Gaël Morel
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Gaël Morel is a French
film director, screenwriter and actor.
, Rhône, France
, a small town of 30,000 inhabitants outside Lyon
. He also grew up in the nearby little village of Lacenas
in the Villefranche district.
At the age of 15, Morel left home to go to pursue film studies in Lyon, afterwards moving to Paris
. There he met with the acclaimed French director André Téchiné
who cast him in the lead role of François in the multi César
-winning 1994 film Les Roseaux sauvages
(Wild Reeds) which brought him to wider fame, earning much critical praise for his performance, and a 1995 César nomination for Most Promising Young Actor.
While his Wild Reeds co-stars Élodie Bouchez
and Stéphane Rideau
have both gone on to successful acting careers (he has often cast them in his own films), Morel has chosen to pursue a career behind the camera, as filmmaking has always been his passion.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
film director, screenwriter and actor.
Biography
Morel was born in Villefranche-sur-SaôneVillefranche-sur-Saône
Villefranche-sur-Saône is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It lies 1 mile west of the Saône River, and is around north of Lyon...
, Rhône, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, a small town of 30,000 inhabitants outside Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
. He also grew up in the nearby little village of Lacenas
Lacenas
Lacenas is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France....
in the Villefranche district.
At the age of 15, Morel left home to go to pursue film studies in Lyon, afterwards moving to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. There he met with the acclaimed French director André Téchiné
André Téchiné
André Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors....
who cast him in the lead role of François in the multi César
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
-winning 1994 film Les Roseaux sauvages
Les roseaux sauvages
Wild Reeds is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, about the sensitive passage in the adulthood and in awakening of sexuality by four youths at the end of the Algerian War.-Plot:...
(Wild Reeds) which brought him to wider fame, earning much critical praise for his performance, and a 1995 César nomination for Most Promising Young Actor.
While his Wild Reeds co-stars Élodie Bouchez
Élodie Bouchez
Élodie Bouchez-Bangalter is a French actress. She is best known in the United States for her role as Renée Rienne on the fifth and final season of the television show Alias...
and Stéphane Rideau
Stéphane Rideau
Stéphane Rideau is a French actor born near Agen. Although intending to pursue a career in sports, he was discovered in 1992 at a rugby game and then auditioned for a role in the film Wild Reeds by André Téchiné. He was, at the time, sixteen years old.He would later on play the role of a gay...
have both gone on to successful acting careers (he has often cast them in his own films), Morel has chosen to pursue a career behind the camera, as filmmaking has always been his passion.
Filmography as actor
- Les Roseaux sauvagesLes roseaux sauvagesWild Reeds is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, about the sensitive passage in the adulthood and in awakening of sexuality by four youths at the end of the Algerian War.-Plot:...
(Wild Reeds) dir.André TéchinéAndré TéchinéAndré Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors....
, 1994 ..."François" - Le Plus Bel Âge dir. Didier HaudepinDidier HaudepinDidier Haudepin is a French actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. He has appeared in 44 films and television shows since 1960. His film Those Were the Days was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Seven Days.....
, 1995 ..."Bertrand" - Zonzon dir. Laurent Bouhnik, 1998 ..."Grandjean"
- LoinLoin (film)Loin is a 2001 French-Spanish drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Stephane Rideau, Lubna Azabal and Mohamed Hamaidi. The film, set in Tangier in a three day period, tells the story of three young friends taking critical decisions about their uncertain future.-Plot:For the past few...
dir. André TéchinéAndré TéchinéAndré Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors....
, 2001 ..."François"
Filmography as director
- La Vie à Rebours, 1994,
- À Toute Vitesse (Full Speed), 1996
- Premières Neiges, 1999
- Les Chemins de l'Oued (Under Another Sky), 2002
- Le Clan3 Dancing Slaves3 Dancing Slaves is a 2004 French film directed by Gaël Morel.-Plot:Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class Algerian brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge...
(Three Dancing Slaves), 2004 - Après Lui, 2007
- New Wave, 2008
- Notre Paradis, 2011
Awards
- 1995 CésarCésar AwardThe César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
nomination : Meilleur Espoir Masculin (Most Promising Young Actor) for Les Roseaux sauvagesLes roseaux sauvagesWild Reeds is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, about the sensitive passage in the adulthood and in awakening of sexuality by four youths at the end of the Algerian War.-Plot:... - 2002 Fipresci Prize, Toronto International Film Festival, for Les Chemins de l'Oued