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Claire Denis

Born April 21, 1946
Paris, France
80 years old

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 …

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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.

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Directing (71)

Paris, Texas (1984)

Assistant director

Wings of Desire (1987)

First assistant director

High Life (2018)

Down by Law (1986)

Assistant director

Beau Travail (2000)

The Old Gun (1975)

Assistant director

Trouble Every Day (2001)

Let the Sunshine In (2017)

White Material (2010)

Sweet Movie (1974)

Second Assistant Director

Stars at Noon (2022)

Chocolat (1988)

Both Sides of the Blade (2022)

Bastards (2013)

35 Shots of Rum (2009)

Heads or Tails (1980)

Assistant director

The Intruder (2005)

The Secret (1974)

Second Assistant Director

The Passerby (1982)

First assistant director

Nenette and Boni (1997)

Friday Night (2002)

No Fear, No Die (1990)

Hanna K. (1983)

First assistant director

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)

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U.S. Go Home (1995)

I Can't Sleep (1994)

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Return to the Beloved (1979)

Assistant director

Zoo zéro (1979)

First assistant director

Concerning Nice (1995)

May 15th (1969)

The Fence (2026)

Surreal Estate (1976)

First assistant director

The Golden Mass (1975)

Second Assistant Director

Towards Mathilde (2005)

Voilà l'enchaînement (2014)

Jacques Rivette, the Watchman (1990)

Keep It for Yourself (1991)

Avec Kim (2026)

We're Not Angels... Neither Are They (1981)

Assistant director

All the Boys and Girls of Their Time (1994)

Cinéma, de notre temps (1989)

Lest We Forget (1991)

Mais où et donc Ornicar (1979)

First assistant director

To Catch a King (1984)

First assistant director

Vers Nancy (2002)

Boom-Boom (1994)

Figaro Story (1993)

Jacques Rivette le veilleur: 2-La nuit (1990)

La Robe à cerceau (1993)

Man No Run (1989)

New Reports from France (1964)

The Imprint of Giants (1980)

Assistant director

A propos d’une déclaration (1997)

A Traveler's Memory: Jeonju Digital Project 2011 (2011)

Aller au diable (2011)

Archetypal Library Concept for Kids in Clamart (1973)

Duo (1995)

For Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud (1991)

Jérôme Savary's Magic Circus (1972)

Le Soldat (2022)

Monologues (1993)

Nice, Very Nice (1995)

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! (2010)

Co-directing

Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud (Soudan) (1991)

The Bastard (1983)

First assistant director

The Breidjing Camp (2015)

We, France's Undocumented Immigrants (1997)

Co-directing

Écrans Noirs Film Festival, 2010 (2011)

Writing (30)

High Life (2018)

Screenplay

Beau Travail (2000)

Screenplay

Trouble Every Day (2001)

Let the Sunshine In (2017)

Screenplay

White Material (2010)

Screenplay

Stars at Noon (2022)

Screenplay

Chocolat (1988)

Both Sides of the Blade (2022)

Screenplay

Bastards (2013)

Screenplay

35 Shots of Rum (2009)

The Intruder (2005)

Nenette and Boni (1997)

Friday Night (2002)

Screenplay

No Fear, No Die (1990)

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)

Screenplay

U.S. Go Home (1995)

I Can't Sleep (1994)

Screenplay

May 15th (1969)

The Fence (2026)

Screenplay

The City (1999)

Keep It for Yourself (1991)

Story

Avec Kim (2026)

All the Boys and Girls of Their Time (1994)

Vers Nancy (2002)

Show all (30)

Figaro Story (1993)

Story

La Robe à cerceau (1993)

Aller au diable (2011)

Monologues (1993)

The Breidjing Camp (2015)

Crew (12)

Night on Earth (1991)

Thanks

Irma Vep (1996)

Thanks

Leviathan (2013)

Thanks

The Last Mistress (2007)

Thanks

Porn Theatre (2002)

Thanks

Sweetgrass (2009)

Thanks

The Corridor (1995)

Thanks

Here (2011)

Thanks

Hotel Paradijs (2007)

Thanks

The Dog (2016)

Thanks

Postcard Days (2010)

Thanks

Thanks

Acting (8)

Venus Beauty Institute (1999)

La cliente asmathique

Four Nights of a Dreamer (1972)

Extra (uncredited)

Granny's Funeral (2012)

Une femme à l'enterrement

To Have (Or Not) (1995)

Alice's Mother

Mais où et donc Ornicar (1979)

Jeune accouchée

Le Jour de Noël (1998)

The Breidjing Camp (2015)

Narrator

Écrans Noirs Film Festival, 2010 (2011)

Narrator

Production (3)

The Sacrifice (1986)

Casting

You Resemble Me (2022)

Executive production

The Bastard (1983)

Casting Director

Appearances (15)

Trespassing Bergman (2013)

Self

Room 999 (2023)

Self

Jacques Rivette, the Watchman (1990)

Self (uncredited)

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture (2016)

Self

Talking with Ozu (1993)

Self

Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)

Self (archive sound)

Children of Salò (2002)

Self

Purely Coincidental (2002)

Self (Cameo appearance)

Aller au diable (2011)

Self

Bergman's Video (2012)

Self - Filmmaker

Claire Denis : Leçon de cinéma (2017)

Self

Claire Denis, les chemins de traverse (2021)

Self

Claire Denis, The Vagabond (1996)

Self

Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses (2016)

Self

Self