Yves Lavandier was born on April 2, 1959. He is married with four children. After taking a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at Columbia University, New York, between 1983 and 1985. Milos Forman, Frantisek Daniel, 'Stefan Sharf' , Brad Dourif, 'Larry Engel' , 'Milena Jelinek' were among his teachers. During these two years he wrote and directed several shorts, including _Mr. Brown? (1984)_ , _The Perverts (1985)_ and Yes Darling (1984). He returned to France in 1985, directed a further short(_Le scorpion (1987)_ ), and embarked on a scriptwriting career mainly for television. He is the creator of an English teaching sitcom called _Cousin William (1992)_ . In addition to his career as scriptwriter, he began to teach screenwriting throughout Europe and published in 1994 a treatise on the subject: "La dramaturgie" (translated as "Writing Drama"). It is now considered a bible amongst European scriptwriters and playwrights. In August and September 2000, he shot his first feature film as writer-director : _Yes, but... (2001)_ . It was released in France on April 18, 2001 and deals with brief therapy, psychological games and teenage sexuality.
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