Olivier Ducastel

 ( 1962 Births ) 

Olivier Ducastel (born 23 February 1962) is a French film director, screenwriter and sound editor who collaborates with his partner, Jacques Martineau.

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Life and career After spending his adolescence in Rouen, Martineau moved to Paris to study film and theatre at the . In 1988, he directed a short musical comedy, Le Goût de plaire. In the same year, he acted as assistant to his mentor, Jacques Demy, 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. imdb.com

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-themed musical comedy inspired by the films of Demy, and featuring Virginie Ledoyen and Demy's son Mathieu Demy) 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 Laetitia Casta and Yannick Renier. Biography at cinefil.com (in French)

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Filmography

1988	Trois places pour le 26				Assistant sound editor and assistant director
1989	Alexandria Again and Forever				Sound editor
1989	Le Goût de plaire				Short
1990	Outremer				Sound editor
1991	Transit				Sound mixer
1991	Comédie d'un soir				Editor; short
1992	La Fille de l'air				Assistant director
1992	Sam suffit				Assistant sound editor and assistant director
1992	Voleur d'images				Editor; short
1993	Lettre pour L...				Sound mixer
1993	Faut-il aimer Mathilde ?				Sound editor
1994	Al-Mohager				Sound editor
1994	Nous, les enfants du XXe siècle				Editor; documentary
1995					Sound editor
1995	Le Maître des éléphants				Sound editor
1998	The Perfect Guy				Nominated—Berlin Film Festival - Golden Bear Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature Film
2000	Drôle de Félix				Berlin Film Festival - Teddy Award Berlin Film Festival - Teddy Award
2002	My Life on Ice				Nominated—Locarno International Film Festival - Golden Leopard
2005	Crustacés et Coquillages				Berlin Film Festival - Europa Cinemas Label
2008	Born in 68
2010	Family Tree
2011	Juste la fin du monde				Telefilm
2016					Berlin Film Festival - Teddy Award Guadalajara Film Festival - Premio Maguey Best Feature Film

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