Nicholas Lambert La Femis

Born on June, 16, 1970, in Saint-Émilion, France, Nicholas Lambert La Femis, from a young age, displayed a profound interest in film. In a 2001 interview, he mentioned that his favorite films growing up were "Bicycle Thieves", "The 400 Blows", and "The Seventh Samurai". Besides this, not much is known about his childhood. He went to the Paris College of Art, where he got his degree in film.

His thesis short, "Pedicabo Ego Et Lactaverunt Me Libris", was only screened once. It is now considered lost media. His next film was a documentary, translated in english as "Those Who Only Have A Dollar", follows La Femis as he travels across the French Countryside, documenting the poverty that they face. Academy Award Winning Director Chloe Zhao later said that this film was an inspiration for her film "Nomadland".

Following this, he made his feature film début, "Lea Reve De Mort", followed by his second film "Les Gens Qui Font Des Meutre". After these two films, he announced that he had started work on a surrealist horror film set in Nazi-Occupied France. He never completed it, however, as 2 days after filming started, he tragically died on July, 14, 2005 in a car crash.