Mallard, Alain-Paul

(April 12, 1970, Mexico City, Mexico-)

   He studied Hispanic literature and literary translation in Mexico City and European intellectual history in Toronto, Canada. He authored a book (1995 Evoca­tion de Matthias Stimmberg, Heliopolis, Mexico) and collaborated on such Mexican reviews and newspa­pers as Biblioteca de México, La jornada, Luna Cornea, and Critica. Since 1996, he has lived in Paris, where he studied cinema and really began his film career. From 2000 to 2003, he directed commercials, video clips, and industrial shorts.

 Filmography

1991 ◘ To Fall in Exile (16-mm short; USA)

1997 ◘ Nageurs (16-mm short)

        ◘ On va pas en faire une Histoire (short)

        ◘ Les Beaumann (video documentary; short)

        ◘ Greetings From Jerusalem (video documentary; short)

        ◘ L'Origine de la Tendresse (short)

        ◘ BWV 170 Arte (16-mm short)

2002 ◘ Evidences: Cet obscur Désir de l'Objet (video documentary; medium-length)

2004 ◘ L'Adoption (medium-length; shot in 2003)