Marion Sarraut (13 August 1938 – 12 July 2021) was a French film and theatre director.

Biography

Born in

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, Marion was the granddaughter of former

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. She studied at the for three years, and subsequently participated in the creation of the magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. She spent a significant amount of time alongside the directors of the

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, becoming a screenwriter and assistant director for the and Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier. For more than ten years, she directed the series ', as well as children's shows such as ''

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'' and '. In the 1980s, she directed numerous telefilms. Sarraut was a member of , which aims to promote gender equality and diversity in cinema and audiovisual. She was a member of the

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, as well as the . She was administrator of the Fondation Ostad Elahi, directing a film on the life and works of Nur Ali Elahi. Marion Sarraut died on 12 July 2021 at the age of 82.

Distinctions

*Knight of the

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The Order of Arts and Letters () is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant ...

(1987) *Knight of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

(2002)

Filmography

Actress

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Shoot the Piano Player ''Shoot the Piano Player'' (; UK title: ''Shoot the Pianist'') is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film directed by François Truffaut that stars Charles Aznavour as the titular pianist with Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, and Michèle Mercier ...

'' (1960) *''

A Woman Is a Woman ''A Woman Is a Woman'' () is a 1961 experimental musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina and Jean-Claude Brialy. It is a tribute to the American musical comedy and associated ...

'' (1961) *''

Le Signe du Lion ''Le Signe du lion'' (''The Sign of Leo'') is a black and white French drama film directed by Éric Rohmer, which was filmed on location in Paris in the summer of 1959 but not released until May 1962. His first full-length work, it is not, howev ...

'' (1962)

Director

*''Le Bel Indifférent'' (1978) *' (1980) *' (1981) *''Areu=MC2'' (1982) *' (1983) *' (1985) *''

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'' (1986) *' (1987) *' (1989) *' (1991) *''Riviera'' (1991) *''Tout feu tout flamme'' (1994) *' (1994) *''

Julie Lescaut ''Julie Lescaut'' is a French police television series created by Alexis Lecaye. It was broadcast from 1992 to 2014 on TF1 (France), La Une-RTBF (Belgium) and TSR (Switzerland). It details the investigations of Police Superintendent Julie Lesca ...

'' (1995) *''Mourir d'amour'' (1995) *' (1995, 1997) *' (1996) *' (1996–2003) *' (1997) *' (1998) *' (1999) *''Toutes les femmes sont des déesses'' (2000) *' (2000) *' (2000) *' (2001) *' (2001) *' (2001) *' (2002–2004) *' (2004–2005) *' (2005) *' (2006–2007) *' (2009) *''Le Premier été'' (2014) *' (2015) *''La Sainte famille'' (2017)

References

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