Jump to content

Simone Bitton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by RussBot (talk | contribs) at 08:17, 5 June 2020 (Bot: Change redirected category Sephardic Jews to Sephardi Jews). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Simone Bitton
Born1955 (age 68–69)
Occupation(s)Director, Producer, Writer

Simone Bitton (born 1955) is a French-Morrocan documentary filmmaker. Her films have been nominated for or won the César Award, the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Award, and the Sundance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize (for Mur).

Personal life

Bitton was born the daughter of a Jewish jeweller in Morocco. She describes herself as a Mizrahi Jew.[1] After settling in France, where she now mainly lives she graduated from the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in 1981.[2][3]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Director's bio Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Wall the movie. Retrieved on 2 July 2010
  2. ^ French Protest of Israeli Raid Reaches Wide Audience New York Times. 12 June 2010
  3. ^ WALL The Middle East Magazine. November 2004