PROFILES

Emmanuel Mouret is the writer-director-actor of SHALL WE KISS?, which is being released by Strand Releasing on March 27, 2009.

Born in 1970 and a native of Marseille, Emmanuel Mouret directed his first short film when he was 19, before heading to Paris. He started working in cinema as a production and directing assistant on various commercials, while also taking classes at the Drama School in Paris’s 10th arrondissement. With writing manuals as a guide, he threw himself into writing and entered the prestigious national film school, FEMIS, where he graduated from the Directing section in 1998. That same year, he directed the short film “Promène toi donc tout nu.” Acting in his films from his earliest shorts, he developed a recurring character that has drawn comparisons to Jean-Pierre Léaud and Woody Allen.