Jacques Martineau (born 8 July 1963) is a French film director and screenwriter who works in collaboration with partner
Olivier Ducastel.
Life and career
After spending his adolescence in
Nice
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to study at the
Ecole Normale Supérieure. After graduating, he took up a teaching post at the facility.
In 1995 Martineau met Olivier Ducastel, and the two began a professional and personal relationship. Their first collaborative venture, ''
Jeanne et le Garçon formidable'' (an
HIV/AIDS
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-themed
musical comedy
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inspired by the films of
Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy (; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, screenwriter and lyricist. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebrated ...
and featuring
Virginie Ledoyen and Demy's son
Mathieu), was released in 1998. The film was entered into the
48th Berlin International Film Festival.
Ducastel and Martineau have since directed further films with gay-related storylines, including the ambitious, almost three-hour-long ''
Nés en 68'' starring
and
Yannick Renier.
Biography at cinefil.com (in French)
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Martineau currently combines film work with a lectureship at Paris X University Nanterre.
Filmography
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
École Normale Supérieure alumni
French film directors
French male screenwriters
French LGBTQ film directors
Mass media people from Montpellier
French gay writers