Mathieu Demy
French actor, film director and producer
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- Mathieu Demy (born 15 October 1972) is a French actor, film director, and producer.
- Career Demy started as a young actor in Agnès Varda's films L'une chante, l'autre pas ( One Sings, the Other Doesn't ), Documenteur , Mur Murs and Kung Fu Master .
- His breakthrough came in 1998, when he was cast as Olivier, a young man with AIDS, in the musical Jeanne et le Garçon formidable , directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.
- In 2000, he produced and directed his first film, Le Plafond (35’), adapted from a short story by Tonino Benacquista.
- In 2001, Demy worked for director Benoît Cohen in the film Les Acteurs anonymes .
Mathieu Demy (born 15 October 1972) is a French actor, film director, and producer.
He is the son of French film directors Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy.
Career
Demy started as a young actor in Agnès Varda's films L'une chante, l'autre pas (One Sings, the Other Doesn't), Documenteur, Mur Murs and Kung Fu Master.
Demy's work as an actor ranges from romantic comedy to drama. His breakthrough came in 1998, when he was cast as Olivier, a young man with AIDS, in the musical Jeanne et le Garçon formidable, directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.
In 1999, he started a company, Les Films de l’Autre, to produce his own short films. In 2000, he produced and directed his first film, Le Plafond (35’), adapted from a short story by Tonino Benacquista. The film received the audience award at the Angers film festival Festival Premiers Plans and the Uppsala International Short film Festival, and additional awards in Pantin, Rennes, Dignes and Mamers.
In 2001, Demy worked for director Benoît Cohen in the film Les Acteurs anonymes. They reunited for Nos enfants chéris (Our Precious Children), in which he played Martin, a 30-year-old who meets his great love again just as he's about to become a father.
In 2001, Demy received the best actor award at the Festival de Paris for Quand on sera grand directed by Renaud Cohen. The Festival Européen Cinessone awarded him twice for acting: in 2003 for Mister V. by Émilie Deleuze and in 2004 for Le Silence by Orso Miret.
In 2005, Les Films de l’Autre produced Demy's second short film, La Bourde (20’), an experimental comedy.
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