Rebecca Zlotowski
Rebecca Zlotowski | |
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![]() Zlotowski at the 2013 Deauville American Film Festival | |
Born | Rebecca Myriam Clara Zlotowski 21 April 1980 Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 2006–present |
Rebecca Zlotowski (born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her second feature film Grand Central, a love story exploring a three-way romance between nuclear plant workers, won the François Chalais Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Early life[]
Rebecca Myriam Clara Zlotowski's father, translator Michel Zlotowski, came to France from Poland when he was five. She has said, “Jewish people were leaving Poland because it was not a good time in the country for us.”[2]
Her mother, a Moroccan Jew originally from Oujda, died with Zlotowski was 11 years old; she felt she was raised by her sister who was just two years older. She played the piano as a child.
Zlotowski is a graduate of France’s prestigious La Fémis school. While there she befriended musician Para One who introduced her to director Céline Sciamma who would become her friend and mentor.[3]
Career[]
She began her career as a screenwriter. She has written screenplays for several short films. She co-wrote Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s Jimmy Riviere.[4]
Zlotowski made her directorial debut with the film Belle Épine, which premiered in the International Critics' Week section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film starred Léa Seydoux and although it wasn't a commercial success, the film won a Louis Delluc Prize for best first film and Seydoux was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress.[4]
She followed up that film with Grand Central starring Léa Seydoux and Tahar Rahim which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.
In 2014, Zlotowski was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[5] She was the head of the jury for the Sony CineAlta Discovery Prize and the France 4 Visionary Award for the International Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[6]
She was selected to be on the jury for the Cinéfondation and short films sections of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[7]
In 2015 Zlotowski announced her next film would be Planetarium starring Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp as sisters.[8] The film screened Out of Competition at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.
Zlotowski's fourth film An Easy Girl premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section where it won the SACD Award for Best French-language Film.[9] The film starred model Zahia Dehar whom Zlotowski had met over Instagram.[10]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
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Director | Screenwriter | |||
2006 | Dans le rang | Yes | Short film | |
2006 | Les Garçons | Yes | Short film | |
2007 | Dans l'œil | Yes | Short film | |
2007 | Parcours d'obstacles | Yes | Short film | |
2009 | Just for Sex | Yes | Short film | |
2010 | Belle Épine | Yes | Yes | Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film Nominated—Cannes Film Festival-Caméra d'Or |
2011 | Jimmy Rivière | Yes | ||
2013 | Grand Central | Yes | Yes | Cabourg Film Festival-Grand Prix François Chalais Prize Lumières Award-Special Jury Prize Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Director |
2013 | You and the Night | Yes | Scenario consultant | |
2015 | Despite the Night | Yes | Co-writer | |
2016 | Planetarium | Yes | Yes | |
2019 | An Easy Girl | Yes | Yes | |
2019 | Savages | Yes | Yes | TV Mini-Series |
References[]
- ^ "Le Prix François Chalais 2013 pour "Grand Central" de Rebecca Zlotowski" [The François Chalais Prize 2013 for "Grand Central" by Rebecca Zlotowski]. culturebox (in French). 26 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Grand Central: Léa Seydoux and Rebecca Zlotowski interview". 10 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Chèze, Thierry. "Planétarium: Rebecca Zlotowski et Céline Sciamma, soeurs de cinéma". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Keslassy, Elsa (16 January 2014). "Rebecca Zlotowski: 'Many Women Filmmakers Have Emerged in France'". Variety. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2014" [Nomination in the Order of Arts and Letters January 2014] (in French). Ministry of Culture. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Rebecca Zlotowski: President of the Jury of the Sony CineAlta Discovery Prize and the France 4 Visionary Award". Semaine de la Critique. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ "The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury". Cannes Film Festival. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (12 May 2015). "Cannes: Natalie Portman to Star in French Ghost Story 'Planetarium' (EXCLUSIVE)". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Hopewell, John (23 May 2019). "'An Easy Girl' Wins Cannes Directors' Fortnight French-Language Movie Prize". Variety. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ Richford, Rhonda. "Cannes: 'An Easy Girl' Director on Tackling Hard Questions in Sensual Coming-of-Age Drama". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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- 1980 births
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- French women film directors
- Film directors from Paris
- French women screenwriters
- French screenwriters
- Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 21st-century French Jews
- French people of Polish-Jewish descent