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Céline Sciamma
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Film & TV
Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France
Céline Sciamma is a French screenwriter and film director. Sciamma's work is strikingly minimalist, partly the legacy of her mentor, Xavier Beauvois, who advised her while she was a student at the major French film school, La Fémis.
Known for
- No Mercy — Self2026
- Tutti Frutti2026
- Marilyn, a woman of today — self2022
- Les cinéphiles — Self2017
- Esprit critique — Self2016
- Mademoiselle — Fille boîte2014
- Cinéast(e)s — Self2013
- Water Lilies — Caissier de McDonald's (uncredited)2007
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1978-11-12 ) 12 November 1978 (age 47) , Pontoise , Val-d'Oise , France
- Alma mater
- La Fémis
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Years active
- 2004–present
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Pontoise
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- La Fémis
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- 2014 Cannes Film Festival
- Field of work
- film
- Image
- Céline Sciamma Lumières 2015.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1978-11-12
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- Commons category
- Céline Sciamma
- name in native language
- Céline Sciamma
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Céline Sciamma
- unmarried partner
- Adèle Haenel
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- member of
- Collectif 50/50
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Encyclopedic overview
Céline Sciamma ( French: [selin sjama]; born 12 November 1978) is a French screenwriter and film director. She wrote and directed Water Lilies (2007), Tomboy (2011), Girlhood (2014), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), and Petite Maman (2021). Sciamma has received awards and nominations for her films, including two BAFTA nominations for Best Film Not in the English Language.
A common theme in Sciamma's films is the fluidity of gender, sexual identity among girls and women, and the female gaze.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Céline Sciamma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.