Toesca, Michel

(March 28, 1960, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France - )

   A movie buff since his childhood, he was fourteen years old when he took part in a short directed by his cousin, photographer Jean-Louis Martinetti. The same year, his father gave him a Super-8 camera for Christmas, and he shot about ten amateur shorts from 1975 to 1982. Having settled in Paris in 1979, he spent a lot of time at the Cinematheque and briefly studied cinema at the E.S.E.C. He earned a living writ­ing radio plays for Les Nouveaux Maîtres du Mystère (France Inter, 1981-1986). He directed his first pro­fessional movie, a short, in 1982. He appeared as an actor (Les Robes, Jérôme Michaud-Larivière; Sinon oui / A Foreign Body, Claire Simon, France / Canada; 1999 Swamp!, Eric Bu) and worked occasionally as a sound engineer (2002 800 km de Différence-Romance, Claire Simon) and editor (2003 Mimi, Claire Simon).

 Filmography

1983 ◘ Muthos (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1989 ◘ Taratatata (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1994 ◘ Dans un grand Lit carré (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

2005 ◘ J'irai cracher sur vos Tongs (also screenwriter, dialogist)

   Videos

1996 ◘ Vu dans les Nuages (short)

1999 ◘ Dialogue (short)

2002 ◘ Train (short)

        ◘ Humm (short)

        ◘ La Pierre et le Ciel (short)

2003 ◘ Mai (short)

        ◘ Gym (short)

2005 ◘ Jveux pas ktu m'film (short)

        ◘ Hey Bill! (short)

        ◘ Bénédicte (short)

2006 ◘ 15, 16, 17 août (short)

        ◘ Dialogue 2 (short)

 Television Filmography

1990- Dynamo (five documentary shorts)

2003 ◘ Espaces et Territoires (documentary)