Nicolas Saada

Directing

Nicolas Saada

Born

1965-09-06 (61)

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Nicolas Saada (born September 5, 1965) is a French screenwriter, director, producer, and journalist. Saada is renowned for his radio show Nova fait son cinéma, dedicated to film music, which he hosted between 1993 and 2007 on Radio Nova in Paris. He was also program director for Arte's fiction unit between 1992 and 1998, alongside Pierre Chevalier, and worked on over a hundred television films. As a journalist for Cahiers du cinéma (1988-2000), he specialized for many years in American and Asian cinema. In 1999, he co-wrote his first screenplay for a film by Pierre Salvadori, Les Marchands de sable. This was followed by other collaborations with Arnaud Desplechin, among others. In 2004, he d…

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 5 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Arsène Lupin poster
5.3

As the daring thief Arsène Lupin ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.

Arsène Lupin

2004

Sleepless Night poster
5.9

Vincent, a police officer, and his partner Manuel steal a large amount of cocaine from José Marciano, a ruthless crime lord who is quick to seek revenge, endangering Vincent's life, career and family.

Sleepless Night

2011

Spy(ies) poster
5.4

In London, an airport baggage handler is forced by French and British intelligence agents to seduce the wife of a businessman with ties to Syrian terrorists.

Spy(ies)

2009

Spy(ies) poster
5.4

In London, an airport baggage handler is forced by French and British intelligence agents to seduce the wife of a businessman with ties to Syrian terrorists.

Spy(ies)

2009

Frozen Silence poster
5.1

Russian front, winter 1943. Soldier Arturo Andrade and Sergeant Fernando Espinosa are commissioned to investigate a mysterious murder while the Spanish Blue Division of the German Army endures the fierce counterattack of the Red Army.

Frozen Silence

2012

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6.0

Paris, today. A corrupt businessman, Duchey, returns to France to confront the justice of his country. But his return to his homeland will cause the turmoil of three individuals.

Les parallèles

2004

No artwork available
6.0

Paris, today. A corrupt businessman, Duchey, returns to France to confront the justice of his country. But his return to his homeland will cause the turmoil of three individuals.

Les parallèles

2004

Dissonances poster
5.2

Nat drives on the interstate with his two young daughters in the back seats, when a car drives by and an unknown guy shoots one of his daughters dead for no reason. Nat's life is shattered. He becomes obsessed with finding the killers, assaults two men, kills one, goes to jail, is left by his wife, grows old estranged from his other daughter. We see the action first through Nat's eyes, then via Brautigan, the cop in charge of the investigation, and finally from the perspective of the remaining daughter Margo. The deconstructed narrative echoes the chaos within Nat and emphasizes the fact that the characters are out of tune with one another, which is the meaning of the original title.

Dissonances

2004

The Sandmen poster
6.8

Alain runs Le Detour, a small cafe in Paris where Antoine works. Antoine is reunited with his sister Marie when she's released from prison; they are very close, perhaps abnormally so, but she's not aware that Antoine has fallen into cahoots with Stephane, who works as a waiter at another cafe. Damien, a local businessman, is pressuring Alain to expand Le Detour, and cut his nephew Xavier in for a percentage as a manager. While Alain waffles on Damien's proposal, Xavier offers Antoine a chance to make some money under the table by delivering some drugs to a cadre of dealers. Antoine makes the drop and picks up the payment, but runs off with the money rather than bringing it back to Xavier, which proves to have tragic consequences for Antoine and his friends.

The Sandmen

2000

Playing 'In the Company of Men' poster
7.5

A troupe of actors rehearse a play. In the play-within-the-film, an ambitious son and his distant father fight for control of an armaments firm and are pushed to eventual destruction by dangerous outside forces and traitorous aides.

Playing 'In the Company of Men'

2003

Taj Mahal poster
5.2

One evening, while her parents go out for dinner, 18-year-old Louise, alone in her hotel room at Taj Mahal Mumbai, hears strange noises out in the corridor. Within minutes, she realises that a terrorist attack is underway. Her only connection to the outside world is her cell phone, which allows her to maintain contact with her father, who is desperately trying to reach her from the other side of a city that has been plunged into chaos. Louise must spend a long night alone in the face of danger. She will never be the same again.

Taj Mahal

2015

Taj Mahal poster
5.2

One evening, while her parents go out for dinner, 18-year-old Louise, alone in her hotel room at Taj Mahal Mumbai, hears strange noises out in the corridor. Within minutes, she realises that a terrorist attack is underway. Her only connection to the outside world is her cell phone, which allows her to maintain contact with her father, who is desperately trying to reach her from the other side of a city that has been plunged into chaos. Louise must spend a long night alone in the face of danger. She will never be the same again.

Taj Mahal

2015

No artwork available
NR

Simon, a disillusioned developer, carries a secret that could dismantle modern society: a code capable of remote neural hijacking. Hunted by his former architects, he seeks sanctuary within the echoing halls of the Musée d’Orsay—one of Paris’s final "safe zones" in a world of total digital surveillance. There, among the relics of the past, he must join a clandestine resistance to protect the future of human autonomy.

Danger

2026

No artwork available
NR

Simon, a disillusioned developer, carries a secret that could dismantle modern society: a code capable of remote neural hijacking. Hunted by his former architects, he seeks sanctuary within the echoing halls of the Musée d’Orsay—one of Paris’s final "safe zones" in a world of total digital surveillance. There, among the relics of the past, he must join a clandestine resistance to protect the future of human autonomy.

Danger

2026

No artwork available
NR

The documentary travels between Paris, London, New York and Los Angeles to meet Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, John Barry and Michel Legrand, four composers who revolutionized the relationship between music and image. Also among the interviewees are the electronic duo of Air, Mike Patton and David Holmes, contemporary musicians whose work is strongly influenced by the masters of the 1960s and 1970s, a certain worldview and pop culture of the golden age of film music 1965 - 1975.

The Golden Age of Music Film (1965-1975)

2009

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1.5

A short film by Nicolas Saada.

Aujourd'hui

2012

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1.5

A short film by Nicolas Saada.

Aujourd'hui

2012

No artwork available
NR

A fugitive finds himself unwittingly invited to a political meeting. Cornered and hunted, he improvises as a charismatic leader for one night.

La Quarantième Marche

2011