Born in 1973, Stéphan Castang is a filmmaker and actor. On stage, he has acted with Marion Guerrero (Les juré.e.s by Marion Aubert), Benoît Lambert (Tartuffe by Molière, Enfants du siècle, une dyptique by Alfred de Musset), Ivan Grinberg (Folie Courteline), Thomas Poulard (Romulus the Great by Friedrich Dürrenmatt). He has worked with the company L’Artifice as an actor (Nam-Bok le hâbleur, Aucassin et Nicolette) and playwright (Lettres d’amour de 0 à 10, Young Audience Molière Award 2005) and is also the author of texts for the theatre: Boule de gomme, le Défilé de César, Une divine tragédie (written with Sacha Wolff). A lecturer at the University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Paris VIII, he has written and directed several short films, and was 2021 was laureate of the Foundation Gan for Cinema. Vincent Must Die is his first feature film.