Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau
Film Critic, France
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau is a French-American director, film critic, actor, and scholar based in Southern California. A member of FIPRESCI and of the SFCC (French Film Critics Association), he served on the FIPRESCI jury at the 31st SCHLiNGEL International Film Festival in Chemnitz in 2026. A collection of his film criticism, Film Critiques, is forthcoming.
A former Senior Researcher at the CNRS and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, he holds a PhD from the Polytechnic Institute of Paris and an MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School in New York. Directing lies at the heart of his work: he has directed numerous short films and stage productions in France and the United States. He also works as an actor in film and theater, and as a writer, he is developing several feature films and series projects.
He speaks publicly on film, theater, creativity, and artificial intelligence. Drawing on the same experience, he also coaches and advises artists and leaders through important creative and professional decisions