Gilles Bourdos
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Gilles Bourdos is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his atmospheric thrillers, which use troubling themes in contrast with powerful aesthetic imagery
. He was one of the founders of the French production company Persona Films which produced most of his early work.
He made his feature film debut at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival with Disparus (1998), a political thriller and love triangle during the Surrealist movement in Paris in 1938. His second critically acclaimed feature, Inquietudes (2003), is based on the Ruth Rendell
novel A Sight for Sore Eyes
and stars Gregoire Colin
and Julie Ordon
. His most recent work and first English language film, Afterwards
(2008), features Evangeline Lilly
, John Malkovich
, and Romain Duris
, and is based on the French bestseller Et Après... by Guillaume Musso.
Image
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. He was one of the founders of the French production company Persona Films which produced most of his early work.
He made his feature film debut at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival with Disparus (1998), a political thriller and love triangle during the Surrealist movement in Paris in 1938. His second critically acclaimed feature, Inquietudes (2003), is based on the Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, , who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, is an English crime writer, author of psychological thrillers and murder mysteries....
novel A Sight for Sore Eyes
A Sight for Sore Eyes
A Sight For Sore Eyes is a psychological thriller by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell.- External links :**...
and stars Gregoire Colin
Grégoire Colin
Grégoire Colin is a French actor, producer, screenwriter, and director.-Career:Grégoire started acting on the French stage at age 12. He first caught the eye of critics in the 1992 Agnieszka Holland's psychological family drama Olivier, Olivier when he was just 17...
and Julie Ordon
Julie Ordon
Julie Ordon is a Swiss model and actress born in Geneva, Switzerland.- Modeling :Ordon, the youngest of four sisters, moved to Paris in 1999 after winning a talent contest and signing a contract with now-defunct Madison Models Agency. She has appeared in campaigns for Biotherm, Tally Weijl,...
. His most recent work and first English language film, Afterwards
Afterwards
Afterwards is a 2009 English-language psychological thriller film directed by Gilles Bourdos and starring Romain Duris, John Malkovich and Evangeline Lilly. Based on Guillaume Musso's novel Et après..., the story tells of a workaholic lawyer who is told by a self-proclaimed visionary that he must...
(2008), features Evangeline Lilly
Evangeline Lilly
Evangeline Lilly is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama, Lost.-Early life:...
, John Malkovich
John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer, director and fashion designer with his label Technobohemian. Over the last 25 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award...
, and Romain Duris
Romain Duris
-Life:Born on 28 May 1974 in Paris, son of an engineer-architect father, Duris studied arts at university. He was noticed in the street by a casting director whilst waiting in a queue in 1993 and offered a part in the 1994 Cédric Klapisch film Le péril jeune...
, and is based on the French bestseller Et Après... by Guillaume Musso.
As a Director
- Un Cadeau de Noel (1987)
- L'Eternelle Idole (1989)
- Relache (1993)
- Disparus (1998)
- Inquiétudes (2003)
- Afterwards (2008)
As a Screenwriter
- Un Cadeau de Noel (1987)
- La Rue Ouverte (1987)
- L'Eternelle Idole (1989)
- La Jeune Fille et la Mort (1989)
- Relache (1993)
- Emmène-moi (1995)
- Disparus (1998)
- Inquiétudes (2003)
- Afterwards (2008)
As a Producer
- Un Cadeau de Noel (1987)
- L'Eternelle Idole (1989)
- Relache (1993)
- Emmène-moi (1995)
- Mirek n'est pas Parti (1995)
- Disparus (1998)
- Un Frère (1998)
Awards
- DISPARUS: Soleil d'Or CCAS at the Cannes Film Festival 1998 / Best Young European Actor Prize 1998 for Grégoire Colin / Official selection for la Quinzaine Director for Cannes / Official selection for Montréal, Genève, Florence, Blois, Pessac, Belfort, Dijon, Dublin, Edinburgh, Goteborg, Taipei, and Boston in 1998
- RELACHE: Grand Prize at the Villeurbanne Festival 1992 / Grand Prize and People’s Choice at the Belfort Festival 1992 / Procirep Prize 1992 / Quality Prize CNC 1992
- L'ETERNELLE IDOLE: Grand Prize of the Festival Dignes les Bains 1991 / Best Actress Prize at the Festival de Lille 1991 / Quality Prize CNC 1990
- UN CADEAU DE NOËL: Prize at the Valette Festival 1986
External links
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0099841 Gilles Bourdos on Internet Movie Database
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940580/ Afterwards on Internet movie Database
- http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/artist/id/22092.html Cannes Film Festival