Olivier Cotte was born on 20 June 1963 and is a French writer, graphic novel scriptwriter, animation historian, illustrator, and a director.
10 Facts About Olivier Cotte
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Olivier Cotte has worked for 15 years in the film and video industry as a director, computer graphics designer and special effects director for advertising, TV wraps, credits, clips, short films.
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Olivier Cotte is a computer graphics designer or responsible for special effects for feature films, in particular for Wim Wenders, Roman Polanski, Costa-Gavras, Bob Swaim, Josiane Balasko, Jaco van Dormael, Leos Carax, and Matthieu Kassovitz.
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Olivier Cotte has directed several short films, mainly in animation or mixed techniques, including Terra Incognita in which he directs Michael Lonsdale.
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Olivier Cotte is the artistic and technical director of the opening shorts of the Annecy festival from 2002 to 2012.
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Olivier Cotte wrote many articles for different magazines dedicated to cinema, image and computer science, then several books dedicated to animation film including an encyclopedia 100 ans de cinema d'animation and Le grand livre des techniques d'animation, two monographs dedicated to filmmakers, a book of study and interviews with directors awarded an Oscar.
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Olivier Cotte has translated the animator's bible The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams and several technical books.
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Olivier Cotte had been the scriptwriter of a TV series Mr TiVi in 1985, and had published some short stories, but it is from 2008 that he wrote several comics.
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Olivier Cotte develops in his scenarios a predilection for imaginary universes, in particular science fiction and fantasy.
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Olivier Cotte has translated Robert McKee's Dialogue: the Art of Verbal Action for Stage, Page and Screen and edited Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by the same author.