Jacques Martineau (born 8 July 1963, Montpellier) is a French film director and screenwriter who works in collaboration with partner Olivier Ducastel. To date, they have completed five films together.

[edit] Biography

After spending his adolescence in Nice, Martineau moved to Paris to study at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. After graduating, he took up a teaching post at the facility.

In 1995 Martineau met Olivier Ducastel, and the two began a professional and personal relationship. Their first collaborative venture, Jeanne et le Garçon formidable (an HIV/AIDS-themed musical comedy inspired by the films of Jacques Demy and featuring Virginie Ledoyen and Demy's son Mathieu), was released in 1998. Ducastel and Martineau have since directed four further films with gay-related storylines, the most recent being the ambitious, almost three hour-long Nés en 68 starring Laetitia Casta and Yannick Renier.^[1]

Martineau currently combines film work with a lectureship at Paris X University Nanterre.

[edit] Filmography

• 1998: Jeanne et le Garçon formidable
• 2000: Drôle de Félix
• 2002: Ma vraie vie à Rouen
• 2005: Crustacés et Coquillages
• 2008: Nés en 68 ^[2]

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