TEDDY LUSSI-MODESTE

WRITING

Teddy Lussi-Modeste (born 25 March 1978) is a French Romani film director, screenwriter and literature teacher.

He wrote and directed the films Jimmy Rivière (2011), The Price of Success (2017), and The Good Teacher (2024). Lussi-Modeste grew up in La Tronche, Grenoble, in a Sinti, Manush Romani community in France. Lussi-Modeste studied cinema at the film school La Fémis in Paris.