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).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.
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),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. 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."Sébastien Marnier, romancier, 33 ans". Radio France, 19 July 2011. 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."Et le prix du roman gay 2013 est attribué à…". Dialogai, October 2013. 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"Une vie de petits-fours". Telerama.fr, 21 December 2013. and the graphic novel Salaire net et monde de brutes, which was inspired by his own employment history of short-term and temporary work."BD : “Salaire net et monde de brutes“, de Sébastien Marnier". TV5Monde, 3 October 2013.
Faultless (Irréprochable), his feature directorial debut, was released in 2016.Antoine Oury, "L'écrivain Sébastien Marnier passe derrière la caméra pour Irréprochable". ActuaLitté, 5 July 2016. He followed up with School's Out (L'Heure de la sortie) in 2018,Bénédicte Prot, "Sébastien Marnier • Director". Cineuropa, 10 September 2018. and The Origin of Evil in 2022.Allan Hunter, "‘The Origin Of Evil’: Venice Review". Screen Daily, 1 September 2022.
The Origin of Evil was the winner of the Audience Award for Narrative Features at the 2023 Frameline Film Festival.Valerie Complex, "Frameline47 Presents LGBTQ+ Filmmakers With Awards And Nearly $60K In Funding On Closing Night". Deadline Hollywood, June 29, 2023.
Filmography
Director and writer
Year Title Role Notes 2002 The Good Old Naughty Days (Polissons et Galipettes) Director and writer Collaboration with Michel Reilhac 2002 The Main Game (Le Grand Avoir) Director and writer Co-written and directed with Élise Griffon (short film) 2003 Handsome Jack (Le Beau Jacques) Director and writer Co-written and directed with Élise Griffon (short film) 2016 Faultless (Irréprochable) Director and writer 2018 School's Out (L'Heure de la sortie) Director and writer 2022 The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal) Director and writer
Writer
Year Title Role Notes 2016 Salaire net et monde de brut Writer Television series for Arte, written with Élise Griffon
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