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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1946-04-21 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Claire Denis

Biography:

Claire Denis (born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film Beau Travail (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time. Other acclaimed works include Trouble Every Day (2001), 35 Shots of Rum (2008), White Material (2009), High Life (2018) and Both Sides of the Blade (2022), the last of which won her the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival. For her film Stars at Noon (2022), Denis competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. She won the Grand Prix, sharing the award with Lukas Dhont's film Close.

Her work has dealt with themes of colonial and post-colonial West Africa, as well as issues in modern France, and continues to influence European cinematic identity.

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Known For

Acting

2023

Room 999 as Self

2021

2020

Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive sound)

2017

2016

Quotidien as Self - Guest

2015

The Breidjing Camp as Narrator

2013

2012

Silence as Self
Granny's Funeral as Une femme à l'enterrement
Bergman's Video as Self - Filmmaker

2011

2004

2002

Purely Coincidental as Self (Cameo appearance)

1999

Venus Beauty Institute as La cliente asmathique

1998

1996

1995

To Have (Or Not) as Alice's Mother

1993

1990

Jacques Rivette, the Watchman as Self (uncredited)

1979

Mais où et donc Ornicar as Jeune accouchée

1974

Directing

2022

Le Soldat as Director
Stars at Noon as Director

2018

High Life as Director

2017

2015

Contact as Director
The Breidjing Camp as Director

2014

2013

Bastards as Director

2009

35 Shots of Rum as Director

2006

Jams Run Free as Director
Incinerate as Director

2005

The Intruder as Director
Towards Mathilde as Director

2002

Friday Night as Director
Vers Nancy as Director

2001

Trouble Every Day as Director

2000

Beau Travail as Director

1995

Concerning Nice as Director
Nice, Very Nice as Director
Duo as Director

1994

I Can't Sleep as Director
Boom-Boom as Director
U.S. Go Home as Director

1993

La Robe à cerceau as Director
Monologues as Director

1989

Man No Run as Director

1988

Chocolat as Director

1987

Wings of Desire as First Assistant Director

1986

Down by Law as Assistant Director

1984

To Catch a King as First Assistant Director
Paris, Texas as Assistant Director

1983

The Bastard as First Assistant Director
Hanna K. as First Assistant Director

1982

The Passerby as First Assistant Director

1981

1980

Heads or Tails as Assistant Director
The Imprint of Giants as Assistant Director

1979

Mais où et donc Ornicar as First Assistant Director
Return to the Beloved as Assistant Director
Zoo zéro as First Assistant Director

1976

Surreal Estate as First Assistant Director

1975

The Golden Mass as Second Assistant Director
The Old Gun as Assistant Director

1974

The Secret as Second Assistant Director
Sweet Movie as Second Assistant Director

1969

May 15th. as Director

1964

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The Soap Maker as Director

Writing

2022

Stars at Noon as Screenplay

2018

High Life as Screenplay

2017

Let the Sunshine In as Screenplay

2015

2013

Bastards as Screenplay

2011

Aller au diable as Writer

2010

White Material as Screenplay

2009

35 Shots of Rum as Writer

2005

The Intruder as Writer

2002

Vers Nancy as Writer
Friday Night as Screenplay

2001

2000

Beau Travail as Screenplay

1999

The City as Writer

1997

1993

Monologues as Writer

1991

Figaro Story as Story

1990

No Fear, No Die as Writer

1988

Chocolat as Writer

-

The Cry of the Guards as Screenplay

Production

2022

You Resemble Me as Executive Producer

1986

The Sacrifice as Casting

1983

The Bastard as Casting Director

Crew

2016

The Dog as Thanks

2012

Leviathan as Thanks

2011

Here as Thanks

2010

Postcard Days as Thanks

2009

Sweetgrass as Thanks

2007

Hotel Paradijs as Thanks

2002

Porn Theatre as Thanks

1996

Irma Vep as Thanks

1995

The Corridor as Thanks

1991

Night on Earth as Thanks

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Red Oedipal as Thanks