BIOGRAPHY

 

Mathilde Nocquet sank her teeth into film directing at the prestigious École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs de Paris. Already baring sharp fangs as a student, she started as an assistant director on AFRICAN GANGSTER by Jean Pascal Zadi before howling onto the scene with her first short film, THE BEATLES CHICHE KEBAB SHOW, a quirky comedy starring Lofti Labidi and Karim Leklou.

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Her graduation short, WING, a dark fantasy thriller, caught the keen eye of OCS, which snapped up the rights. It also lured in ad giant production company DIVISION PARIS, who let her off the leash to direct luxury campaigns for L’ORÉAL and a sci-fi short, Sunny, for ARTE.

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Never one to stay in one den for long, she prowled to Australia, crafting ads for BMW and launching La Nocquette Web Series, a bold mix of dark humor and thriller that won numerous international awards such as the MIAMI FASHION FILM FESTIVAL and LOS ANGELES NEO NOIR FESTIVAL... Her work made noise on KONBINI and led her to develop series with Australian company COBBSTAR, including the fiercely feminist neo-western HANDS UP BITCHES.

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After an intense year prowling London’s music video scene—collaborating with UNIVERSAL MUSIC’s NASSER BAKER—she set her sights on Marseille, drawn by its raw creative energy. There, she sank her claws into long-form storytelling, crafting her debut feature, BELLE À CROQUER, a deliciously twisted fantasy where a beauty queen harbors a deadly secret revealed only under the full moon…

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Her world? A feral mix of razor-sharp humor and hypnotic aesthetics, where every project is a fresh hunt to thrill and surprise.

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