Cotard, Daniel

(January 16, 1959, Paris, France - )

   The son of an usherette, he graduated with a mas­ter's degree in cinematographic studies from the cinema department at the University of Paris VIII. In 1995, he played in two shorts (Pique-Nique Douille, Yvan Gauthier; Le Chien noir, also producer, Gilles Adrien) and created his own production company, Spiral Films. He authored plays (1998 Le Couteau dans l'Herbe, Le Pacte). Other credits (as producer): 1996 Rêves d'Eau (short, Spideh Farsi); (as delegate producer): 1995 Le Voyeur (short, Patrice Girard); 1996 Jacques, Nantes et Barbara (short, Philippe Guiheneuf); 1997 Pique-Nique (short, Hervé Bastien); Lettre sur le Bonheur (short, Emmanuelle Petit); Une Belle Vie (short, Marie Tikova); 1998 Pascal et la vieille Dame (short, Wilfried Hureau).

 Filmography

        ◘ La DS rose (short)

        ◘ Mort sûre (short)

1986 ◘ Echec à l'Amour (short)

        ◘ Edition spéciale (short)

        ◘ Le Ring (short; also screenwriter, composer)

        ◘ Un Petit Travail tranquille (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, composer, editor)

1992 ◘ Neuilly j'y étais, Plaisance je suis (short)

1995 ◘ Rien ne va plus (short; also screenwriter, del­egate producer, editor, composer)

1997 ◘ Décroche! (short; also screenwriter, delegate producer, cinematographer, composer)

        ◘ Le Garçon aux Allumettes (short; also screenwriter, delegate producer, cinematographer, composer)

        ◘ La Marelle (short; also screenwriter, delegate producer)

        ◘ Le Pacte (also screenwriter, delegate producer; unreleased)