| Sébastien Marnier | |
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| Born | (1977-09-22) 22 September 1977 (age 47) Les Lilas, Île-de-France, France |
| Occupation(s) | film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2000s-present |
| Notable work | The Origin of Evil |
Sébastien Marnier (born September 22, 1977) is a French film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2022 film The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal).
Background
A graduate of Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis, he was a contributor to Michel Reilhac's 2002 film The Good Old Naughty Days (Polissons et Galipettes), and co-directed two short films, The Main Game (Le Grand Avoir) and Handsome Jack (Le Beau Jacques), with Élise Griffon. As a novice emerging director, however, he had difficulty securing funding to make a feature film, and he turned to other jobs for a number of years.
In 2011 he published the novel Mimi. In 2013, the novel won the Prix du roman gai for the best LGBT-themed novel published in France and Belgium in the previous five years. He subsequently collaborated with Caroline Lunoir, Fanny Saintenoy and Anne-Sophie Stefanini on the collective novel Qu4tre, and published the novella Une vie de petits-fours and the graphic novel Salaire net et monde de brutes, which was inspired by his own employment history of short-term and temporary work.
Faultless (Irréprochable), his feature directorial debut, was released in 2016. He followed up with School's Out (L'Heure de la sortie) in 2018, and The Origin of Evil in 2022.
The Origin of Evil was the winner of the Audience Award for Narrative Features at the 2023 Frameline Film Festival.
Filmography
Director and writer
- 2002 - The Good Old Naughty Days (Polissons et Galipettes), collaboration with Michel Reilhac
- 2002 - The Main Game (Le Grand Avoir), co-written and directed with Élise Griffon (short)
- 2003 - Handsome Jack (Le Beau Jacques), co-written and directed with Élise Griffon (short)
- 2016 - Faultless (Irréprochable)
- 2018 - School's Out (L'Heure de la sortie)
- 2022 - The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal)
Writer
- 2016 : Salaire net et monde de brut (television series for Arte), written with Élise Griffon
References
- Melanie Goodfellow, "Sébastien Marnier Talks Casting ‘Call My Agent!’ Star Laure Calamy In Twisted Rags-To-Riches Thriller ‘Origin Of Evil’ – Venice Q&A + Clip". Variety, 31 August 2022.
- Franck Finance-Madureira, "Sébastien Marnier, réalisateur de « L’Heure de la sortie » : « J’avais envie de proposer à Laurent Lafitte de jouer un gay, ce qui ne l’a pas dérangé du tout »". Komitid, 1 January 2019.
- "Sébastien Marnier, romancier, 33 ans". Radio France, 19 July 2011.
- "Et le prix du roman gay 2013 est attribué à…". Dialogai, October 2013.
- "Une vie de petits-fours". Telerama.fr, 21 December 2013.
- "BD : “Salaire net et monde de brutes“, de Sébastien Marnier". TV5Monde, 3 October 2013.
- Antoine Oury, "L'écrivain Sébastien Marnier passe derrière la caméra pour Irréprochable". ActuaLitté, 5 July 2016.
- Bénédicte Prot, "Sébastien Marnier • Director". Cineuropa, 10 September 2018.
- Allan Hunter, "‘The Origin Of Evil’: Venice Review". Screen Daily, 1 September 2022.
- Valerie Complex, "Frameline47 Presents LGBTQ+ Filmmakers With Awards And Nearly $60K In Funding On Closing Night". Deadline Hollywood, June 29, 2023.