Born in France in 1974, Quentin Dupieux is a prominent figure of the French auteur cinema, who is known for his absurdist and surrealist films. He made short films as a teenager and sold one of them to Canal+ when he was only 19. In 2001, he produced his first feature film, Nonfilm, in cooperation with Sébastien Tellier. In 2010, his film Rubber received the Most Original Film award at Toronto After Dark Film Festival. In 2012, his feature film Wrong was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. His Keep an Eye Out (2018) won the Temps Ø People’s Choice Award at the Montréal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. Under the stage name Mr. Oizo, Dupieux is also an electronic musician. Deerskin opened the 2019 Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.
