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Olivier Megaton
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Olivier Megaton

Olivier Megaton takes his name from his birthday: the 6th of August 1965 is the 20th anniversary of the dropping of the Hiroshima A-bomb.

Painter Olivier Megaton was one of the pioneers of the graffiti movement, distinguishing himself by his realist portraits of cultural icons such as Mao, Jimmy Hendrix, Nelson Mandela and the Mona Lisa.

He then decided to do some formal art training and his work began to appear on the wall of art galleries rather than city streets. Jean-Baptiste Mondino encouraged him to take up movies in the nineties.

Following Mondino's advice, Megaton wrote the screenplay of his first short film NO WAY, OU LE COEUR DU PHOENIX, which received funding from the CNC. Completed in 1991, the film went on to win several prizes at film festivals. Fourteen other shorts were to follow, including most recently ANGIE (2007).

At the same time, he made documentaries for the Georges Pompidou Center and another one for the ARTE TV. His first novel Le Facteur humain (The Human Factor) was also published in 1998. EXIT, shot in 1999, is his first feature. He then completed his adaptation of Maurice Dantec's novel THE RED SIREN in 2002. In 2007, he directed the Second Unit of HITMAN with Timothy Olyphant.

Megaton has also directed more than eighty music videos and commercials.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2008.

Olivier Megaton Facts

OccupationDirector
BirthdayAugust 6, 1965 (58)
SignLeo

Selected Filmography

Not available.