Born in Colombes, France in 1978. In 2000, he earned a master’s degree in History from the University of Paris-Nanterre. He has worked at the French Sports Institute (INSEP) for fifteen years, where was in charge of a 16mm film collection. He has taken advantage of this collection to make a series of his own films, in which he connects the topics of sport, cinema and art.


Julien Faraut will be present in LEFFEST, Tuesday the 20th, at 21:30, in Cinema Medeia Monumental, for a conversation upon exhibition of his film  John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection.