Odoutan, Jean

(December 27, 1965, Cotonou, Benin-)

   Having settled in a Parisian suburb in 1980, he was an actor from 1983 to 1995 and assistant to director Pierre Schoendoerffer (1991 Dien-Bien-Phû). He man­aged two production film companies, one in France (45rdlc) and the other in Benin (Tabou-Tabac Films). He is the organizer of the International Film Festival of Ouidah, Benin.

 Filmography

        ◘ Kalamazo—La Passion du Foot (Super-16-mm short; also screenwriter, dialogist, delegate producer, actor; Benin)

        ◘ Tanti-Cotonou—Mama Benz (Super-16-mm short; also screenwriter, delegate producer; Benin)

        ◘ Meli-Melo au Squatt-Place (Super-16-mm short; also screenwriter, delegate producer; Benin)

        ◘ Lalabres d'Antilopes incommensurables et de Zébus katangais au Pied du HLM (Super-16-mm short; also screenwriter, dialogist, delegate producer, actor; Benin)

1994 ◘ Le Nègre distingué (video short; also screenwriter, dialogist, delegate producer, actor; Benin)

1998 ◘ Le Réalisateur nègre (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, delegate producer, actor; Benin)

2000 ◘ Barbecue-Pejo (also screenwriter, delegate producer, production designer, costume de­signer, composer; France / Benin; shot in 1998-1999)

        ◘ Djib (also screenwriter, dialogist, delegate producer, production designer, costume designer, actor, editor, composer; France / Benin)

2002 ◘ Mama Aloko (also screenwriter, dialogist, del­egate producer, actor, composer; France / Benin; shot in 2000)

2004 ◘ La Valse des gros Derrières (also screenwriter, dialogist, delegate producer, actor, composer; France / Benin)