Gaspar Noé is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for his controversial films such as Irreversible (2002), Enter the Void (2009), and Love (2015).
Noé was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1963. His father was a French diplomat and his mother was an Argentine artist. He moved to Paris with his family at the age of three. Noé studied at the prestigious École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, where he developed an interest in photography and filmmaking.
In 1991, Noé made his first short film Carne, which won several awards at international film festivals. This success led to him directing his first feature-length film I Stand Alone (1998). The film was critically acclaimed and established Noé as a major figure in the French New Wave movement.
Noé's subsequent films have been equally controversial and provocative. His 2002 film Irreversible caused controversy due to its graphic violence and explicit sexual content. His 2009 film Enter the Void also caused controversy due to its psychedelic visuals and dreamlike narrative structure. In 2015, he released Love, which featured explicit sexual content that divided critics but earned him a nomination for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival.
Noé has also worked as a photographer throughout his career, often taking photographs of his actors during production or creating promotional material for his films. He has also published several books of photography including Gaspar Noe: Photographs (2005) and Gaspar Noe: Portraits (2008).
Noé continues to be one of the most influential filmmakers working today, pushing boundaries with each new project he takes on.