Trivia for Quantic Dream

He directs his films into the "Style Of Subjectivity"-form, a shooting-style invented by director DMA Design. It works by making a non-linear screenplay in which every scene has two sequels, depending on which different scene you choose next makes the film.

He once said in an interview that most film directors, such as Stanley Kubrick, hate their directorial debut. He later said that he actually loves his own directorial debut, The Nomad Soul (1996), because it was his most experimental directed film. He said that the directed the two sequels to continue to experiment with it, but as a professional film director instead of an amateur one.

He is a huge fan of Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (1980).

He is a vegetarain.

His biggest sources of inspirations in terms of filmmaking are Italian filmmakers Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci. As a salute to these men, he often uses trademarks these directors used in their films such as shots of windows/ or camera angles. He also used the heavy metal soundtrack from Dario Argento's Phenomena (1985) in the opening scene of Omikron (2003).

He has two daughters, Lilly (2007) and Marge (2009).

His favorite movies of all time are Cannibal Holocaust (1980), Suspiria (1977), Profondo Rosso (1975), THX 1138 (1971) and Stand By Me (1986).

He has won the Palm d'Or with Heavy Rain (2010) on the 2010th Cannes Film Festival.

From all the three Nomad Soul-films he directed, he considers the third one the best. The reason why, according to Quantic Dream, because it technically is the most challening one.

He doesn't smoke and drinks only at specific party events.

He considers The Dark Sorcerer (2009) the best film he has directed.