Olivier Ducastel

{{Short description|French film director, screenwriter and sound editor}}

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

Life and career

After spending his adolescence in Rouen, Martineau moved to Paris to study film and theatre at the University of the New Sorbonne. 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.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239725/ 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) was released in 1998. The film was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1998/02_programm_1998/02_Programm_1998.html |title=Berlinale: 1998 Programme |access-date=2012-01-21 |work=berlinale.de}}

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.[http://www.cinefil.com/star/olivier-ducastel/biographie Biography at cinefil.com (in French)]

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan=2 width="33"\| Year ! rowspan=2\| Title ! colspan=3\| Credited as ! rowspan=2\| Notes
width=65 \|Director ! width=65 \|Screenwriter ! width=65 \|Other
align="center" \| 1988 \| align="left"\| Trois places pour le 26 \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Assistant sound editor and assistant director
align="center" \| 1989 \| align="left"\| Alexandria Again and Forever \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Sound editor
align="center" \| 1989 \| align="left"\| Le Goût de plaire \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|Short
align="center" \| 1990 \| align="left"\| Outremer \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Sound editor
align="center" \| 1991 \| align="left"\| Transit \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Sound mixer
align="center" \| 1991 \| align="left"\| Comédie d'un soir \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Editor; short
align="center" \| 1992 \| align="left"\| La Fille de l'air \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Assistant director
align="center" \| 1992 \| align="left"\| Sam suffit \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Assistant sound editor and assistant director
align="center" \| 1992 \| align="left"\| Voleur d'images \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Editor; short
align="center" \| 1993 \| align="left"\| Lettre pour L... \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Sound mixer
align="center" \| 1993 \| align="left"\| Faut-il aimer Mathilde ? \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Sound editor
align="center" \| 1994 \| align="left"\| Al-Mohager \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Sound editor
align="center" \| 1994 \| align="left"\| Nous, les enfants du XXe siècle \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Editor; documentary
align="center" \| 1995 \| align="left"\| Adultery: A User's Guide \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Sound editor
align="center" \| 1995 \| align="left"\| Le Maître des éléphants \| \| \| {{yes}} \|Sound editor
align="center" \| 1998 \| align="left"\| The Perfect Guy \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|Nominated—Berlin Film Festival - Golden Bear Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature Film
align="center" \| 2000 \| align="left"\| {{Lang\|fr\|Drôle de Félix}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|Berlin Film Festival - Teddy Jury Award Berlin Film Festival - Siegessäule Readers Award
align="center" \| 2002 \| align="left"\| My Life on Ice \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|Nominated—Locarno International Film Festival - Golden Leopard
align="center" \| 2005 \| align="left"\| Crustacés et Coquillages \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|Berlin Film Festival - Europa Cinemas Label
align="center" \| 2008 \| align="left"\| Born in 68 \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|
align="center" \| 2010 \| align="left"\| Family Tree \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|
align="center" \| 2011 \| align="left"\| Juste la fin du monde \| {{yes}} \| \| \| Telefilm
align="center" \| 2016 \| align="left"\| Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|Berlin Film Festival - Teddy Audience Award Guadalajara Film Festival - Premio Maguey Best Feature Film

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! rowspan=2 width="33"| Year

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align="center" | 1988

| align="left"| Trois places pour le 26

| {{yes}}

|Assistant sound editor and assistant director