César Ducasse (born November 1, 1979) is a French film director, writer and editor, best known for directing the Norwegian cult horror
Dark Souls (Mørke sjeler).
Career
César Ducasse graduated from l’
École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle in 2001.
He launched Addict Films, an independent production company developing music videos and feature films.
In 2001 he directed a music video for the
Aphex Twin
Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known as Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ. He is known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic music, electronic styles such as techno, ambient music, ambient, and jun ...
’s Milkman song, and a short film, Cryo, that won awards in short film festivals.
In 2004, he produced and directed the science-fiction film Lies Inc. Greatly influenced by American novelist
Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928March 2, 1982), often referred to by his initials PKD, was an American science fiction writer. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his l ...
, the film received a theater and DVD release in Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland). The film is known to be the first Norwegian Sci-Fi.
In 2007 he directed a second music video, Petiatil CxHtdui, and started to work for Norwegian TV, editing popular shows like Asbjørn Brekke Show, Nissene over skog og hei, På tur med Dag Otto and Kompani Lauritzen.
His last feature film,
Dark Souls (Mørke sjeler), a horror thriller, was released in Norwegian theaters in January 2011, and subsequently hit Blu-ray and DVD shelves shortly after. Dark Souls was in competition at the 29th
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), previously named Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (french: Festival international du film fantastique de Bruxelles, nl, Internationaal Festival van de Fantastische Fil ...
, and at the 44th edition of the
Sitges Film Festival
The Sitges Film Festival ( ca, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, links=no) is an annual film festival held in Sitges, Spain, specialized in fantasy and horror films, of which it is considered one of the world's foremost in ...
.
Dark Souls received mixed reviews in Norway upon theater release. However, it was sold to over 20 countries and received mainly positive reviews abroad.
Awards
César Ducasse shared a best director award with Mathieu Peteul at the 2010 São Paulo Fantastico Festival for the film
Dark Souls (Mørke sjeler).
The film was also awarded in six other film festivals
References
External links
Official website*
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1979 births
French film directors
French film editors
French male screenwriters
French screenwriters
Living people
French male non-fiction writers