Alice Diop

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Alice Diop
Diop in 2022.
Born1979
Aulnay-sous-Bois, Paris, France
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
Years active2005–present

Alice Diop (b. 1979) is a French filmmaker, who makes films about contemporary French society.

Early life and education

Born in Aulnay-sous-Bois in 1979, daughter of Senegalese parents, Alice Diop was raised in the Cité des 3000 housing project In Aulnay-sous-Bois near Paris.[1] At University, she began studying history, then studied sociology in Évry gaining her DESS degree.[2]

Fifteen years after leaving Aulnay-sous-Bois, she returned to film the cultural diversity of the area she grew up in for her first documentary La Tour du monde.[3]

Filmography

  • La Tour du monde (2005) - documentary
  • Clichy pour l'exemple (2005) - documentary
  • Les Sénégalaises et la sénégauloise (2007) - documentary
  • La mort de Danton (2011) - documentary
  • La permanence (2016) - documentary
  • Vers la tendresse (2016) - documentary
  • Nous (2020) - documentary
  • Saint Omer (2022) - feature film

Awards

References

  1. ^ Olivia Snaije (April 19, 2022). "A New French Film Hints at Unity". New Lines Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Alice Diop, une documentariste proche des douleurs de l'exil". Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  3. ^ "La tour du monde". collections.forumdesimages.fr. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  4. ^ "Césars : Trump, Adama Traore et Théo s'invitent à une cérémonie très politique". La Parisienne (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  5. ^ "César 2017 : revivez la cérémonie du 24 février". RTL.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  6. ^ "Awards Ceremony on June 13 with the Winning Films of the Berlinale Documentary Award and the GWFF Best First Feature Award". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  7. ^ "Berlinale 2021: Awards in the Encounters Section". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  8. ^ "Venice Film Festival Award Winners 2022". Indiewire. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  9. ^ Pat Saperstein (September 16, 2022). "Alice Diop's Venice Prize-Winner 'Saint Omer' Acquired By Neon's Boutique Label Super". Variety. Retrieved September 16, 2022.

External links

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