Gaget, Jean-Luc

(July 25, 1958, Paris, France - )

   After failing entrance examinations at the IDHEC and the Louis Lumière School, he learned film and video editing and attended acting courses. He directed his first short in 1982 and wrote eight radio plays for France Inter and RFI and a play (Forcément quoi?).Also a screenwriter for films (1989 Forte est la Tentation de Georges, short, as co-screenwriter, also actor, Luc Pagès; Bobby et l'Aspirateur, short, as co-screenwriter, Fabien Onteniente; 1995 Tom est tout seul, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, editor, Fabien Onteniente, shot in 1993; 1997 Romaine, as co-screenwriter, also actor, editor, Agnès Obadia, shot from 1993 to 1996; Mauvais Genre, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor, editor, Laurent Bénégui; 1999 Mille Bornes, as co-screenwriter, Alain Beigel; 2008 Back Soon / Skrappùt, as co-screenwriter, Solveig Anspach, France / Iceland) and TV (2004 Nature contre Nature, as co-screenwriter, Lucas Belvaux; 2006 L'Etat de Grâce, as co-screenwriter, 6 X 52', Pascal Chaumeil) and an actor (1995 Ada ne sait pas dire non, short, Luc Pagès; 1997 Rien que des grandes Personnes, short, Jean-Marc Brondolo; 1999 Nos Vies heureuses, Jacques Maillot; 2000 D'Amour et d'Eau fraîche, short, Sophie Laloy; 2002 A + Pollux, Luc Pagès; Mariées mais pas trop, Catherine Corsini), editor (1984 Ataxie passagère, short, Luc Pagès; 1993 Mireille et Barnabé aimeraient bien en avoir un . . . , Laurent Bénégui; 1995 Au Petit Marguery, Laurent Bénégui; 1997 L'Acrobate, short, Cécile Maistre; 2004 4 Minutes 12, short, Mathieu de Pasquale), and executive producer (1999 Mille Bornes, Alain Beigel), he created a production company (Cinq et Cinq Films, later Magouric) he left in 2003.

 Filmography

1983 ◘ Le Perroquet des Iles (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1986 ◘ Douce France (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1989 ◘ Les Petits Porteurs (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, actor, editor)

1994 ◘ Se pendre à son Cou (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

        ◘ Le Bus (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

        ◘ La Fenêtre ouverte (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Après le Bip (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Liberté chérie (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

2001 ◘ J'ai tué Clémence Acéra / Es ist nie zu spat (also screenwriter, dialogist, adapter, dialogist; France / Germany)