Sébastien Marnier (born September 22, 1977) is a French film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2022 film The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal).[1]
Sébastien Marnier | |
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| Born | 22 September 1977 Les Lilas, Île-de-France, France |
| Occupation(s) | film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2000s-present |
| Notable work | The Origin of Evil |
Background
editA graduate of Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis, he was a contributor to Michel Reilhac's 2002 film The Good Old Naughty Days (Polissons et Galipettes),[2] and co-directed two short films, The Main Game (Le Grand Avoir) and Handsome Jack (Le Beau Jacques), with Élise Griffon. As a novice emerging director, however, he had difficulty securing funding to make a feature film, and he turned to other jobs for a number of years.
In 2011 he published the novel Mimi.[3] In 2013, the novel won the Prix du roman gai for the best LGBT-themed novel published in France and Belgium in the previous five years.[4] He subsequently collaborated with Caroline Lunoir, Fanny Saintenoy and Anne-Sophie Stefanini on the collective novel Qu4tre, and published the novella Une vie de petits-fours[5] and the graphic novel Salaire net et monde de brutes, which was inspired by his own employment history of short-term and temporary work.[6]
Faultless (Irréprochable), his feature directorial debut, was released in 2016.[7] He followed up with School's Out (L'Heure de la sortie) in 2018,[8] and The Origin of Evil in 2022.[9]
The Origin of Evil was the winner of the Audience Award for Narrative Features at the 2023 Frameline Film Festival.[10]
Filmography
editDirector and writer
edit- 2002 - The Good Old Naughty Days (Polissons et Galipettes), collaboration with Michel Reilhac
- 2002 - The Main Game (Le Grand Avoir), co-written and directed with Élise Griffon (short)
- 2003 - Handsome Jack (Le Beau Jacques), co-written and directed with Élise Griffon (short)
- 2016 - Faultless (Irréprochable)
- 2018 - School's Out (L'Heure de la sortie)
- 2022 - The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal)
Writer
edit- 2016 : Salaire net et monde de brut (television series for Arte), written with Élise Griffon
References
edit- ^ Melanie Goodfellow, "Sébastien Marnier Talks Casting ‘Call My Agent!’ Star Laure Calamy In Twisted Rags-To-Riches Thriller ‘Origin Of Evil’ – Venice Q&A + Clip". Variety, 31 August 2022.
- ^ Franck Finance-Madureira, "Sébastien Marnier, réalisateur de « L’Heure de la sortie » : « J’avais envie de proposer à Laurent Lafitte de jouer un gay, ce qui ne l’a pas dérangé du tout »". Komitid, 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Sébastien Marnier, romancier, 33 ans". Radio France, 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Et le prix du roman gay 2013 est attribué à…". Dialogai, October 2013.
- ^ "Une vie de petits-fours". Telerama.fr, 21 December 2013.
- ^ "BD : “Salaire net et monde de brutes“, de Sébastien Marnier". TV5Monde, 3 October 2013.
- ^ Antoine Oury, "L'écrivain Sébastien Marnier passe derrière la caméra pour Irréprochable". ActuaLitté, 5 July 2016.
- ^ Bénédicte Prot, "Sébastien Marnier • Director". Cineuropa, 10 September 2018.
- ^ Allan Hunter, "‘The Origin Of Evil’: Venice Review". Screen Daily, 1 September 2022.
- ^ Valerie Complex, "Frameline47 Presents LGBTQ+ Filmmakers With Awards And Nearly $60K In Funding On Closing Night". Deadline Hollywood, June 29, 2023.