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Gaël Morel

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Gaël Morel
Born (1972-09-25) 25 September 1972 (age 52)
Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France
Occupation(s)Actor, director, screenwriter
Years active1994–present

Gaël Morel (born 25 September 1972) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor.[1]

Life and career

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Morel was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France, a town of 30,000 inhabitants outside Lyon. He grew up in the nearby village of Lacenas in the Villefranche district.

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

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As actor

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Year Title Role Director
1994 Wild Reeds (Les Roseaux sauvages) François André Téchiné
1995 Le Plus Bel Âge Bertrand Didier Haudepin
1998 Zonzon Grandjean Laurent Bouhnik
2001 Far François André Téchiné

As director

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Year Title
1994 La Vie à Rebours
1996 Full Speed (À toute vitesse)
1999 First Snow (Premières neiges)
2002 Under Another Sky (Les chemins de l'oued)
2004 3 Dancing Slaves (Le Clan)
2007 After Him (Après lui)
2008 New Wave
2011 Our Paradise (Notre Paradis)
2017 Catch the Wind (Prendre le large)
2024 To Live, To Die, To Live Again (Vivre, Mourir, Renaître)

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Gaël Morel - AlloCiné" (in French). AlloCiné. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
  2. ^ "Cronenberg the big winner". Guelph Mercury, September 17, 2002.
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