Gilles Paquet-Brenner (born 14 September 1974) is a French director and screenwriter. He is the son of the opera singer

Ève Brenner Ève Brenner (born 11 September 1941) is a French opera singer notable for her voice that spanned five octaves. Early life Brenner was born in Saint-Chartier in central France where her parents who were both musicians and refugees were livin ...

. Paquet-Brenner's first feature film in 2001, ''

Pretty Things The Pretty Things were an English band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent. They took their name from Willie Dixon's 1955 song "Pretty Thing". A pure rhythm and blues band in their early years, with several singles charting in the Unit ...

'', won an award at the

Deauville American Film Festival The Deauville American Film Festival (french: Festival du cinéma américain de Deauville, link=no) is a yearly film festival devoted to American cinema, which has taken place since 1975 in Deauville, France. It was established by Lionel Ch ...

. In 2009, Paquet-Brenner directed the low-budget and direct-to-DVD but generally positively received film, ''

Walled In ''Walled In'' is a Canadian-made 2009 horror- thriller directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and starring Mischa Barton, Cameron Bright, and Deborah Kara Unger. The film is based on the best-selling French novel ''Les Emmurés'' b ...

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