Santana, Antoine

(July 16, 1959, Melilla, Spain-)

   After earning a bachelor's degree in Spanish and a di­ploma in cinema, he was an assistant director on films (1989 L'Orchestre rouge, Jacques Rouffio, France / Italy / Belgium; 1990 Dédé, Jean-Louis Benoît; 1992 La Ré­volte des Enfants, Gérard Poitou-Weber, shot in 1990; Un Indien dans la Ville / USA: An Indian in Paris / An Indian in the City / Little Indian, Big City, Hervé Palud; La Fille seule / UK and USA: A Single Girl, Benoît Jacquot; 1997 Le Septième Ciel / USA: Seventh Heaven, Benoît Jacquot; 1998 L'Ecole de la Chair / USA: The School of Flesh, Benoît Jacquot; A vendre / US video: For Sale, Laetitia Masson; Tableau Ferraille, Moussa Sene Absa, Senegal / France; 1999 Pas de Scandale / USA: Keep It Quiet, Benoît Jacquot; 2000 La Fausse Suivante, Benoît Jacquot, shot in 1998; Sade, Benoît Jacquot; 2004 A tout de Suite, Benoît Jacquot) and TV movies (1991 Rio Verde / Die Abenteurer von Rio Verde, episodes directed by Jean-Louis Daniel, France / West Germany; 1992 Emma Sunz, Benoît Jacquot; 1993 Brigada central 2: La guerra blanca / La Guerre blanche, 6 X 85'; Pedro Maso, Spain / France; Le Bal, Jean-Louis Benoît; Le Se­cret d'Elissa Rhais, Jacques Otmezguine; 1994 George Sand, une Femme libre, Gérard Poitou-Weber; 1995 La Belle de Fontenay, Paule Zajderman; 1997 Marianne, Benoît Jacquot; 2004 Princesse Marie, Benoît Jacquot; 2006 Gaspard le Bandit, Benoît Jacquot). Other credit (as assistant production manager): 1990 Mirage / Mi-ragem (short, Michel Wyn, France / Italy / Spain / UK / Portugal / Belgium / Switzerland / Morocco).

 Filmography

1993 ◘ Un Petit Livre dans la Poche (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1995 ◘ Sur la Route (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1997 ◘ La Soupe (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

2002 ◘ Un Moment de Bonheur (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2005 ◘ La Ravisseuse / USA: A Song of Innocence (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)