Benoît Lestang
- Known for
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- December 14, 1964
- Died
- July 27, 2008 (aged 43)
- Birthplace
- Basel, Switzerland
Biography
Benoît Lestang (14 December 1964 – 27 July 2008) was a French special effects designer and makeup artist who worked on a number of French films. Lestang began working as a collaborator on the French fantasy film magazine Starfix in the 1980s. Lestang worked as an effects artist on the American horror film Brain Damage (1988). He also worked as a special effects makeup artist on numerous French films, including Baby Blood (1990), Sade (2000), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007). Lestang worked as an effects artist on two films by Pascal Laugier: Saint Ange (2004) and Martyrs (2008), as well as on Olivier Assayas's Sentimental Destinies (2000) and Demonlover (2003). In 2005, Lestang directed the music video for Mylène Farmer's song "Q.I.". Lestang died by suicide in Paris on 25 July 2008, shortly before the release of Martyrs. Source: Article "Benoît Lestang" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Filmography
Martyrs
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Jacquou the Rebel
Movie · Makeup Artist
Héros
Movie · Makeup Artist
Tell No One
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Trail
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Manderlay
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Do-Gooders
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Double zéro
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Kings & Queen
Movie · Makeup Effects Designer
House of Voices
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Pact of Silence
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Story of Marie and Julien
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Tiresia
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Virus au paradis
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Demonlover
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Amen.
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Safe Conduct
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Beautiful Memories
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Second life
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Sentimental Destinies
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Time Regained
Movie · Key Makeup Artist
Alissa
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
On Guard
Movie · Makeup Artist
The City of Lost Children
Movie · Makeup Artist
Baby Blood
Movie · Makeup Artist
Ogroff
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Living Dead Girl
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist