"a striking auteur"
Eduardo E. Solera, Mailuki Films (ES)
"multi-award-winning film director"
Wendy Ide, Screen Daily (UK)
David Bonneville is an award-winning Writer-Director of personal and commissioned feature films, short films, and videos. Bonneville has a deep understanding of language and cultural nuances, tailoring each project to best suit its audience. He also leads masterclasses, workshops, and lectures at a global scale.
THE LAST BATH is set in a sun-drenched UNESCO Heritage Douro valley. It premiered at TIFF Tokyo, Mostra São Paulo, Santa Barbara, and was an Ingmar Bergman Award nominee at the Gothenburg FF. The film won Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Art Direction at the Academy of Motion Pictures Sophia Awards, the Golden Globe for Best Actress, the Actors Guild Newcomer Award, and Best Directing Awards in Vancouver and Paris.
GYPSY premiered at Locarno, Tampere, Hamptons and SXSW. It won more than 30 Awards.
HEIKO was a Slamdance, IndieLisboa and Melbourne Queer nominee. It won Best Short at MIX:CPH, Denmark.
Retrospectives of his films were held at Seoul Art Cinema (South Korea); QuestEurope (Poland); IDEM (Spain); Selar Cinema; L.A.Basement and Regent Street Cinema (UK); LFF and Biennale Cinema Leiria; Cinemateca-Film Museum; NOS Lusomundo; CITAR-Catholic University of Portugal; Batalha Cinema Centre (PT).
Bonneville holds a Screenwriting MA, a Film Directing Diploma and a Media BA. He is a lecturer, mentor and juror at a diversity of structures.
FILMOGRAPHY
XXX HUMAN SKIN [series] (in development)
202X DOG DAY (in post-production)
2024 OCTAMERON
2024 DE FIO A PAVIO
2023 A SILENT FILM
2021 CONTAGION (segment)
2020 THE LAST BATH
2017 KARMA
2015 FAREWELL
2013 GYPSY
2010 SIR KEN ADAM’S BERLINALE BIRTHDAY STATEMENT
2009 EDEN
2009 L´ARC-EN-CIEL
2008 HEIKO
2007 PHOTOMATON
2007 A VARANDA
2005 MAQUETTE
2004 LE DÉJEUNER RÉPÉTER
2001 LE TEMPS (co-director)
2000 A SUPERCOLLA
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