Vanessa Filho

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Vanessa Filho
Born1980 (age 4344) [1]
France
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active2001–present

Vanessa Filho (born 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter. [2] [3]

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Early life

Filho was born in 1980. [1] Her father was a commercial director and her mother was a literature teacher. [1] She became fascinated with cinema at the age of 13 when she watched Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue (1993). [1]

Career

In 2001, Filho directed her first medium-length film, Primitifs. [1] She later directed several music videos and launched her own musical career as part of the female duo Smoking Smoking. [1]

Her feature directorial debut, Angel Face , starring Marion Cotillard, [4] [1] premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. [5]

Filho's second feature film, Consent , [6] based on Vanessa Springora's #MeToo bestseller Le Consentement, was released in 2023 and became a box office hit in France, [7] [8] and Filho was nominated for the 2024 César Awards for Best Adaptation. [9]

On 23 August 2022, it was announced that Filho will direct the English and French-language period thriller Trespassers, starring Vanessa Paradis and Nina Hoss. [10]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2001PrimitifsMedium-length film
2007Be a Good GirlShort film
2018 Angel Face
2023 Consent

Accolades

YearAward / FestivalCategoryWorkResultRef.
2018 Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Award Angel Face Nominated [11]
Camerimage Best Directorial DebutNominated [12]
2024 Paris Film Critics Association Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Consent Nominated [13]
César Awards Best Adaptation Pending [9]

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