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

Life and career

Morel was born in

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, a town of 30,000 inhabitants outside

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

. He grew up in the nearby village of

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in the Villefranche district. At the age of 15, Morel left home to pursue film studies in Lyon, and later moved to

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. There he met French director André Téchiné, who cast him in the lead role of François in the multi- César Award-winning 1994 film ''

Wild Reeds ''Wild Reeds'' (french: Les Roseaux sauvages) is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné about the sexual awakening of four teenagers and their subsequent sensitive passage into adulthood at the end of the Algerian War. The film was ...

'' (''Les Roseaux sauvages''), which brought him 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 Élodie Bouchez-Bangalter (born 5 April 1973) is a French actress. She became internationally known for her role as Renée Rienne on the fifth and final season of the television show ''Alias'' and for playing Maïté Alvarez in the film '' Wild ...

and Stéphane Rideau have both gone on to successful acting careers (he has often cast them in his own films), Morel has chosen to write and direct.

Filmography

As actor

As director

Awards

* 1995 - César nomination : Meilleur Espoir Masculin (Most Promising Young Actor) for ''

Les Roseaux sauvages ''Wild Reeds'' (french: Les Roseaux sauvages) is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné about the sexual awakening of four teenagers and their subsequent sensitive passage into adulthood at the end of the Algerian War. The film wa ...

'' * 2002 -

FIPRESCI Prize The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

, Toronto International Film Festival, for ''

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(Les chemins de l'oued)''"Cronenberg the big winner". ''

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'', September 17, 2002.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morel, Gael 1972 births Living people French male film actors French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters People from Villefranche-sur-Saône 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors