Gaël Morel

Gaël Morel ( born September 25, 1972 in Villefranche -sur -Saône ) is a French actor and director.

Life

Morel was of 30,000 inhabitants, 25 km north of Lyon, born in 1972 in Villefranche -sur -Saône, a small town. He grew up in the nearby village of Lacenas.

At the age of 15 years Morel left home to begin a film school in Lyon. Finally, he moved to Paris, where he met in 1994 on the successful André Téchiné French director, who promptly hired for the lead role of his later awarded a César film Wild Hearts him (Les Roseaux sauvages ). Morel himself so that the breakthrough. Not only many critics paid him high praise for his performance, he was nominated for a César for most promising young actor.

Unlike his other castmates from Wild Hearts, Frédéric Gorny, Élodie Bouchez and Stéphane Rideau, began with the film a successful acting career, Morel opted for a career behind the camera, as it had always been his true passion. As a director, he took for his projects regularly his former acting partner Stéphane Rideau in front of the camera.

Filmography (selection)

Actor

Director

Screenplay

• 2007: Love Songs (Les Chansons d' amour )