Delphine and Muriel Coulin
Delphine Coulin | |
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Born | 1972 (age 48–49) Hennebont, France |
Occupation | Novelist, film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1997–present |
Muriel Coulin | |
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Born | Hennebont, France |
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, camera assistant |
Years active | 1990–present |
Delphine and Muriel Coulin are French sisters who form a directing duo. They are best known for their film 17 Girls.
Early career[]
Muriel Coulin began work as a cinematographer and camera assistant throughout the 1990s. Delphine is also a novelist.[1] The sisters began collaborating on films in 1997 with the short film Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux (a reference to Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus).
Film career[]
The sisters made their feature film debut in 2011 with the film 17 Girls which was loosely based on the story of a group of American teenage girls who decided to become pregnant at the same time.[2] The film played at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2015 the sisters announced that their second film would be The Stopover, starring actress/singer Soko.[3] The film premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.[4] They jointly won the award for Best Screenplay from the Un Certain Regard jury.[5][6]
Filmography[]
- Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux (1997)
- 17 Girls (2011)
- The Stopover (2016)
References[]
- ^ Silverstein, Melissa; Cadenas, Kerensa. "Interview with Delphine and Muriel Coulin - Co-Directors/Writers of 17 Girls". Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Pilkington, Ed. "17 pregnancies at US school after girls make baby pact". Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien. "Delphine and Muriel Coulin shooting The Stopover". Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ BACLE, ARIANA. "Cannes Film Festival reveals 2016 lineup". Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ BACLE, ARIANA. "Cannes Film Festival reveals 2016 lineup". Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy. "Un Certain Regard Winners: 'The Happiest Day', 'Captain Fantastic's Matt Ross, 'The Red Turtle' – Cannes". Retrieved 21 May 2016.
External links[]
- Delphine Coulin at IMDb
- Muriel Coulin at IMDb
- Sibling filmmakers
- Sibling duos
- French women film directors
- Living people
- People from Hennebont
- French women screenwriters
- French screenwriters
- French women cinematographers
- French women novelists