Sylvie Verheyde (born 1967) is a French

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, and

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The films Verheyde has directed include ''Un frère'' (1997), in which Emma de Caunes won a

César Award for Most Promising Actress The César Award for Most Promising Actress (french: César du meilleur espoir féminin) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding breakthrough performance of a ...

, ''Princesses'' (2000), ''

Amour de Femme ''Un amour de femme'' (''A Woman’s Love''), from the series ''Combats de femme'', is a 2001 French film directed by Sylvie Verheyde about Jeanne, a married woman who has an affair with a female dance instructor named Marie. Synopsis Jeanne ( ...

'' (2001), ''

Stella Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters * Stella (given name), including a list of characters with t ...

'' (2008) and ''

Confession of a Child of the Century ''Confession of a Child of the Century'' (french: Confession d'un enfant du siècle) is a 2012 historical drama film written and directed by Sylvie Verheyde, based on Alfred de Musset's 1836 autobiographical novel of the same name. The film com ...

'' (2011), starring

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, which was screened at the

2012 Cannes Film Festival The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section ...

, ''

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'' (2016; she also wrote the screenplay for this film), and directed ''

Madame Claude Fernande Grudet (6 July 1923 – 15 December 2015), also known as Madame Claude, was a French brothel keeper. In the 1960s, she was the head of a French network of call girls who worked especially for dignitaries and civil servants. Biogra ...

'' (2021). With Sylvie Ohayon, she co-wrote the screenplay of the 2021 film ''Haute Couture''. The movies ''Stella'' (2008) and ''Stella In Love'' (2022) are both references to Verheyde's childhood. ''Sex Doll'' (2016) and ''Madame Claude'' (2021) are both movies about prostitution, again a topic close to Verheyde as her grandmother and one of her cousin were prostitutes.

Awards

*Best Director for ''Sang froid'' at Television Festival of La Rochelle, 2007 *Lina Mangiacapre Award and Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award, at the

65th Venice International Film Festival The 65th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was opened on 27 August 2008 by ''Burn After Reading'',

, for ''Stella''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verheyde, Sylvie 1967 births Living people French film actresses French women screenwriters French screenwriters French women film directors French film directors Place of birth missing (living people)

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