Castella, Charles

(April 23, l96l, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - )

   Having trained at the ENSAD (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs) in the cine-video section, he created with painter Gérard Traquandi the poster for the l990 Cannes Film Festival. In l994, he became artistic director for Banfilms and Sacher Films. Other credits (as assistant director): l995 L'unico paese nel mondo (short, Nanni Moretti, Italy); (as actor): l997 Bonjour (short, Bruno Herbulot); (as co-screenwriter): 2002 En attendant le Bonheur / Heremakono (Abderrahmane Sissako, France / Mauritania).

 Filmography

1988 ◘ La Bonne Aventure (video short; also screenwriter)

1990 ◘ Marie tombée des Nues (short; also screenwriter)

1992 ◘ Une Rencontre (short; also screenwriter)

 l997 ◘ Petite Météorologie ou Sept Histoires du Temps (short; also screenwriter, cinematographer, actor)

1999 ◘ La Vie est dure, nous aussi (also co-screenwriter, actor; shot in l997-l998)

        ◘ Un Souvenir de Claire Coums (short; co-director with Alice de Poncheville; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, cinematographer)

        ◘ La Fille du Loup maigre (short; co-director with Alice de Poncheville; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1995 ◘ Le Cinéma vers son deuxième Siècle (documentary)

        ◘ Voyage / Voyage (short; episode Marseille)

        ◘ Scalpel (nine shorts)

        ◘ La Cinémathèque oubliée ou Quatre Dames dans le Noir (documentary)

        ◘ Les Marches (documentary; short)