Desarthe, Dante

(January 27, 1965, Paris, France - )

   The son of actor Gérard Desarthe (b. 1945), he was second assistant director to René Féret and Pierre-William Glenn before founding Baobab Productions in 1987 and then Les Films du Bois Sacré, which financed shorts directed by his friends (1988 Le Fardeau, Guillaume Bréaud; 1991 Lady Bag, Thomas Vincent; Le Vol du Père, Guillaume Bréaud; 1992 Dober Man, Tim Southam, Canada; 1994 Où tu vas, Frédéric Gélard; 1995 Madame Frou-Frou, Frédéric Lenoir; Ma Vie active, Elsa Barrère, 1999 Acide animé, Guillaume Bréaud) and first movies.

 Filmography

        ◘ Eden 2 (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Après-midi d'un Golem (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1990 ◘ La Mort d'une Vache (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1995 ◘ Fast (also co-screenwriter)

2000 ◘ Cours toujours (also co-screenwriter)

2006 ◘ Je me fais rare (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)