Olivier Ducastel (born 23 February 1962) is a French film director, screenwriter and
sound editor who collaborates with his partner,
Jacques Martineau.
Life and career
After spending his adolescence in
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
, Martineau moved to Paris to study film and theatre at the
University of the New Sorbonne. In 1988, he directed a short
musical comedy
Musical theatre is a form of theatre, theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, ...
, ''Le Goût de plaire''. In the same year, he acted as assistant to his mentor,
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 ...
, on the film ''
Trois places pour le 26'', the last film Demy completed before his death in 1990. Ducastel spent the early 1990s working as a sound editor on various films.
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In 1995, Ducastel met Jacques Martineau, and the two began a professional and personal relationship. Their first collaborative venture, '' Jeanne et le Garçon formidable'', (an HIV/AIDS
The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a Preventive healthcare, pr ...
-themed musical comedy inspired by the films of Demy, and featuring Virginie Ledoyen
Virginie Fernández (born 15 November 1976), known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen (), is a French actress. She has appeared in French, English and American films.
Life and career
Ledoyen was born in Paris and raised in Aubervilliers, the da ...
and Demy's son Mathieu) was released in 1998. The film was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Filmography
References
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1962 births
Living people
French film directors
French male screenwriters
French LGBTQ film directors
Mass media people from Lyon
Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 alumni
French gay writers
Sound editors
Institut des hautes études cinématographiques alumni