Name
Jean Odoutan
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1965-10-01 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Bénin
Biography
Jean Odoutan (born in 1965) is a comedian, film director, composer, actor, screenwriter and executive movie producer from the African country of Benin. He is also the creator of a film festival, the Quintessence International Film Festival of Ouidah.
Odoutan moved to Paris, France as a teenager, at the age of fifteen in 1980. Soon after, he began working in the film industry.
Jean Odoutan has been involved in many films, either as actor, director or producer. Many of his movies have been critically acclaimed and he has been guest of honor at many film festivals, including the 2001 Reunion Film Festival. Among the movies he has participated are: Barbecue Pejo (2000); Djib (2000, as director and screenwriter); La Valse des Gros Derrieres (2004, as director and screenwriter).
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Known For
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Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France...
- 1992 L.627 as Mamadou Diop
- 2016 Pim-Pim Tché – Toast de vie as Courage
- 2000 Peugeot Barbecue as Boubacar
- 2000 Djib as Monsieur Explorer
- 2002 Mama Aloko as Jean
- 1984 Marche à l'ombre as (uncredited)
