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. He later became a literature teacher in high schools and colleges, before devoting himself entirely to cinema in the late 2000s. Lussi-Modeste started his career as a film director in 2004 with the short film Kissing Tigers. In 2011, he released his feature directorial debut, the drama Jimmy Rivière. He later wrote and directed the drama films The Price of Success (2017), and The Good Teacher (2024). Lussi-Modeste also co-wrote the screenplay of Rebecca Zlotowski's 2019 comedy drama film An Easy Girl, and Maïwenn's 2023 historical drama film Jeanne du Barry. In the 2020s, Lussi-Modeste kept working as a French teacher at a school in Aubervilliers in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, the northeastern suburbs of Paris. Source: Article "Teddy Lussi-Modeste" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 25, 1978 (48)
- La Tronche, Isère, France
- Writer and director
- 5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Teddy Lussi-Modeste's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Teddy Lussi-Modeste's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Teddy Lussi-Modeste's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
The Good Teacher(2024)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Jeanne du Barry(2023)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
An Easy Girl(2019)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Price of Success(2017)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Jimmy Rivière(2011)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
I'm Coming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Courts mais Gay : Tome 10 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Kissing Tigers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Pilou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 2004 to 2024.
Film career
- 2023Screen debut· Jeanne du Barry
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Teddy Lussi-Modeste's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 37/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Teddy Lussi-Modeste work with?
People who share at least 2 of Teddy Lussi-Modeste's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rebecca Zlotowski shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Rebecca ZlotowskiShared titles: An Easy Girl (2019), The Price of Success (2017), Jimmy Rivière (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Rebecca Zlotowski
Actors
- MaïwennShared titles: Jeanne du Barry (2023), The Price of Success (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Maïwenn
Composers
- Robin CoudertShared titles: The Price of Success (2017), Jimmy Rivière (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Robin Coudert
Producers
- Jean-Christophe ReymondShared titles: The Good Teacher (2024), The Price of Success (2017), Jimmy Rivière (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Jean-Christophe Reymond
- Amaury OviseShared titles: The Good Teacher (2024), The Price of Success (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Amaury Ovise
