Lucie Morton
viticulturist
co-director of the movie
Charlottesville - Virginia USA
Lucie Morton is an independent viticulturist based in Virginia. She is an internationally recognized author, ampelographer, lecturer, and consultant. Her higher education in viticulture occurred in Europe, while her practical education began as vineyard manager on the family farm along the banks of the Potomac River.
Stéphan Balay
co-director of the movie
Paris - France
Stéphan studied cinema from high school then at university while volunteering on local television.
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After 2 years of National Civil Service from 1994 to 1996, within the local TV Télé Millevaches, Stéphan joined in 1998 a major Strasbourg production company, Via Storia Production, as assistant director on institutional films and commercials for companies.
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His versatility also led him as an editor to the local office of the television news at France 2, as well as the service of foreign television channels at the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg during the parliamentary sessions.
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In 2001, Stéphan joined the team of the regional daily tv magazine "Le 12/14" of France 3 Alsace (Strasbourg) and made reports for 7 years. He has also participated in other shows as a columnist.
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While working for television, he continued to make movies.
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In 2005 and 2006 he directed two documentaries, "Petit à Petit" ("Step by Step") produced by France Télévisions, and "L'eau, le Sel, la Vie, voyage de solidarité au Niger" ("Water, Salt, Life, solidarity trip to Niger") produced by L'Ami du Vent.
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In 2013 he began to shoot the feature film documentary "Dans la Lumière d'Albert"
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In 2016 Stéphan co-directed the feature film documentary "Comme des funambules” ("tightrope walkers")
In 2018 he directed the feature film documentary “Vitis prohibita, resistant grapes coming out of the shadows” (French national release in theater in November 2019), and won prices in international festivals.
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He begins filming "Bon Voyage Vitis" in 2019, with the American ampelographer Lucie Morton.
The producers
Grape Sleuth
text coming soon
Lumière du Jour
Lumière du Jour (Daylight) is an audiovisual production association based in the South of France. It accompanies documentary projects which approach the questions connected to the human being and to the society).
​Among the projets :
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VITIS PROHIBITA. Resistant grapes coming out of the shadows
documentary by Stéphan Balay, 2019, 91 minutes, screenings in theaters, DVD and VOD.
subtitles : English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian.
www.vitis-prohibita.com
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HOANG SA VIETNAM : The Pain of Loss, The Knights of the Yellow Sands
special edition DVD with two documentaries by André Menras (2010 and 2017).
subtitles : English, Chinese, Czech.
www.andre-menras-vietnam.com
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DANS LA LUMIÈRE D'ALBERT
documentary by Stéphan Balay, 100 minutes,
currently in production.
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COMME DES FUNAMBULES (walking the tightrope)
documentary by Alain Albaric and Stéphan Balay, 2016, 110 minutes
screening in theaters, DVD and VOD.
subtitles : English
www.commedesfunambules.fr
