Stéphane Demoustier

Stéphane Demoustier (born 1977 in Lille)^[1][2] is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed five feature films: 40-Love (2014), Cléo & Paul (2018), The Girl with a Bracelet (2019), Borgo (2023), and The Great Arch (2025).

Stéphane Demoustier
Demoustier in 2025
Born	1977 (age 47–48) Lille, France
Occupations	Film director screenwriter producer
Years active	2008–present
Relatives	Anaïs Demoustier (sister)

Biography

A graduate of political science at HEC Paris, Demoustier began his career in the Ministry of Culture, in the architecture department, where he produced and directed documentaries, before deciding to leave his position to pursue a career in film.^[3][4] In 2005–2006, he studied at the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris, a training programme organised by La Fémis and the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.^[5]

Co-founder of the production company Année Zéro with his sister Jeanne Demoustier,^[6] Stéphane Demoustier directed several short films,^[7] before directing his first feature film, 40-Love, released in 2014.^[8] He is also the brother of actress Anaïs Demoustier and jewelry designer Camille Demoustier.^[9] In 2018, he directed his own twin daughter and son in the film Cléo & Paul.^[10]

Selected filmography

As director

Film

• 2008: Première (short film)
• 2010: Dans la jungle des villes (short film)
• 2011: Bad Gones (short film)
• 2011: Des nœuds dans la tête (short film)
• 2012: Fille du calvaire (short film)
• 2014: Les Petits Joueurs (short film)
• 2014: 40-Love
• 2018: Cléo & Paul
• 2019: The Girl with a Bracelet
• 2023: Borgo
• 2025: The Great Arch

Television

• 2021–2022: L'Opéra (TV series)
• 2025: Cimetière indien (TV series) (episodes 1–4)^[11]

As producer

• 2011: Un monde sans femmes, directed by Guillaume Brac
• 2014: La Contre-allée, directed by Cécile Ducrocq
• 2016: Villeperdue, directed by Julien Gaspar-Oliveri (Prix du public and mention spéciale du jury compétition internationale at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur in 2016)
• 2021: Anaïs in Love, directed by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
Cannes Film Festival	24 May 2025	Un Certain Regard	The Great Arch	Nominated	[12]
César Awards	25 February 2016	Best Short Film (shared with Cécile Ducrocq and Guillaume Dreyfus)	La Contre-allée	Won
	12 March 2021	Best Adaptation	The Girl with a Bracelet	Won	[13]
	28 February 2025	Best Original Screenplay	Borgo	Nominated	[14]
Lumière Awards	19 January 2021	Best Film	The Girl with a Bracelet	Nominated	[15]
		Best Screenplay		Won	[16]