Famous People with Name Olivier

Olivier Sitruk            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Olivier Sitruk: is a French comedian, actor, and producer, who has appeared in 44 films and television shows[1]. After considering a career as an archaeologist, he changed his mind and discovered a passion for theater in high school.[2] At age 16, he began his acting career, enrolling in in the Conservatoire National de Nice.

Olivier Cotte            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Olivier Cotte: is a French film director, writer, graphic novel author, and animation historian. After studying music, ballet, fine arts and films, he worked 15 years in the industry as director, flame artist and director of special effects, with such people as Wim Wenders (Until the End of the World), Roman Polanski (Death and the Maiden), Costa-Gavras (Mad City), Bob Swaim (The Climb), Josiane Balasko (Un grand cri d'amour), Jaco van Dormael (The Eighth Day), Leos Carax (Pola X), and Matthieu Kassovitz (Assassin(s)).

Olivier Dahan            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Olivier Dahan: is a French film director and screenwriter. His third directed film, La Vie En Rose (film), was the first French cinema film ever to win two Academy Awards, including its first acting Oscar in the French-language. In 1991, Olivier Dahan received a diploma in art at the Art school of Marseille, then shot several short subjects and clips.

Olivier Ducastel            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Olivier Ducastel: is a French film director, screenwriter and sound editor who currently works in collaboration with partner Jacques Martineau. To date, they have completed five films together. After spending his adolescence in Rouen, Martineau moved to Paris to study film and theatre at the University of the New Sorbonne. In 1988 he directed a short musical comedy, Le Goût de plaire. In the same year, he acted as assistant to his mentor, Jacques Demy, on the film Trois places pour le 26, the last film Demy completed before his death in 1990. Ducastel spent the early 1990s working as a sound editor on various films.[1]

Olivier Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Olivier Roy: is professor at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy); he was previously a research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a lecturer for both the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (IEP). From 1984 to 2008, he has acted as a consultant to the French Foreign Ministry. In 1988, Roy served as a United Nations Office for Coordinating Relief in Afghanistan (UNOCA) consultant. Beginning in August 1993, Roy served as special OSCE representative to Tajikistan until February 1994, at which time he was selected as head of the OSCE mission to Tajikistan, a position he held until October 1994.

Louis-Éphrem Olivier            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis-Éphrem Olivier: was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Mégantic in the Canadian House of Commons from 1878 to 1882 as a Liberal member.