Gaël Aymon is an
author,
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
,
film director
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and
producer
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Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
born in
Paris, France.
Having attended the acting schools of Les
Cours Florent and the
Studio Pygmalion, Gael Aymon first embarks on a career in
acting
Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.
Acting involves a broad r ...
and directing.
He has worked as a producer and distributor for the
cinema and
theatre.
He was first published as a
children's author
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Children's ...
in 2010. His books have received numerous awards and have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Romanian, Italian, Spanish (Spain and Mexico), Catalan, German and Portuguese (Brasil).
In 2023 and 2024, he is one of the nominees for th
International Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Books
For teenagers and young adults
* ''Forever 17'' (Nathan - Novel - 2024)
* ''A night of my childhood'' (Nathan - Novel - 2023)
* ''L'apprenti-conteur'' (L'Ecole des loisirs - Novel - 2022)
* ''Grim, fils du marais'' (Nathan - Novel - 2021)
* ''Silent Boy'' (Nathan - Novel - 2020)
* ''Et ta vie m'appartiendra'' (Nathan - Novel - 2020)
* ''Mon ame frere'' (Actes Sud Junior - Novel- 2018)
* ''La planete des 7 Dormants'' (Nathan - Novel - 2018)
* ''Golden Valley'' (Gallimard Jeunesse - Novel - 2016)
* ''The forgotten heroes'' - Volume II "The Masters" (Actes Sud Junior - Novel- 2016)
* ''The forgotten heroes'' - Volume I "The gates of oblivion" (Actes Sud Junior - Novel- 2015)
* ''Forgetting Camille'' (Actes Sud Junior - Novel - Rentrée littéraire 2014)
* ''Ma reputation'' (Actes Sud Junior – Novel – 2013 / new edition Gallimard 2022)
For children
* ''My 2nd brain'' (L'Ecole des Loisirs - 2024)
* ''Vraiment peur!'' (Nathan - 2022)
* ''SOS petites sirenes'' - Volume I to VI (Nathan - 2021-2022)
* ''Sleeping Beauty'' (Nathan - 2020)
* ''Les grandes annees'' - Volume VIII (Nathan - 2020)
* ''La Belle et la Bete aux larmes de diamants'' (Gautier-Languereau - 2019)
* ''Les grandes annees'' - Volume VI & VII (Nathan - 2019)
* ''Les grandes annees'' - Volume III, IV & V (Nathan - 2018)
* ''Snow White'' (Nathan - 2018)
* ''Les grandes annees'' - Volume I & II (Nathan - 2017)
* ''Le conte des trois flocons'' (Bayard Editions - J'aime Lire poche - 2015)
* ''Perce-Neige et les trois ogresses''
Éditions Talents Hauts- 2014) – supported by Amnesty International
* ''Le secret le plus fort du monde'' (Les éditions du Ricochet – 2014)
* ''The son of the giants'' ("Le fils des géants" – Édition
Talents Hauts– 2013) – supported by Amnesty International
* ''Scarlet Slippers'' ("Les souliers écarlates" – Édition
Talents Hauts– 2012) – supported by Amnesty International
* ''An Upside Down Birthday'' ("L'anniversaire à l'envers" – Édition
Talents Hauts– 2012)
* ''Tales of Another Type'' ("Contes d'un autre genre" – Édition
Talents Hauts– 2011)
* ''Giga-Boy'' (Édition
Talents Hauts– 2011))
* ''A Space in the Playground'' ("Une place dans la cour" – Édition
Talents Hauts 2011)
* ''Princess Candy-Floss'' ("La princesse Rose-praline" – Édition
Talents Hauts 2010)
Awards
Full list here : http://gaelaymon.com/ressources/
*Gael Aymon was nominated for the 2023 and the 202
International Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
''Silent Boy''
*Prix Louis Mathis 2021
''Et ta vie m'appartiendra''
*Prix Lire Elire 2021
''Oublier Camille''
*Programme 2016 de l’Éducation Nationale, lectures cursives jeunesse, classes de 4e, « Dire l’amour, dire l’absence »
*Prix littéraire Au cœur des page, Nort-sur-Erdre 2019
*Prix des collégiens de Clamart 2016
''Ma réputation''
*Prix littéraire Marguerite-Bahuet 2017
*Prix littéraire "slam ta lecture " 2017
*Prix de la ville Cherbourg-Octeville 2015
*Prix Gr’Aisne de critique 2014-2015
*Prix Jacaranda 2016 (Maroc)
''Perce-Neige et les trois ogresses''
*Prix Littéraire du Val de l'Aurence 2016
''Une place dans la cour''
*Prix Tartines Fraises 2013
External links
Gaël Aymon's official Website
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French children's writers
21st-century French non-fiction writers
French film directors
French film producers
French male screenwriters
Living people
1973 births
21st-century French screenwriters