Alice Winocour | |
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Born | Paris, France | 13 January 1976
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 2003–present |
Alice Winocour (born 13 January 1976) is a French screenwriter and director. [1]
Winocour was born in Paris, France, to a Jewish family. [2] After studying screenwriting at La Fémis, Winocour made three short films and wrote the script for Vladimir Perisic's film Ordinary People (released in 2009). [3]
Winocour's first feature film, Augustine , based on the relationship between Professor Charcot and his patient Augustine, was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 as part of the Critics' Week. [4] [5] [6] Her second directorial film Maryland was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. [7]
Winocour also co-wrote the film Mustang with Deniz Gamze Ergüven. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. [8] The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. [9]
She was named as a member of the jury of the International Critics' Week section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. [10]
Her 2019 film Proxima premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, [11] where it received an honourable mention from the Platform Prize jury. [12]
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
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Director | Screenwriter | |||
2003 | Orphée | Yes | Short film (also as actress) | |
2005 | Kitchen | Yes | Yes | Short film Nominated—2005 Cannes Film Festival - Short Film Palme d'Or |
2007 | Magic Paris | Yes | Yes | Short film Cabourg Film Festival - Best Short Film Director Los Angeles Film Festival - Best Narrative Short |
2008 | Home | Yes | Collaboration | |
2009 | Pina Colada | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2009 | Ordinary People | Yes | Collaboration | |
2012 | Augustine | Yes | Yes | Nominated—2012 Cannes Film Festival - Caméra d'Or Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature Film Nominated—Stockholm International Film Festival - Bronze Horse for Best Film |
2015 | Disorder | Yes | Yes | Nominated—2015 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard |
2015 | Mustang | Yes | César Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay | |
2019 | Proxima | Yes | Yes | |
2022 | Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) | Yes | Yes |
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