Olivier Cotte

Olivier Cotte was born on Jun 20, 1963 in France. Olivier Cotte's big-screen debut came with Until the End of the World directed by Wim Wenders in 1991. Olivier Cotte is known for The Eighth Day directed by Jaco Van Dormael, Daniel Auteuil stars as Harry and Pascal Duquenne as Georges. Olivier Cotte has got 1 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Olivier Cotte achieved is Corto Imola Festival. The upcoming new movie Olivier Cotte plays is Pola X which will be released on Oct 09, 1999.

After studying music, ballet, fine arts and films, he worked 15 years in the industry as director, Harry & flame artist and director of special effects. As critic and historian Olivier Cotte is the author of several works consecrated to animated films in several languages, amongst which a technical and historical encyclopedia about animation world wide, monographs on film directors and a book on Oscar winning animated short films. He also has translated into French the animator's bible 'The Animator's Survival Kit' by Richard Williams, written several technical works and over a hundred articles for magazines. He collaborates with numerous Animation international festivals and film library, and lectures at Gobelins (school of image), Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle, Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg, European Animation Master Class, Taiwan Film Center etc. Olivier Cotte has directed many short films, mainly in animation, or mixing animation and live action.He is also a writer and author of graphic novels.