Rebecca Zlotowski (born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter.

Education

A former student at prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure, Rebecca Zlotowski received her teaching qualification in French modern literature in 2003. She graduated in 2007 at la Femis in scriptwriting section.

Career

Her first feature film, '' Belle Épine'', is her graduation project at La Fémis, written under the guidance of her mentor Lodge Kerrigan. It was presented in competition at the 49th Critics' Week and won the

Louis Delluc Prize The Louis Delluc Prize (french: Prix Louis-Delluc ) is a French film award presented annually since 1937. The award is bestowed to the Best Film and Best First Film of the year on the second week of each December. The jury is composed of 20 members, ...

for Best First Film in January 2011, as well as the French critics' union prize for Best First Film. Léa Seydoux was nominated for 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 ...

. In 2013, Rebecca Zlotowski directed '' Grand Central'' starring

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and

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which premiered at the

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in the

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section. In 2016, '' Planetarium'', starring

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and

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as sisters, was released. The film screened Out of Competition at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. Rebecca Zlotowski's fourth film '' An Easy Girl'' premiered at the

2019 Cannes Film Festival The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president. The Palme d'Or went to the South Korean film ''Parasite'', directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became t ...

in the Directors' Fortnight section where it won the SACD Award for Best French-language Film. That same year, Canal Plus premiered the series Les Sauvages, which she co-created with Sabri Louatah, the author of the novel from which the series is adapted. Rebecca Zlotowski directed all the episodes of the series. The series won best prize of the French critics union. In 2022, here fifth film, Other Peoples Children, starring Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem and Chiara Mastroianni is presented in competition at Venice Film Festival.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zlotowski, Rebecca 1980 births Living people French women film directors Film directors from Paris French women screenwriters French screenwriters Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 21st-century French Jews French people of Polish-Jewish descent