Jahan, Olivier

(January I, 1956, Paris, France - )

   A former assistant director (1979 Certaines Nouvelles, Jacques Davila, shot in 1976), he worked as a cast­ing director on about fifty commercials. He was the assistant delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Direc­tors' Fortnight and contributed to the organization of several other festivals (Deauville, Avoriaz). An oc­casional actor (1994 Les Amoureux, Catherine Corsini; 1999 La Nouvelle Eve / A Nova Eva, Catherine Cor-sini, France / Portugal; 1999 La Voleuse de Saint-Lubin, Claire Devers; 2006 Les Ambitieux, Catherine Corsini) and screenwriter (2005 Saint-Valentin, Philippe Harel), he directed half a dozen movies, mostly shorts.

 Filmography

        ◘ Parlez après le Signal sonore (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Comme un Dimanche (short; also screenwriter)

1996 ◘ Au Bord de l'Autoroute / USA: Along the Freeway (short; also screenwriter)

1997 ◘ Beaucoup trop loin (short; also screenwriter)

2001 ◘ Faites comme si je n'étais pas là (also co-screenwriter; shot in 1999)

2004 ◘ Du Bois pour l'Hiver (short; also co-screenwriter)

2008 ◘ 40x15 (documentary)