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Date of birth
14 Dec 1964
62 years ago at Basel, Switzerland

Also Known As

  • Benoît Lestan

Benoît Lestang

Benoît Lestang (14 December 1964 – 27 July 2008) was a French special effects designer and makeup artist who worked on a number of French films.

Biography

Lestang began working as a collaborator on the French fantasy film magazine Starfix in the 1980s.

Lestang worked as an effects artist on the American horror film Brain Damage (1988). He also worked as a special effects makeup artist on numerous French films, including Baby Blood (1990), Sade (2000), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007).

Lestang worked as an effects artist on two films by Pascal Laugier: Saint Ange (2004) and Martyrs (2008), as well as on Olivier Assayas's Sentimental Destinies (2000) and Demonlover (2003).

In 2005, Lestang directed the music video for Mylène Farmer's song "Q.I.".

Lestang died by suicide in Paris on 25 July 2008, shortly before the release of Martyrs.

Source: Article "Benoît Lestang" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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