Alix Delaporte (born 1969) is a French film director and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

Life and career

Delaporte studied at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

between 1988 and 1989, and in 1993, she obtained a master's degree in contemporary history. During her screenwriting studies at

La Fémis La Fémis (French: ''École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Superior School for the Professions of Image and Sound", formerly known as the ''Institut des hautes études cinématographiques'', IDHEC) is a Fren ...

from 1999 to 2000, Delaporte worked as a reporter and

cameraperson ''Cameraperson'' is a 2016 autobiographical collage documentary film. The film is an account by director Kirsten Johnson about her life and career as a cinematographer. It relies on footage shot by Johnson across the years in numerous differen ...

at the CAPA Agency and collaborated on a number of television shows. In 2006, her short film ''How Do You Brake Going Downhill?'' (''Comment on freine dans une descente ?'') was screened at the

63rd Venice International Film Festival The 63rd annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was opened on 30 August 2006 with Brian De Palma's ''The Black Dahlia'' and was closed on 9 September 2006. Host of the event was Italian actress Isabella Ferrari. During ...

, where it won the

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for Best Short Film. In 2012, her debut feature film ''

Angel & Tony ''Angel & Tony'' (french: Angèle et Tony) is a 2010 French drama film directed by Alix Delaporte. It tells the story of a young widow in a desperate situation who not only wins the respect of her employer, his family and his community but also r ...

'' earned three nominations at the

37th César Awards The 37th César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), was held on 24 February 2012, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The awards honoured the best films ...

and won newcomer awards for lead actors

Clotilde Hesme Clotilde Hesme (born 30 July 1979) is a French actress best known for playing Lilie in Philippe Garrel's ''Regular Lovers'' and Alice in Christophe Honoré's ''Love Songs''. She is also known for the role of Adèle from the TV series '' Les Rev ...

and

Grégory Gadebois Grégory Gadebois (born 24 July 1976) is a French actor. Life and career He studied at the CNSAD in the classroom of Catherine Hiegel and Dominique Valadié. He was a member of the Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-F ...

. Her next film, ''

The Last Hammer Blow ''The Last Hammer Blow'' (french: Le Dernier Coup de marteau) is a 2014 French drama film directed by Alix Delaporte. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival where Romain Paul won the Mar ...

'', played in competition at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. Romain Paul, who played the son of Clothilde Hesme and Grégory Gadebois' characters, won the

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for his performance in the film. In 2015, she was part of the jury for the Horizons section of the

72nd Venice International Film Festival The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival took place from 2 to 12 September 2015. Alfonso Cuarón served as the President of the Jury for the main competition. A restored version of Federico Fellini's film '' Amarcord'' was shown at the ...

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Delaporte, Alix 1969 births Living people French film directors French women film directors French women screenwriters French screenwriters People from Chatou