{{Short description|Beninese actor, film director and film producer (born 1965)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jean Odoutan | image =Jean Odoutan.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 1965 | citizenship = Beninese | occupation = comedian, film director, composer, actor, screenwriter and executive movie producer | notable_works = Barbecue Pejo }}

'''Jean Odoutan''' (born in 1965) is a comedian, film director, composer, actor, screenwriter and executive movie producer from the African country of Benin. He is also the creator of a film festival, the Quintessence International Film Festival of Ouidah.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://africultures.com/personnes/|title=Personnes}}</ref>

==Early life== Odoutan moved to Paris, France as a teenager, at the age of fifteen in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=31519.html|title=Jean Odoutan|website=AlloCiné}}</ref> Soon after, he began working in the film industry.

==Filmography== Jean Odoutan has been involved in many films, either as actor, director or producer. Many of his movies have been critically acclaimed and he has been guest of honor at many film festivals, including the 2001 Reunion Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.festivalfilmcourt.com/organisation|title=Festival du film court de Saint-Pierre|website=www.festivalfilmcourt.com}}</ref> Among the movies he has participated in are:

*Barbecue Pejo (2000) *Djib (2000, as director and screenwriter) *La Valse des Gros Derrieres (2004, as director and screenwriter)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0644147}}

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