Christophe Honor� is a French writer and film director. Honor� was born in Carhaix, Finist�re. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in Les Cahiers du Cin�ma. He started writing soon after. His 1996 book Tout contre L�o talks about HIV and is aimed at young adults; he made it into a movie in 2002. He wrote other books for young adults throughout the late 1990s. His first play, Les D�butantes, was performed at Avignon's Off Festival in 1998. In 2005, he returned to Avignon to present Dionysos impuissant in the "In" Festival, with Joana Preiss and Louis Garrel playing the leads. A well-known director, he is considered an "auteur" in French cinema. His 2006 film Dans Paris has led him to be considered by French critics as the heir to the Nouvelle Vague cinema. In 2007, Les Chansons d'amour was one of the films selected to be in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Honor� is openly gay, and some of his movies or screenplays deal with gay or lesbian relations. Honor� has been the screenwriter for some of Ga�l Morel's films. He has also directed Louis Garrel in five different films. [More at Wikipedia]

April 10th, 1970 in Carhaix-Plouguer (Age 54)