Damien Manivel

French nationality

Born on February 23rd, 1981 in Brest (France)

Damien Manivel has first worked as a dancer and acrobat and then decided to study cinema. He directed few short films including Viril (2007), Sois sage ô ma douleur (2008), La Dame au chien (2010). In 2016, his second feature film Le Parc premiered at Cannes in the ACID selection and won the Grand Prix award in Belfort. His fourth short film, A sunday morning was presented in Cannes in 2012 while selected at the 51st Semaine de la Critique.