Gaël Morel
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| Gaël Morel | |
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 Morel as François in Wild Reeds |
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| Born | September 25, 1972 Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône-Alpes, France |
Gaël Morel (born September 25, 1972) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor.
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[edit] Biography
Morel was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône-Alpes, 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.
[edit] Filmography as actor
- Les Roseaux sauvages (Wild Reeds) dir.André Téchiné, 1994 ..."François"
- Le Plus Bel Âge dir. Didier Haudepin, 1995 ..."Bertrand"
- Zonzon dir. Laurent Bouhnik, 1998 ..."Grandjean"
- Loin dir. André Téchiné, 2001 ..."François"
[edit] 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 Clan (Three Dancing Slaves), 2004
- Après Lui, 2007
[edit] Awards
- 1995 César nomination : Meilleur Espoir Masculin (Most Promising Young Actor) for Les Roseaux sauvages
- 2002 Fipresci Prize, Toronto International Film Festival, for Les Chemins de l'Oued
