Camille de Casabianca (born 31 October 1960) is a French

filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...

and

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, pla ...

Biography

Camille de Casabianca was born 31 October 1960, in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

. She received a master of arts degree in Political Science from

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. Casabianca's selected films include ''

Peking Central } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

'', a comedy set in Mainland China, ''

Madame Petlet's True Story Madame may refer to: * Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French * Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel * ''Madame'' ...

'', a French comedy, and '' Vive Nous!'', a romantic comedy about social class and

judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo") ...

. Her film ''Let's Party'' was released in 2010 in France and selected by various festivals throughout the world (Nyon International Film Festival, Ronda International Film Festival, Buenos Aires 2011 FICIP). Her film ''Family Harmony'' (2013) features Georges Kiejman, known as lawyer and former Minister of the French government. In September 2019, ''Ca marche !?'' was released in France. This documentary penetrates the world of En Marche, the political movement created in 2016 which brought to power French President Emmanuel Macron and 315 Parliament members. In 2022, Departure Time, '' L'Heure du départ'', her eleventh feature, is released in Europe. It generates many debates on the end of life subject. Casabianca's published work includes '' Le Lapin Enchanté'' (Le Seuil, 2005) and ''Gourou'' (Leo Scheer, 2011).

Films

* 1986 - ''Peking Central'' (''Pékin Central'') * 1988 - ''After the Rain'' (''Après la pluie'') * 1990 - ''The Fruit of Thy Womb'' (''Le Fruit de vos entrailles'') * 1990 - ''Octavio'' * 1995 - ''Madame Petlet's True Story'' (''Le Fabuleux Destin de madame Petlet'') * 2000 - ''Long Live Us!'' (''Vive nous!'') * 2003 - ''Tatami'' * 2010 - ''Let's Party'' (''C'est parti'') * 2013 - ''Family Harmony'' (''L'Harmonie familiale'') * 2019 - ''Once upon a time in France'' (''Ça marche !?'') * 2022 - ''Departure Time'' (''L'Heure du départ'')

Awards

She received a 1996 21st Century Filmmaker Award in New York and was awarded Best Original Screenplay in 1987 by the French Academy of Cinema.

External links

* French women screenwriters French screenwriters Living people French women film directors Film directors from Paris 1960 births Camille {{France-film-bio-stub