Manuel Pradal (22 March 1964 – 13 May 2017) was a French
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
.
He wrote the scenarios for all the films he directed.
Pradal died on 13 May 2017 in Paris after a long illness, aged 53.
Awards and nominations
His 1997 film ''
Marie from the Bay of Angels
''Marie from the Bay of Angels'' (french: Marie Baie des Anges), also known as ''Angel Sharks'', is a 1997 French movie, written and directed by Manuel Pradal.
Cast
* Vahina Giocante — ''Marie''
* Frédéric Malgras — ''Orso''
etc.
Music ...
'' was in competition for the Tiger Award at the 1998
International Film Festival Rotterdam
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
(IFFR).
Filmography
Manuel Pradal is both the screenwriter and the director of all of his films.
* 1991: ''
Canti''
* 1997: ''
Marie from the Bay of Angels
''Marie from the Bay of Angels'' (french: Marie Baie des Anges), also known as ''Angel Sharks'', is a 1997 French movie, written and directed by Manuel Pradal.
Cast
* Vahina Giocante — ''Marie''
* Frédéric Malgras — ''Orso''
etc.
Music ...
'' (a.k.a. ''Angel Sharks'')
* 2002: ''
Ginostra''
* 2006: ''
A Crime''
* 2010: ''
The Blonde with Bare Breasts
''The Blonde with Bare Breasts'' (french: La blonde aux seins nus) is a 2010 French film written and directed by Manuel Pradal.
Plot
Julien ( Nicolas Duvauchelle), 25 years old, and Louis (Steve le Roi), 14 years old, are brothers. Their father ...
''
* 2013: ''
Tom le cancre''
* 2014: ''
Benoît Brisefer: Les Taxis rouges''
References
External links
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1964 births
2017 deaths
French film directors
French screenwriters
People from Aubenas
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