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Sébastien Lifshitz

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Sébastien Lifshitz

Born January 22, 1968 in Paris, France20 films

Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968) is a French screenwriter and director. He teaches at La Fémis, a school that focuses on the subject of image and sound. He studied at the École du Louvre and has a bachelor's degree from the University of Paris in history of art. He is Jewish and gay.

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Lifshitz's work involves LGBTQ+ themes. His 2004 film, Wild Side, involves several narratives, some told forward and some backward, about a transgender prostitute.

He is a two-time winner of the Teddy Award, presented by an independent committee at the Berlin International Film Festival to the year's best films with LGBT themes, winning Best Feature Film in 2004 for Wild Side and Best Documentary Film in 2013 for Bambi, a documentary profile of transgender French entertainer Marie-Pierre Pruvot.

In 2014, Rizzoli International published Lifshitz's The Invisibles: Vintage Portraits of Love and Pride, a collection of gay-themed photos from the early 20th century.

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Filmography

20 films as director
  1. TBAJe m’appelle Sophie Calle et je suis encore vivanteDirector
  2. 2026A Very Good BoyDirector
  3. 2024Madame HofmannDirector
  4. 2022Casa SusannaDirector
  5. 2021Sensitive BoysDirector
  6. 2020Little GirlDirector
  7. 2020AdolescentsDirector
  8. 2019Avenue de LamballeDirector
  9. 2016The Lives of ThérèseDirector
  10. 2013BambiDirector
  11. 2012Les InvisiblesDirector
  12. 2009Going SouthDirector
  13. 2008Day and NightDirector
  14. 2004Wild SideDirector
  15. 2001The CrossingDirector
  16. 2000Come UndoneDirector
  17. 1999Cold LandsDirector
  18. 1998Open BodiesDirector
  19. 1996Claire Denis, The VagabondDirector
  20. 1994Il faut que je l'aimeDirector