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Euzhan Palcy
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Film & TV
Martinique, French West Indies
Born January 13, 1958, in Martinique, French West Indies, Euzhan Palcy is a leader for black people, especially black women, in cinema. She is a screenwriter, producer and director. After studying the likes of Billy Wilder and Orson Welles and receiving a few degrees, including one from Louis Lumière College, she directed her first feature, Sugar Cane Alley (1983), in Paris for less than a…
Known for
- Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women — Self2014
- Screenwriters on Screenwriting2008
- Sisters in Cinema — Self2003
- In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid — Self1994
- Calling the Shots — Self1988
- The Producer/Director Relationship
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Gros-Morne
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- Ruby Bridges
- Official website
- www.euzhanpalcy.net
- Image
- Euzhan Palcy 2012 (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Paris
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- nominated for
- César Award for Best First Film
- name in native language
- Euzhan Palcy
- date of birth
- 1958-01-13
- Commons category
- Euzhan Palcy
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- social media followers
- 4849
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