Alice Winocour

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Alice Winocour
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Born (1976-01-13) 13 January 1976 (age 49)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active2003–present

Alice Winocour (born 13 January 1976) is a French screenwriter and director. [1]

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Life and career

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 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]

Filmography

YearTitleCredited asNotes
DirectorScreenwriter
2003OrphéeYesShort film (also as actress)
2005KitchenYesYesShort film
Nominated—2005 Cannes Film Festival - Short Film Palme d'Or
2007Magic ParisYesYesShort film
Cabourg Film Festival - Best Short Film Director
Los Angeles Film Festival - Best Narrative Short
2008 Home YesCollaboration
2009Pina ColadaYesYesShort film
2009 Ordinary People YesCollaboration
2012 Augustine YesYesNominated—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 YesYesNominated—2015 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard
2015 Mustang Yes César Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Screenplay
2019 Proxima YesYes
2022 Paris Memories (Revoir Paris)YesYes
TBA Couture YesYesPost-production

References

  1. ↑ "Alice Winocour Réalisatrice et scénariste française". Le Figaro. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "From Titanic to Taxi Driver, TIFF filmmakers share the works that inspired them".
  3. ↑ Stéphane Delorme, Possession, entretien avec Alice Winocour, Cahiers du cinéma, n° 683, novembre 2012, p. 29
  4. ↑ Scott, A. O. (16 May 2013). "Doctor and Patient: A Gothic Love Story". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Robbins, Jonathan (16 May 2013). "Discover: Alice Winocour Pulls the Strings in "Augustine"". Film Society Lincoln Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  6. ↑ Tehrani, Bijan. ""I wanted the film to be sensual ", Alice Winocour, director of AUGUSTINE". Cinema Without Borders. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Directors' Fortnight 2015 selection!". Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Richford, Rhonda (22 September 2015). "Oscars: France Selects 'Mustang' As Foreign-Language Submission". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Jury 2016". Semaine de la Critique de Cannes. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  11. ↑ Jordan Mintzer, "'Proxima': Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter , September 6, 2019.
  12. ↑ "The film Martin Eden wins TIFF’s Platform Prize". Toronto Star , September 13, 2019.
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