Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Born
Dec 14, 1964
Died
Jul 27, 2008
Place of Birth
Basel, Switzerland
Credits
31 titles
Benoît Lestang
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: Organic Chronicles
Self
Martyrs
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Héros
Makeup Artist
Jacquou the Rebel
Makeup Artist
Tell No One
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Trail
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Do-Gooders
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Manderlay
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Kings & Queen
Makeup Effects Designer
House of Voices
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Double zéro
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Un monde mort au fond de leurs regards de pierre
Self
The Story of Marie and Julien
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Virus au paradis
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Tiresia
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Pact of Silence
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Brocéliande
Writer
Demonlover
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Amen.
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Safe Conduct
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Beautiful Memories
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Second life
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Sentimental Destinies
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Time Regained
Key Makeup Artist
Alissa
Special Effects Makeup Artist
On Guard
Makeup Artist
The City of Lost Children
Makeup Artist
Baby Blood
Makeup Artist
Ogroff
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Living Dead Girl
Special Effects Makeup Artist