Ossang, François-Jacques

(Jacques Plougeaut / August 7, 1956, Cantal, France - )

   At age seventeen, he wrote collections of poems (first book published: Ecorces de Cendre, Millas-Martin, 1975). Two years later, he created a liter­ary review, CEE. In 1977, he switched to music and founded a neopunk band (De la Destruction Pure) and then another band (MKB Fraction Provisoire / Messagero Killer Boy, which produced nine albums, including his films' sound tracks). Having graduated from the IDHEC, he began shooting movies in 1982. He authored more than twenty unconventional books, including novels: Génération Néant (Warvil-liers, 1993), Au Bord de l'Aurore (Warvilliers, 1994), and Les 59 Jours (Diabase, 1999).

 Filmography

        ◘ La Dernière Enigme (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Zona Inquinata (also screenwriter)

1985 ◘ L'Affaire des Divisions Morituri (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, actor as Frankie Tavez-zano, editor; shot in 1983)

1991 ◘ Le Trésor des Iles Chiennes (also screenwriter, co-producer, composer with Messageros Killers Boys; France / Portugal; shot in 1989)

1998 ◘ Docteur Chance / US video: Doctor Chance (also screenwriter, shot in 1996)

2007 ◘ Silêncio (short; also screenwriter, producer, editor, sound editor; France / Portugal)