Gaëtan Vassart is a

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

, author and

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born in 1978 in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Belgium.

Biography

Author, director and actor born in Brussels in 1978, Gaëtan Vassart is belgian and french graduated from INSAS, and from National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris. In 2016, Gaëtan Vassart directed on stage Golshifteh Farahani in Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. In 2018, he directed Miss Julie by August Strindberg. Gaëtan Vassart worked as an actor in short and feature films, notably Pierre Schoeller (THE MINISTER, FIF Cannes 2011), Jean-Xavier de Lestrad, Thierry de Peretti. Gaëtan Vassart co-wrote with Jean-Claude Carrière the feature film CECILE AND HE GROCER. In 2022, he directed with Sabrina Kouroughli the short film LOST, produced by Haïku films. The film is selected at São Paulo International Short Film Festival, and the Seoul International short Film Festival among other festivals.

Cinema

Director

* 2022: ''Lost'', short film.

Actor

* 2009: ''Trois chambres'', court-métrage de Chloé Thomas/ ''Le GREC'', ''rôle de l'homme'' * 2009:'' Parcours meurtrier d'une mère ordinaire , la fille du silence'' de

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'', ''Jean-Louis Courjault'' * 2011: Kings, court-métrage de

Deniz Gamze Ergüven Deniz Gamze Ergüven (born 4 June 1978), is a Turkish-French film director best known for her debut feature film ''Mustang''. Early life and education Ergüven was born in Ankara, Turkey but moved to France in the 1980s. She grew up and went to ...

, Prize Emergence, ''l'émeutier.'' * 2011: '' L'Exercice de l'État'', long-métrage de Pierre Schöller, sélection ''Un certain regard'' FIF Cannes 2011'', '' Loïk'' * 2015: '' Malaterra'' - SAISON 1

et Laurent Herbiet, '' Kevin Costa''

Theatre

Director

* 2001: ''The imaginary invalid'' from Molière, House of Portugal ''André de Gouveia'', International city Universitaire of Paris * 2012: ''Bear skin'' written and directed by Gaëtan Vassart, at Maison de la Radio-Paris, with Anne Alvaro. * 2014: ''Toni M.'' written and directed by Gaëtan Vassart, with Bernard Sobel, Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre des Halles, Chapelle Saint-Claire. ( Chartreuse of Villeneuve–Lez-Avignon ) * 2015: ''Danser'' written and directed by Gaëtan Vassart, Comédie de Picardie, Scène nationale of Marne-La-Vallée. * 2016: ''Anna Karénine ( the bals where I have fun doesn’t exist for me anymore)'' from Tolstoï, adaptation and directing by Gaëtan Vassart, Théâtre de la Tempête in the Cartoucherie de Vincennes (Eastern Paris) and on tour, with

Golshifteh Farahani Rahavard Farahani ( fa, رهاورد فراهانی; born 10 July 1983), known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani (), is an Iranian-French actress. She is known for her performances in ''M for Mother'' (2006), '' Body of Lies'' (2008), ''Abo ...

* 2018: ''Miss Julie'' August Strindberg, La Ménagerie de Verre-Paris, Comédie de Picardie. * 2019: Bérénice, Jean Racine, La Manufacture des Oeillets, Dramatic National Center of Ivry

Actor

* 2003: ''Immortality'' from

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, m.s. Joël Jouanneau, Théâtre Ouvert * 2003: ''Pseudolus'' from Plaute, directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman, Brigitte Jaques, Auditorium of Louvre * 2004: ''Murder of the Jew princess'' from Armando Llamas, directed by Philippe Adrien, Théâtre de la Tempête, Piccolo Teatro (

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) * 2004: ''The funny knowledge'', directed by Gilberte Tsaï, Centre dramatique national de Montreuil * 2004: ''Yvonne, queen of Bourgogne'' from

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, directed by Philippe Adrien, Théâtre du Conservatoire * 2005: ''Comedy of mistakes'' from

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, directed by Marc Feld,

Théâtre national de Chaillot The Théâtre National de Chaillot (English: Chaillot National Theatre) is a theatre located in the Palais de Chaillot at 1, place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Close by the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro Gardens—the Th� ...

* 2005: ''Winter tales'' from

, directed by Pauline Bureau, Théâtre du Ranelagh * 2006: ''Dons, Mécènes et Adorateurs'', by Ostrovski, directed by Bernard Sobel, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Théâtre du Nord * 2006: ''Pœub!'' de Serge Valletti, directed by Michel Didym, Théâtre des Célestins, Théâtre de la Criée,

Théâtre national de la Colline The Théâtre national de la Colline is a theatre at 15, rue Malte-Brun in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The closest métro station is Gambetta. It is one of the five national theatres dedicated to drama which are entirely supported by the Fr ...

* 2007: ''The death of Zand'' from Iouri Olecha, directed by Bernard Sobel, La Colline, Théâtre national de Strasbourg * 2008: ''The holidays of Mister Hulot revisited'', from Jean-Claude Carrière, directed by L. Shroeder, Cinémathèque du Luxembourg * 2009: ''The stone'' de

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, directed by Bernard Sobel, Théâtre de Dijon Bourgogne * 2010: ''The stone'' de

, directed by Bernard Sobel,

, Théâtre du Nord * 2010: ''Amphitryon (Kleist) Amphitryon'' de

Heinrich Von Kleist Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays '' Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', ''The Broken Jug'', ''Amph ...

, mise en scène Bernard Sobel, MC 93 Bobigny * 2013: ''House cleaner'' from Markus Orth, directed by. Sarah Capony, Théâtre 13, * 2013: ''Hannibal'' de Grabbe, from Bernard Sobel, Théâtre national de Strasbourg, T2G, CADO, Théâtre de la Liberté * 2014: ''Toni M.'', written and directed by Gaëtan Vassart, collaboration art. Bernard Sobel, festival Avignon, rôle : ''

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'' * 2016: ''Le Cid'', Corneille, directed by Yves Beaunesne, Comédie Poitou-Charentes

Selections/ Awards

''Lost'' directed by Gaëtan Vassart and Sabrina Kouroughli (Haïku Films, 15') • 33th São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Sāo Paulo ISFF 2022) • 14th Seoul International Extreme-short Image & Film Festival (SESIFF 2022) • Barcelona's XXXIV Sants Fantasy and Horror Film Marathon (Spain, 2022) • Mexico's International Festival of Independent Art and Cinema (MIAX), 2022 • 23th Pontault-Combault International First film Festival (France, 2022) • Special Mention Awards- 11th New Delhi International Short Film Festival (ISFF, 2022) • AQP Audiovisual y Cine Festival (Arequipa, Perú, 2022) • Tbilisi 3rd Diogenes International Short Film Festival (Georgia, 2022) • Sevilla's Akida International Film Festival (Spain, 2023) • 6th Venezuela International Film Festival Fescilmar, 2022 • Festival WomenTime! II International Women's Film Festival of the Canary Islands.

External links

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Songs from Gaëtan Vassart
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