“I did this very cheap movie called 'Love,' and then I decided I wanted to make an even cheaper movie so people don't get involved and can't tell you how to rewrite it or how to avoid losing money. The good thing about doing these quite cheap movies is that you have much more freedom.”

Argentine filmmaker and screenwriter

Gaspar Noé, known professionally as Gaspar Noé, is an Argentine filmmaker and screenwriter who lives and works mainly in France. He is associated with New French Extremity and with films marked by graphic depictions of sex, drugs, epilepsy, and violence. His work is often discussed for its confrontational style and for the way it pushes extreme subject matter to the front of the frame. As a screenwriter and director, he has built a reputation around films that challenge viewers and make bodily experience, desire, and disturbance central themes.