Daphné Baiwir (born 18 July 1992) is a Belgian documentarist, actress, screenwriter, and former model.

Life and career

Baiwir started her career as a model at just 3 years old; as a model, her collaborations include

Christian Lacroix Christian Marie Marc Lacroix (; born 16 May 1951) is a French fashion designer. The name may also refer to the company he founded. Lacroix's designs combine luxury and insouciance. He prefers artisanal trades, fringe, bead, and embroidery. He's ...

and

Sonia Rykiel Sonia Rykiel (; ; 25 May 1930 – 25 August 2016) was a French fashion designer and writer. She created the Poor Boy Sweater, which was featured on the cover of French ''Elle'' magazine. Her knitwear designs and new fashion techniques led her t ...

. She made her acting debut on stage at 7 years old. After appearing in several films and TV-series, she made her directorial debut with ''Devant les barreaux'', a documentary about the everyday life of the officers at the

Lantin Juprelle (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 Juprelle had a total resident population of 8,405. The total area is 35.36 km2 which gives a population density of 238 inhabitants pe ...

prison. Her documentary ''The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland'' was screened at the

2021 Cannes Film Festival The 74th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 6 to 17 July 2021, after having been originally scheduled from 11 to 22 May 2021. American filmmaker Spike Lee was invited to be the president of the jury for the main competition for the fes ...

. In 2022, she directed a documentary about film and television adaptations of

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...

's works, '' King on Screen''. Her 2023 film ''Le Film pro nazi d'Hitchcock'' premiered at the 80th edition of the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...

Selected filmography

;Director * ''Devant les barreaux'' (2013) * ''Deauville et le rêve américain'' (2019) * ''The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland'' (''Olivia de Havilland, L'insoumise'', 2021) * '' King on Screen'' (2022) * ''Le Film pro nazi d'Hitchcock'' (2023) Daphne Baiwir

;Actress * ''

Monsieur Batignole ''Monsieur Batignole'' is a French film released in 2002. The film depicts the story of a grocer, Edmond Batignole, who helps the young son of his Jewish neighbour and the boy's cousins to reach the safety of Switzerland. The film was directed by ...

'' (2002, directed by

Gérard Jugnot Gérard Jugnot (; born 4 May 1951) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy ''troupe'' Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian C ...

) * ''Ordo '' (2004, directed by

Laurence Ferreira Barbosa Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (born 1958) is a French film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. ...

) * ''

Bluebeard "Bluebeard" ( ) is a French Folklore, folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in . The tale is about a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives an ...

'' (2009, directed by

Catherine Breillat Catherine Breillat (; born 13 July 1948) is a French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema at the European Graduate School. Life and career Breillat was born in Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, but grew up in Niort. She decided to becom ...

) * ''

Abuse of Weakness ''Abuse of Weakness'' () is a 2013 semi-autobiographical film written and directed by Catherine Breillat. The film had its world premiere on 6 September 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival. In the United States, the film was acquired ...

'' (2013, directed by

) * ''Homo Faber'' (2014, directed by

Richard Dindo Richard Dindo (5 June 1944 – 12 February 2025) was a Swiss documentary film director. He made his first film in 1970. Dindo died on 12 February 2025, at the age of 80.Martin WalderMit «Die Erschiessung des Landesverräters Ernst S.» scheuchte ...

)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baiwir, Daphne 1992 births Living people Belgian women screenwriters Belgian women film directors Belgian film actresses Belgian television actresses 21st-century Belgian screenwriters