Sande Zeig is an American

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and writer. She was the partner of late French feminist writer

Monique Wittig Monique Wittig (; July 13, 1935 – January 3, 2003) was a French author, philosopher and feminist theorist who wrote about abolition of the sex-class system and coined the phrase "heterosexual contract". Her seminal work is titled '' The Strai ...

. She directed the 2000 romantic drama '' The Girl''.

Biography

Sande Zeig is from

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and is of Jewish heritage. She studied theater in

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and

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. In 1975, Zeig was living in Paris, studying

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and teaching

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, when she met the writer Monique Wittig. Zeig's 2000 film, '' The Girl'' is based on a short story by Wittig. Her 2008 biographical film '' Soul Masters: Dr. Guo and Dr. Sha'' follows the work of two

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, one of whom had previously treated Zeig's father. Zeig is the founder of

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company Artistic License Films.

Filmography

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'' (1994) *'' The Girl'' (2000) *'' Soul Masters: Dr. Guo and Dr. Sha'' (2008) *''

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'' (2011) *'' Sister Jaguar's Journey'' (2015)

Bibliography

*''Lesbian Peoples: Material for a Dictionary'' (''Brouillon pour un dictionnaire des amantes'') — coauthored with Monique Wittig

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