Gaël Morel

Gaël Morel
Morel at the 2007 Deauville American Film Festival
Born	(1972-09-25) 25 September 1972 Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France
Occupation	Actor, director, screenwriter
Years active	1994–present

Gaël Morel (born 25 September 1972) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor.^[1]

Life and career

Morel was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, 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 pursue film studies in Lyon, and later moved to Paris. There he met acclaimed French director André Téchiné who cast him in the lead role of François in the multi César-winning 1994 film Les Roseaux sauvages 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.

Filmography

As actor

As director

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gaël Morel.

• Gaël Morel at the Internet Movie Database