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Claire Denis
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Film & TV
Paris, France
Claire Denis (/dəˈniː/; French: [dəni]; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film Beau Travail (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time. Her work has dealt with themes of colonial and post-colonial West Africa, as well as issues in modern France, and continues to influence European cinematic identity. Other acclaimed…
Known for
- Room 999 — Self2023
- Claire Denis, les chemins de traverse — Self2021
- Wim Wenders, Desperado — Self (archive sound)2020
- Vidéo Club — Self2018
- Claire Denis : Leçon de cinéma — Self2017
- Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture — Self2016
- Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses — Self2016
- Quotidien — Self - Guest2016
- The Breidjing Camp — Narrator2015
- Trespassing Bergman — Self2013
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1946-04-21 ) 21 April 1946 (age 80) , Paris, France
- Alma mater
- IDHEC
- Occupations
- Director, writer, professor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claire
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Occupation
- director
- Employer
- European Graduate School
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- 2017 Cannes Film Festival
- Image
- Claire Denis 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra).jpg
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- Commons category
- Claire Denis
- date of birth
- 1946-04-21
- name in native language
- Claire Denis
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Claire Denis
- floruit
- 2011-01-01
- topic has template
- Template:Claire Denis
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Encyclopedic overview
Claire Denis (/dəˈniː/; French: [dəni]; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film Beau Travail (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time. Her work has dealt with themes of colonial and post-colonial West Africa, as well as issues in modern France, and continues to influence European cinematic identity.
Other acclaimed works include Trouble Every Day (2001), 35 Shots of Rum (2008), White Material (2009), High Life (2018) and Both Sides of the Blade (2022), the last of which won her the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. For Stars at Noon (2022), Denis won the Grand Prix at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, sharing the award with Lukas Dhont's Close.
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