Claire Denis

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claire Denis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Venus Beauty Institute

as La cliente asmathique

Granny's Funeral

as Une femme à l'enterrement

Trespassing Bergman

as Self

Quotidien

as Self - Guest

To Have (Or Not)

as Alice's Mother

Room 999

as Self

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

as Self

Jacques Rivette, the Watchman

as Self (uncredited)

Talking with Ozu

as Self

Wim Wenders, Desperado

as Self (archive sound)