Years active 1994–present Name Gael Morel | Role Film director | |
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Occupation Actor, director, screenwriter Nominations Cesar Award for Most Promising Actor Movies Our Paradise, 3 Dancing Slaves, Wild Reeds, Full Speed, Apres lui Similar People Stephane Rideau, Thomas Dumerchez, Salim Kechiouche, Elodie Bouchez, Nicolas Cazale | ||
Notre paradis un film de ga l morel
Gaël Morel (born 25 September 1972) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor.
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Gaël Morel - Biographie
Life and career
Morel was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France, a small town of 30,000 inhabitants outside Lyon. He also grew up in the nearby little 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 acclaimed French director André Téchiné who cast him in the lead role of François in the multi César-winning 1994 film Les Roseaux sauvages which brought him to wider 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 pursue a career behind the camera, as filmmaking has always been his passion.
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