James Mackenzie

Position: Senior Correspondent
James Mackenzie is a correspondent in the Reuters Paris bureau. He joined Reuters in 2000 and worked in Frankfurt and Berlin before moving to France in 2006.

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LA attorneys distance Polanski from French lawyer November 21, 02:43am EST 

PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday. ...  Full Article 

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Pixar comedy offers light relief in Cannes

3D animation "Up" gets Cannes off to a flying start  Full Article 

Can you help me become famous?

A young man in a black suit pokes his head around the corner of our little office at the Cannes film festival and asks whether I can help. Im an actor, he says. Im not well known at all. No-ones ever heard ...  Full Article | Comments [3] 

I love your shirt

I am not entirely sure what it is that gives press conferences at the Cannes film festival their special, slightly awkward, feeling. They are usually presided over by Henri Behar, a veteran French journalist ...  Full Article