Christian Gasc
Christian Gasc (* around 1946 in Dunes , Tarn-et-Garonne ) is a French costume designer .
Life
Christian Gasc has been working as a costume designer for film since the mid-1970s, after the director Liliane de Kermadec hired him for her film Aloïse , which took part in the 1975 competition for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . In 1976 Gasc designed the costumes for Jeanne Moreau's directorial debut In the Spotlight . In the same year he began collaborating many times with director André Téchiné , when he entrusted him with the costume design for his film Barocco . Other joint productions included the films Encounter in Biarritz (1981), Scene of Crime (1986) and Changing Times (2004), in each of which Catherine Deneuve played a leading role. Gasc also worked with the Nouvelle Vague directors François Truffaut ( The Green Room , 1978) and Jean-Luc Godard ( Passion , 1982). In 1986 for Téchinés Rendez-Vous he received his first nomination for the César in the category Best Costumes , which he won for the first time in 1996 for the opera film Madame Butterfly . He was able to achieve this triumph with the period films Ridicule - From the ridiculousness of appearance (1996), Duel der Degen (1997) and Farewell, my queen! (2012) repeat with Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette .
In addition to Deneuve, Gasc has clothed a number of other stars of French cinema in her films over the years, including Isabelle Huppert , Isabelle Adjani , Gérard Depardieu , Fanny Ardant and Simone Signoret . Other directors he worked under were Bertrand Tavernier , Bernard Blier , Patrice Leconte and Benoît Jacquot . Regarding the importance of costume design in a film production, Gasc said in 1998: “The costume is the link between the script, the staging and the actors. And this connection must result in harmony and meaning. "
Filmography (selection)
- 1975: Aloïse
- 1976: In the spotlight (Lumière)
- 1976: Sérail
- 1976: Barocco
- 1978: The green room (La chambre verte)
- 1979: Return to the Beloved (Retour à la bien-aimée)
- 1979: The Brontë sisters (Les sœurs Brontë)
- 1979: Now or never (Courage Fuyons)
- 1980: Dear Strangers (Chère inconnue)
- 1980: Little temptress (La petite sirène)
- 1981: The wings of the pigeon (Les ailes de la colombe)
- 1981: Meeting in Biarritz (Hôtel des Amériques)
- 1982: The Superboss (Le grand pardon)
- 1982: Passion
- 1984: Forbidden Love (Un amour interdit)
- 1985: The Children (Les enfants)
- 1985: Rendez-Vous (Rendez-vous)
- 1986: The scene of the crime (Le lieu du crime)
- 1987: The Innocents (Les innocents)
- 1988: Chocolat - Forbidden Longing (Chocolat)
- 1990: Daddy nostalgia
- 1995: Madame Butterfly
- 1996: My husband (Mon homme)
- 1996: Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances (Ridicule)
- 1997: duel of swords (Le bossu)
- 1998: The sweet art of idleness (Dolce far niente)
- 1999: Augustin, Kung-Fu-King (Augustin, roi du Kung-fu)
- 2000: The widow of Saint-Pierre (La veuve de Saint-Pierre)
- 2002: Street of Secret Delights (Rue des plaisirs)
- 2003: The Fugitives (Les égarés)
- 2004: Changing Times (Les temps qui changent)
- 2005: Black Box (La boîte noire)
- 2006: Gaspard the Bandit (Gaspard le bandit) (TV movie)
- 2010: Werther (TV movie)
- 2010: Deep in the woods (Au fond des bois)
- 2010: For staff only! (Les femmes du 6ème étage)
- 2012: Farewell my Queen! (Les adieux à la rein)
- 2014: Madame Bovary
Awards
- 1986: Nomination for the César in the category Best Costumes for Rendez-vous
- 1996: César in the Best Costumes category for Madame Butterfly
- 1997: César in the Best Costumes category for Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances
- 1997: Nomination for the Satellite Award in the category Best Costume Design for Ridicule - On the Ridiculousness of Appearance
- 1998: César in the category of best costumes for the duel of the sword
- 2012: Nomination for the César in the category Best Costumes for Personnel Only!
- 2012: Nomination for the Satellite Award in the category Best Costume Design together with Valérie Ranchoux for Farewell, my Queen!
- 2013: César in the Best Costumes for Goodbye My Queen!
Web links
- Christian Gasc in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florence Castelnau-Mendel: Les compagnons du 7e art . In: L'Express , May 21, 1998.
- ↑ cf. bfi.org.uk ( British Film Institute )
- ↑ "Le costume représente le lien entre le scene, la mise en scene et les acteurs. Et ce lien doit créer de l'harmonie, du sens. ” Quotation from Florence Castelnau-Mendel: Les compagnons du 7e art . In: L'Express , May 21, 1998.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gasc, Christian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French costume designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dunes , Tarn-et-Garonne |