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Hélène Guétary is an all-around artist who has worked as film director, painter, illustrator, photographer and writer. After two years at Paris’ Ecole des beaux-Arts, she came to New York City on vacation in 1976 and ended up staying for twelve years. Skin Deep, her book of photographs featuring fantasy images combining body painting and costuming was published, with a foreword by Federico Fellini, in 1983 by Melrose Publishing. After her return to Paris in 1988 she began directing short films, videos and commercials for, among others, the prestigious Franco-German cultural channel ARTE. Her first novel, Le Petit Homme Bleu (The Little Blue Man) was published in 1999 by Éditions Mazarine to rave reviews. She is currently working on a film adaptation of La Chapelle des cannibales (Monkey’s Despair) with Brian DePalma as director, along with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rachel Weisz being considered as possible leads. She is the daughter of Georges Guétary, beloved French singer and performer best known here for his role as Henri Baurel in An American in Paris.
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