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Sylvie Verheyde

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Sylvie Verheyde
Born1967
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, actress

Sylvie Verheyde (born 1967) is a French film director, actress and screenwriter.

The films she has directed include Un frère (1997), in which Emma de Caunes won a César Award for Most Promising Actress,[1] Princesses (2000), Amour de Femme (2001), Stella (2008) and Confession of a Child of the Century (2011), starring Pete Doherty, which was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival,[2] Sex Doll (2016; she also wrote the screenplay for this film), and Madame Claude (2020), which is forthcoming.

Awards

  • Best Director for Sang froid at Television Festival of La Rochelle, 2007
  • The Lina Mangiacapre Award, and also a Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award, at the 65th Venice International Film Festival, for Stella

See also

References

  1. ^ Eddie Dyja, ed., BFI film and television handbook (British Film Institute, 1999), p. 76
  2. ^ Catherine Shoard, Cannes 2012: Confession of a Child of the Century at guardian.co.uk