ato : ▁Political ▁philosophy ▁- ▁Internet ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁Philosoph y ▁ ▁Phil os opher ▁king ▁- ▁Encyclopedia ▁Britannica ▁ ▁Category : Pl ato ▁Category : Pol it ical ▁philosophy ▁in ▁ancient ▁Greece <0x0A> </s> ▁Pat rice ▁Le con te ▁( ; ▁born ▁ 1 2 ▁November ▁ 1 9 4 7 ) ▁is ▁a ▁French ▁film ▁director , ▁actor , ▁com ic ▁strip ▁writer , ▁and ▁screen writer . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁career ▁Le con te ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁T ours , ▁and ▁began ▁making ▁little ▁amateur ▁films ▁at ▁ 1 5 . ▁He ▁went ▁to ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁and ▁studied ▁at ▁ ▁Institut ▁des ▁ha utes ▁études ▁cin ém at ograph iques . ▁While ▁att ending ▁film ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁Le con te ▁also ▁worked ▁as ▁cart oon ist , ▁in ▁particular ▁for ▁the ▁ ▁Franco - Bel g ian ▁com ics ▁magazine ▁Pil ote . ▁He ▁directed ▁his ▁first ▁feature ▁film ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁major ▁success es ▁with ▁comedy ▁films ▁that ▁were ▁bare ly ▁distributed ▁outside ▁France . ▁He ▁first ▁came ▁to ▁international ▁attention ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁with ▁Monsieur ▁H ire , ▁which ▁was ▁shown ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁C annes ▁Film ▁Festival ▁and ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁radical ▁departure ▁from ▁his ▁previous ▁work . ▁Although ▁he ▁had ▁already ▁directed ▁more ▁than ▁half ▁a ▁dozen ▁features , ▁many ▁foreign ▁critics , ▁un famil iar ▁with