Адриен Бо

Adrien Beau is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, visual artist, and actor best known for directing his 2023 horror feature-film debut The Vourdalak, where he also voiced and operated the puppet for the lead vampire character, Gorcha. Born in Paris in 1981, Adrien Beau studied Performing Arts at Paris 8. From 2005, he worked as a designer for John Galliano and Christian Dior. He directed theater (including a 2008 production of Andromaque), before moving to film, directing the horror shorts La petite sirène and Les condiments irréguliers in 2011, and his feature film debut The Vourdalak in 2023. Adrien grew up constructing puppets and creature models, an interest that deeply informs his filmography.