Jessica Palud is a

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Early life

Palud was born in

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Career

Prior to directing her own films, Palud worked as an

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, most notably alongside

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. Palud's short film ''Marlon'' was nominated for the 2018

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. Her first feature-length film, '' Back Home'', debuted at the

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in 2019. ''

Being Maria ''Being Maria'' () is a 2024 biographical drama film directed by Jessica Palud from a screenplay by Palud and Laurette Polmanss, freely adapted from Vanessa Schneider's 2018 memoir ''My Cousin Maria Schneider''. It is about the actress Maria Sch ...

'', Palud's

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about

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, premiered at the

2024 Cannes Film Festival The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in C ...

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palud, Jessica Living people French women film directors 1982 births Film directors from Paris