Director
Céline Sciamma
Born November 12, 1978 in Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France9 films
Céline Sciamma is a French screenwriter and film director. Sciamma's work is strikingly minimalist, partly the legacy of her mentor, Xavier Beauvois, who advised her while she was a student at the major French film school, La Fémis.
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First watchPortrait of a Lady on Fire20198.1On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.View filmEssential films
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9 films as director- 2026Tutti FruttiDirector
- 2023This Is How a Child Becomes a PoetDirector
- 2021Petite MamanDirector
- 2019Portrait of a Lady on FireDirector
- 2018La Coupe Bernard TapineDirector
- 2014GirlhoodDirector
- 2011TomboyDirector
- 2009PaulineDirector
- 2007Water LiliesDirector