member of Berlinale’s international jury in 2014.
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DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY
Selected Filmography
Human Nature / Human Nature / Fiction / 2001 / 93 mins
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / Fiction / 2004 / 108 mins
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party / Dave Chappelle’s Block Party / Documentary / 2005 / 103 mins
La Science des Rêves / The Science of Sleep / Fiction / 2006 / 105 mins
Be Kind Rewind / Be Kind Rewind / Fiction / 2008 / 102 mins
Tokyo! / Tokyo! / Co-director / Fiction / 2008 / 112 mins
L’Epine dans le Coeur / The Thorn in the Heart / Documentary / 2009 / 86 mins
The Green Hornet / The Green Hornet / Fiction / 2011 / 119 mins
The We and the I / The We and the I / Fiction / 2013 / 103 mins
L’Ecume des jours / Mood Indigo / Fiction / 2013 / 131 mins
Is the Man Who is Tall Happy? An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky / Is the Man Who is Tall Happy? An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky / Documentary & Animation / 2013 / 88 mins
Microbe et Gasoil / Microbe and Gasoline / Fiction / 2015 / 105 mins
Le Livre des Solutions / The Book of Solutions / 2023 / 102 mins

Maya and her dad, Michel Gondry, live in two different countries. In order to stay in touch, her dad asks her every evening, “Maya, give me a title”. Based on her answer, he creates a short animated reply in which Maya is the hero. Michel Gondry brings to life a poetic and amusing journey that will have the little ones dreaming... and the grown-ups smiling.