Stéphane Demoustier

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

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. In 2005–2006, he studied at the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris, a training programme organised by La Fémis and the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.

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

Selected filmography Feature films

Short films 2008: Première 2010: Dans la jungle des villes 2011: Bad Gones 2011: Des nœuds dans la tête 2012: Fille du calvaire 2014: Les Petits Joueurs

Television 2021–2022: L'Opéra 2025: Cimetière indien (episodes 1–4)

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 2021: Anaïs in Love, directed by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Film Result Cannes Film Festival 24 May 2025 Un Certain Regard The Great Arch César Awards 25 February 2016 Best Short Film (shared with Cécile Ducrocq and Guillaume Dreyfus) La Contre-allée 12 March 2021 Best Adaptation The Girl with a Bracelet 28 February 2025 Best Original Screenplay Borgo Lumière Awards 19 January 2021 Best Film The Girl with a Bracelet Best Screenplay 18 January 2026 Best FilmThe Great Arch Best Director Best Screenplay