Mathieu Demy (born 15 October 1972) is a French actor, film director and producer.
/ref> He is the son of French film directors Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy.

Career

Demy started as a young actor in Agnès Varda's films ''L'une chante, l'autre pas'' (''One Sings, the Other Doesn't''), ''

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'', '' Mur Murs'' and ''

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and Jacques Martineau. In 1999, he started a company, Les Films de l’Autre, to produce his own short films. He produced and directed in 2000 his first film, ''Le Plafond'' (35’), adapted from a short story by

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. The film received the audience award at the Angers film festival Festival Premiers Plans and the Uppsala International Short film Festival, and additional awards in Pantin, Rennes, Dignes and Mamers. In 2001, Demy worked for director Benoît Cohen for the first time in the film ''Les Acteurs anonymes''. They reunited for ''Nos enfants chéris'' (''Our Precious Children''), in which he played Martin, a 30-year-old who meets his great love again just as he's about to become a father. In 2001, Demy received the best actor award at the Festival de Paris for ''Quand on sera grand'' directed by Renaud Cohen. The Festival Européen Cinessone awarded him twice for acting: in 2003 for ''Mister V.'' by

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and in 2004 for ''Le Silence'' by Orso Miret. In 2005, Les Films de l’Autre produced Demy’s second short film, ''La Bourde'' (20’), an experimental comedy. Demy reprised his role as Martin for the TV adaptation of ''Nos enfants chéris'', which aired on

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in 2007-2008. He was cast by

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for ''Le Grand Alibi'' and worked twice for Philippe Barassat, in ''Folle de Rachid en transit sur Mars'' and in ''Lisa et le pilote d’avion''. In 2009, he also starred in André Téchiné's ''La Fille du RER'' and in the television drama ''Mes chères études'', directed by

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and dealing with a students' prostitution. In 2011, Demy appeared in

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's ''

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'' and was cast as the lead in the romantic comedy ''L'Art de séduire'' by Guy Mazarguil. The same year, Demy wrote, directed and produced his first feature film, '' Americano''. Demy also stars in the film along with

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and

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. Since 2012 Demy has continued to act in films such as "Les Conquerants" by Xabi Molia or "My little One" by Frédéric Choffat and Julie Gilbert. Demy has also been involved in French television shows such as Eric ROchant's multi-awarded "Le Bureau des Légendes" for which he directed two episodes in season 1 and 3 episodes in season 3. Demy also had a part in the show as "Clément Migaud", Marie-Jeanne's lover Since 2019 Demy stars in "Mytho" along with Marina Hands. The show was created by Anne Berest and Fabrice Gobert ("Les revenants") and was broadcast on Arte, whetre it gathered 2 million views, and available on Netflix for the international audience. The shooting of season 2 will be stating at the end of January 2020.

Filmography

*1981 : ''

'' *1988 : '' Kung-Fu Master'' *1993 : '' À la belle étoile'' with

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, Chiara Mastroianni *1995 : '' A Hundred and One Nights'' *1997 : '' Arlette'' with

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and Christopher Lambert *1997 : '' Jeanne et le garçon formidable'' with

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*1999 : '' Le New Yorker'' with Grace Phillips *1999 : '' Banqueroute'' with Antoine Chappey *2000 : '' La Chambre obscure'' with

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*2001 : '' Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite'' with Audrey Tautou *2002 : ''

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'' by

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with

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, Lubna Azabal *2003 : '' Nos enfants chéris'' by Benoît Cohen *2005 : ' by

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with

Emmanuelle Béart Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963)
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*2006 : ''

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'' by

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*2007 : '' Écoute le temps'' by Alantė Kavaitė *2007 : '' Le Temps d'un regard'' by Ilan Flammer *2008 : '' Le Grand alibi'' by

*2008 : '' Les Plages d'Agnès'' by Agnès Varda *2009 : ''

La Fille du RER ''The Girl on the Train'' (french: link=no, La fille du RER) is a 2009 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Emilie Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve and Michel Blanc. The plot centers on an aimless girl who lies about being the vic ...

'' by André Téchiné *2011 : '' Les Insomniaques'' by

Jean-Pierre Mocky Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Mocky was born in Nice, France to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska ...

*2011 : '' L'Art de séduire'' by Guy Mazarguil *2011 : ''

'' by

*2011 : '' Americano'', directorial debut *2013 : '' The Conquerors'' by Xabi Molia *2015 : ''Séances'' by Guy Maddin *2016 - 2018 : ''

Le Bureau des Légendes ''The Bureau'' (original title: ') is a French political thriller television series created by Éric Rochant and produced by TOP – The Oligarchs Productions and Canal+, which revolves around the lives of agents of the DGSE (General Directora ...

'' by Eric Rochant *2018 : ''My Little One'' by Julie Gilbert & Frédéric Choffat *2019 - 2020 : ''Mytho'' by Fabrice Gobert & Anne Berest

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demy, Mathieu 1972 births Living people French male film actors French film directors French people of Greek descent Male actors from Paris