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Christophe Honoré is a French writer and film director born in Carhaix, Finistère in 1970.

After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in the "Les Cahiers du Cinéma." He started writing soon-after. His 1996 book Tout contre Léo (Close to Leo) talks about HIV and is aimed at young adults; he made it into a movie in 2002. He wrote other books for young adults throughout the late 1990s. His first play, Les Débutantes, was performed at Avignon's Off Festival in 1998. In 2005, he returns to Avignon to present his latest creation, Dionysos impuissant, in the "In" Festival; Joana Preiss and Louis Garrel, who has acted in a number of Honoré films, played the leads.

A well-known director, he is considered an "auteur" in French Cinema. His 2006 film "Dans Paris" has led him to be considered by French critics as the heir to the Nouvelle Vague Cinema. In 2007, Les Chansons d'amour was one of 19 films selected to be in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Some of his movies or screenplays (like Les filles ne savent pas nager, Dix-sept fois Cécile Cassard and Les Chansons d'amour) deal with gay or lesbian relations.

Honoré has been the screenwriter for some of Gaël Morel's films. He has also directed Romain Duris in two different films.

Contents 1 Novels 2 Theatre 3 Screenwriting 4 Film director 5 References 6 Trivia

[edit] Novels

• 1995 : Tout contre Léo (jeunesse), turned into a film in 2002
• 1996 : C'est plus fort que moi (jeunesse)
• 1997 : Je joue très bien tout seul (jeunesse)
• 1997 : L'affaire petit Marcel (jeunesse)
• 1997 : L’infamille (Éditions de L'Olivier, ISBN 2-87929-143-7)
• 1998 : Zéro de lecture (jeunesse)
• 1998 : Une toute petite histoire d'amour (jeunesse)
• 1998 : Je ne suis pas une fille à papa (jeunesse)
• 1999 : Les nuits où personne ne dort (jeunesse)
• 1999 : Mon cœur bouleversé (jeunesse)
• 1999: Bretonneries (jeunesse)
• 1999 : La douceur (Éditions de L'Olivier, ISBN 2-87929-236-0)

[edit] Theatre

• 1998 : Les Débutantes
• 2001 : Le pire du troupeau

[edit] Screenwriting

• Le frère des taureaux
• 2006 : Dans Paris
• 2004 :Le Clan by Gaël Morel
• 2003 : Ma mère
• 2002 : Tout contre Léo (Close to Leo)
• 2002 : Novo by Jean-Pierre Limosin
• 2002 : Dix sept fois Cécile Cassard
• 2001 : Nous deux
• 2000 : Les filles ne savent pas nager by Anne-Sophie Birot

[edit] Film director

• 2009 : Non Ma Fille, Tu N'iras pas Danser with Chiara Mastroianni, Julien Honoré and Louis Garrel.
• 2008 : La belle personne with Louis Garrel, Léa Seydoux and Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
• 2007 : Les Chansons d'amour with Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme and Chiara Mastroianni
• 2006 : Dans Paris with Romain Duris, Louis Garrel, Joanna Preiss, Guy Marchand and Marie-France Pisier
• 2003 : Ma mère (adapted from Georges Bataille's novel) with Isabelle Huppert and Louis Garrel
• 2002 : Dix sept fois Cécile Cassard with Béatrice Dalle, Romain Duris and Jeanne Balibar
• 2002 : Tout contre Léo, released in English as Close to Leo
• 2000 : Nous deux

[edit] References

• Rees-Roberts, Nick. French Queer Cinema, Edinburgh University Press (2008)

[edit] Trivia

• He has said in various interviews that he originally did not want to cast Louis Garrel as Ismael in Les Chansons d'Amour but during the casting process Louis kept calling him and "insisting" so finally Christophe gave in and let Louis audition.