Since 2004, Matthieu Orléan has been head of temporary shows at the Cinémathèque Française, where he curated the exhibitions Dennis Hopper and the New Hollywood (2008), The Enchanted World of Jacques Demy (2013), Martin Scorsese (2015), and Gus Van Sant Icons (2016). Since 1998, he has written on film and the visual arts for the press and authored several books (Chantal Akerman, Autoportrait en cinéaste and Raymond Hains, J’ai la mémoire qui planche, éditions du Centre Pompidou; Trésors Publics, 20 ans de création dans les Fonds régionaux d’art contemporain, Flammarion).