Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo

Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo in 2011
Born
10 March

1975; age 43-44 (Bustillo)
1978; age 40-41 (Maury)
Saint-Cloud, France (Bustillo)
Paris, France (Maury)
OccupationFilmmakers
Years active2007–present

Julien Maury (born 1978 in Paris) and Alexandre Bustillo (born 1975 in Saint-Cloud, France) are French filmmakers[1] who work together on their projects. They are known for their work in the horror genre, and list their influences as Dario Argento, Roman Polanski, Clive Barker and John Carpenter.[2][3]

Life and career

Julien Maury graduated from l’École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle. He worked for French television before directing documentaries, music videos and short films. Alexandre Bustillo graduated from Université Paris XIII with an M.A. in cinema,[4] before working as a journalist for several magazines including Mad Movies.[5] The two met each other through a mutual friend.[6]

Their first film was Inside, a controversial horror film about a pregnant woman stalked by a madwoman who wants her child for herself. Both men co-directed and Bustillo wrote the script. The film was cited as an example of the new wave of French horror films and was a critical success that brought international attention on Maury and Bustillo.[citation needed]

After the success of Inside, Maury and Bustillo were attached to at separate times to Halloween II, the sequel to Rob Zombie's remake of John Carpenter's Halloween as well as the remake for Clive Barker's Hellraiser. In both cases, they left the project.[citation needed]

Their subsequent film Livid was released 2011. The film was initially intended to be Bustillo and Maury's English-language debut and shot in the United Kingdom but they moved to a lower-budget French production after they found that they were losing creative control over their story.[7]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Credited as Notes
Directors Writers
2007 Inside Yes Yes Won the "Carnet Jove Jury Award", the "Citizen Kane Award for Best Directorial Revelation" and the "Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver" at the Sitges Film Festival
2011 Livid Yes Yes
2014 Among the Living Yes Yes
2016 Inside No Original writers
2017 Leatherface Yes No
2020 Kandisha Yes Yes
2021 The Deep House Yes Yes
2024 The Soul Eater Yes No

Short films

Year Title Credited as Notes
Directors Writers
2003 Pizza Hunt Yes Yes Maury only; also credited as cinematographer and producer
2005 Pedro's Adventures Yes Yes Maury only; also credited as cinematographer and producer
2014 X Is for Xylophone Yes Yes Segment from ABCs of Death 2

References

  1. ^ "Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17.
  2. ^ "Julien Maury: Inside Man". Archived from the original on 2010-12-02.
  3. ^ "A Blood Soaked Interview with the Inside (À L'Intérieur) Directors". Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  4. ^ "tiff.net - 2011 films - Livid". Archived from the original on 2011-10-23.
  5. ^ "Biographie d'Alexandre Bustillo". evene.lefigaro.fr. Société du Figaro. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Interview: Julien Maury".
  7. ^ "From the Vault: 'Livide' Interview with Julien Maury". Archived from the original on 2012-12-11.


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