Jonathan Millet

After studying philosophy, Jonathan MILLET spent many years filming distant or inaccessible countries for image databases. Alone with his camera, he traveled through and filmed about fifty countries (Iran, Sudan, Pakistan, all of South America, the Middle East and extensively throughout Africa). He was encouraged especially to go to the most remote regions. This is where he began to learn to capture faces and spaces and to convey an atmosphere in a few shots. After this experience, he directed the feature-length documentary, Ceuta, douce prison (2013), selected in over 60 international festivals, followed by Tell Me About the Stars (2017), filmed in Antarctica, and La disparition, filmed in the Amazon. Numerous film festivals selected short films he later directed (Clermont-Ferrand, Pantin, Palm Springs and Brest, among others), including Et toujours nous marcherons (2017), selected for the César Awards in 2018, and the medium-length film The Wake (2017), which had a theatrical release. That same year, he was nominated as a “Talent in Short Films”. Ghost Trail (2024) is his first fiction feature film.

Filmography

(selection) Old Love Desert (2012, Short), Ceuta, douce prison (2013, doc), Tu tournes en rond dans la nuit et tu es dévoré par le feu (2015, short), Et toujours nous marcherons (2017, short), Tell Me About the Stars (2017), The Wake (2017), Les dominos (2020, short), Grand Huit (2020, short), La disparition (2021), Ghost Trail (2024)